Randy Dreiling

WOW
That sucks for a company that is trying to rebuild.
Any press like this can't be good and over such a stupid thing that most of remove right away.

Randy Dreiling

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From: Jeff Tedder & Shari
To: gschreckchat@comcast.net; Chuck Hood
Cc: obra@list.obra.org
Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 3:53:59 PM
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Cannondale Recall on Road bikes.

?
That's pretty funny George, I bet you are
on your way home right now to install a new pie plate on all your bikes so
you don't have a fall Hazard during your rides...Watch out for
those Big Blue 55 gallon drums at PIR though, they jump out in front of
you....Remember?



----- Original Message -----
From: gschreckchat@comcast.net
To: Chuck Hood
Cc: obra@list.obra.org
Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 3:31 PM
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Cannondale Recall on Road bikes.

yes, it is for lacking the all important pie plate on the rear wheel. Everyone knows how dangerous that can be. It is one of the factors that makes bike racing so dangerous in that no one has pie plates on their rear wheels.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Hood"
To: obra@list.obra.org
Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 3:15:45 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
Subject: [OBRA Chat] Cannondale Recall on Road bikes.

Just saw this and thought I would pass it along.

Cannondale Recalls Some 2009 Road Bikes

WASHINGTON, D.C. (BRAIN)—The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Cannondale, has issued a voluntary recall of roughly 1,300 road bicycles from the 2009 model year.

The bicycles fail to meet the federal safety standard for bicycles. Spoke protector discs, required on bicycles to prevent the bicycle chain from interfering or suddenly stopping the wheel, are missing from these bicycles, which poses a fall hazard to the rider.

The following Cannondale bicycles are included in the recall. "Six" is printed on the bicycle's toptube and "Cannondale" is printed on the downtube. The models include: Six 5 (9RCT5D); Six 5 Compact (9RCT5C); Six 6 (9RCT6D); Six 6 Triple (9RCT6T); Six Carbon 5 (9RSX5D); Six Carbon 5 Compact (9RSX5C); and Six Carbon 6 Compact (9RSX6C).

These bikes were sold at authorized Cannondale dealers nationwide from October 2008 through February 2009 for between $1,500 and $2,100. They were manufactured in Taiwan.

Consumers should stop using the recalled bicycles immediately and contact any authorized Cannondale bicycle dealer for a free repair.

Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Cannondale at (800) 245-3872 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. (EST) Monday through Friday or visit Cannondale's Web site at www.cannondale.com.
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