Ritchey Design is recalling roughly 2,000 WCS – Protocol, Carbon, DS, DS Aero, and Girder rear wheels manufactured under license from American Classic Inc. because the hub in the bicycle's rear wheel can fail to engage properly, causing no resistance when pedaling. The rider can lose balance, fall and suffer injuries.
The wheels were sold by Ritchey as wheel sets and as rear wheel only and as original equipment on 2004 model year Fuji and Motobecane USA bicycles and the 2005 model year Prestige road bike from Raleigh.
American Classic voluntarily recalled about 2,850 of their road and mountain bike wheels. The company stated that the hub in the bicycle's rear wheel can fail to engage properly, causing no resistance when pedaling. The bicycle rider could lose balance, fall and suffer injuries.
The recall includes all American Classic aftermarket rear wheels and hubs, as well as the Fuji Team Super Lite, Team SL, Orbea Aletta, Onix, Lobular 50, Dama Race, Mitis and Mitis Dama models, Felt F55 and F2C, Fetish Cycles Road and Mountain Bikes, Argon 18, and Motobecane LeChampion SL.
The recalled models were made at the start of January 2005 and the outside of the rear hub shell has a serial number that starts with the letter “S.”
