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US/Bethesda & Canada/Ottawa: Shimano North America Bicycle Inc., an Irvine, California establishment recalls an estimated total 760,000 Shimano branded 11-Speed Bonded Hollowtech II Road Bicycle Cranksets (approximately 680,000 in the US and approximately 80,000 in Canada) from the American and Canadian marketplaces due to reported component separation and/or detachment and consequential risks of falls, laceration, concussion, bone fractures and/or central nervous system (“CNS”) injury, all serious health and safety hazards requiring immediate medical intervention to minimize pain and suffering as well as prevent life-altering injury or death.
CPSC: https://rb.gy/4lcm6; HCSC: https://rb.gy/eorrq
Direct US link: https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2023/Shimano-Recalls-Cranksets-for-Bicycles-Due-to-Crash-Hazard
Direct Canada link: https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-recall/shimano-11-speed-bonded-hollowtech-ii-road-cranksets-recalled-due-risk-injury-crash
Additional information:
The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (“CPSC”) reports this recall involves certain Shimano branded 11-Speed Bonded Hollowtech II Road Bicycle Cranksets, as follows:
Filed under: bone fracture hazard, Concussion | Traumatic Brain Injury ("TBI") hazard, Fall hazard, Health Canada/Santé Canada, Labeling or regulatory issues, Laceration hazard, Sports equipment, US CPSC | Tagged: Bicycle, bone fracture hazard, Concussion or Traumatic Brain Injury ("TBI"), CPSC, CPSC recall number: 23-294, HCSC, HCSC ID number: RA-74311, health-canada-sante-canada, Hollowtech Road, injury hazard, Laceration hazard, Recalls Direct RIN: 17609-2023, Shimano Dura-Ace, Shimano North America Bicycle Inc., Shimano Ultegra, US Consumer Product Safety Commission | Leave a comment »