Shimano recollects 680,000 bicycle cranksets after reviews of bone fractures and lacerations

Shimano is recalling practically 700,000 bonded 11-Pace Hollowtech Highway cranksets as a result of the elements pose a crash danger to riders.

The recalled bonded cranksets can “separate and break,” inflicting shoppers to crash, a notice from the U.S. Client Product Security Fee exhibits. The crankset is the a part of the bike that strikes the chain because the rider pedals, enabling the bike to maneuver ahead, according to the biking web site Bike Radar.

The Japanese biking firm has acquired 4,519 complaints of cranksets separating, together with six reviews of accidents equivalent to bone fractures, joint displacement and lacerations.

The recall covers roughly 680,000 cranksets that have been bought within the U.S. from January 2012 to August 2023 for between $270 and $1,500, in keeping with the CPSC. The recalled elements have been manufactured in Japan previous to July 2019 and bought individually and on bicycles bought by different bike producers together with Trek and Specialised, the recall discover exhibits.

The CPSC urges shoppers with affected fashions to instantly cease utilizing the cranksets and make contact with a certified Shimano vendor to schedule a free inspection. Shoppers whose crank parts present indicators of bonding separation or delamination throughout an inspection will obtain a free substitute crankset and set up, according to Shimano.

The recall covers the next Shimano 11-Pace Bonded Hollowtech Highway cranksets that have been manufactured previous to July 2019.

Affected Shimano crankset mannequin numbers embrace: ULTEGRA FC-6800, FC-R8000 and DURA-ACE FC-9000, FC-R9100 and FC-R9100-P. The recalled fashions have printed ‘Ultegra’ or Dura Ace’ logos on the arm. Mannequin numbers might be discovered on the within of the crank arm close to the bottom of the arm the place the pedals are connected.

The affected fashions even have one of many following two-letter manufacturing codes positioned under the mannequin quantity printed on the crank arm: KF, KG, KH, KI, KJ, KK, KL, LA, LB, LC, LD, LE, LF, LG, LH, LI, LJ, LK, LL, MA, MB, MC, MD, ME, MF, MG, MH, MI, MJ, MK, ML, NA, NB, NC, ND, NE, NF, NG, NH, NI, NJ, NK, NL, OA, OB, OC, OD, OE, OF, OG, OH, OI, OJ, OK, OL, PA, PB, PC, PD, PE, PF, PG, PH, PI, PJ, PK, PL, QA, QB, QC, QD, QE, QF, QG, QH, QI, QJ, QK, QL, RA, RB, RC, RD, RE, and RF.

Shoppers with questions can name Shimano toll-free at 844-776-0315 from 8 a.m. to five p.m. Pacific time, Monday by way of Friday.