Safety recall on [censored] bikes

"flyingdutch" <[email hidden]

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big ad in today's Age

Dunlop and Malvern Star bikes bought after July 1 2004

'These models have a potential problem with he front suspension which,
can cause the front of the bike to collapse and result in potential
injury to the user"

What I want to know is how the thousands of
other [censored] bikes haven't been subject to the same
sort of recall? I guess they aren't ridden enough to
actually fall apart so they remain 'in the wild'.

hippy

hippy said:

"flyingdutch" <[email hidden]

Quoted message said:

big ad in today's Age

Dunlop and Malvern Star bikes bought after July 1 2004

'These models have a potential problem with he front suspension which,
can cause the front of the bike to collapse and result in potential
injury to the user"

What I want to know is how the thousands of
other [censored] bikes haven't been subject to the same
sort of recall? I guess they aren't ridden enough to
actually fall apart so they remain 'in the wild'.

hippy

Ahh the beauty of having a [censored] MTB that is so old and [censored] it doesn't
have any suspension. Suspension pah! - just one more thing that could go
wrong on the commuter.

DaveB

"DaveB" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

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Ahh the beauty of having a [censored] MTB that is so old and [censored] it doesn't
have any suspension. Suspension pah! - just one more thing that could go
wrong on the commuter.

Suspension is for wimps ;-)

You don't need an old mtb either.. you can ride around
"fully rigid" on new-fangled, expensive beasties like this
too:
http://www.singletrackworld.com/mod/submit/images/1479-9.jpg

and not so expensive:
http://www.on-one.co.uk/products/inbred.shtml

hippy

flyingdutch said:

'These models have a potential problem with he front suspension which, can cause the front of the bike to collapse and result in potential injury to the user"

I cant remember which issue of MTB Australia it was, but it was years ago now, showing my age.....anyhow!, they took a so called "off road" bike from kmart (cost 150) out onto so singletrack and gave it a flogging. After one lap of the course the bike was in a very sad state disrepair.
Surely there should be some regulation on what can be called an "offroad" or "MTB"??

I'm also amused and confused by the sticker generally hidden somewhere on the "MTB" which states it shouldn't be ridden off-road! 😕

stevedel

byron27 said:

I cant remember which issue of MTB Australia it was, but it was years ago now, showing my age.....anyhow!, they took a so called "off road" bike from kmart (cost 150) out onto so singletrack and gave it a flogging. After one lap of the course the bike was in a very sad state disrepair.
Surely there should be some regulation on what can be called an "offroad" or "MTB"??

hippy said:

What I want to know is how the thousands of
other [censored] bikes haven't been subject to the same
sort of recall? I guess they aren't ridden enough to
actually fall apart so they remain 'in the wild'.

hippy

or the kids bikes that have a handbrake fitted that kids cant possibly have the grip strength to operate, just to placate some cardigan-wearing beauracrat that they have 'systems in place' to ensure the safety of kids

"flyingdutch" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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or the kids bikes that have a handbrake fitted that kids cant possibly
have the grip strength to operate, just to placate some
cardigan-wearing beauracrat that they have 'systems in place' to ensure
the safety of kids

Yep. Like the 'need' for a bell (must be functioning) that is totally out
of reach (and, therefore in reallity, non-functional).

--
Alan Erskine
We can get people to the Moon in five years,
not the fifteen GWB proposes.
Give NASA a real challenge
[email hidden]

My diamondback sport with avid disks & mazzochi Bombers costing $2000 + has
same sticker ..not designed for jumping & off road use ect........

b

TP said:

My diamondback sport with avid disks & mazzochi Bombers costing $2000 + has
same sticker ..not designed for jumping & off road use ect........

b

Yeah so did my $600 apollo. Oh, I guess that probably WAS a [censored] bike.
Hey, but my Trek 6500 had no such label - just warnings that I needed to
care for my shox. Duh.

Had to laugh at my Dad the other day, he wants to keep his two Malvern
Star Renegade bikes, one red/white and one white/blue from the 80's.
They're quite cute, I fixed one a while ago and rode it to the hair
salon, down the hill from my place. Nearly didn't get it back up the
hill as it weighed almost as much as I did. He won't give them to
Lifeline, he thinks he can sell them. I think he might manage 2 for
$10... I mean, he'd pay people that to take them.

(Hint hint, if you're in BrisVegas and want a Renegade (ooooh) let me
know.)

T

"byron27" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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flyingdutch said:

'These models have a potential problem with he front suspension which,
can cause the front of the bike to collapse and result in potential
injury to the user"

I cant remember which issue of MTB Australia it was, but it was years
ago now, showing my age.....anyhow!, they took a so called "off road"
bike from kmart (cost 150) out onto so singletrack and gave it a
flogging. After one lap of the course the bike was in a very sad state
disrepair.
Surely there should be some regulation on what can be called an
"offroad" or "MTB"??

--
byron27

The funny thing is, half of these bikes have big stickers on them saying
"not designed for off-road use", but they get marketed as a MOUNTAIN bike.

A friend of mine who's reasonably heavy set bought a "Royce Union" (despite
my protests) from Kmart and it took him about three rides to bend the front
rim so much that it can't rotate in the brakes anymore.

-- Daniel