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Road bicycles and framesets – Specialized “Tarmac, Crux and Secteur”

Serious risk Injuries

Published by Safety Gate 7 Mar 2013In the weekly report of 15 Mar 2013 (week 10, 2013)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 8 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Road bicycles and framesets
Brand
Specialized (10 alerts)
Name
Tarmac, Crux and Secteur
Type / model
The recall concerns 2012 and 2013 models (<a href="http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/images/rapex/2013-w10/2013-w10_26-list.pdf">see attached list</a>).
Batch
Unknown
Description
Road bicycles and framesets with a Topkey front fork steerer.
Risk
null The front fork steerer tube can break whilst the bike is being ridden. This could cause the rider to fall from the bike.Four incidents reported.
Notifying country
United Kingdom
Country of origin
People's Republic of China
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert A12/0319/13
Photos shown from the Safety Gate server (European Commission); not copied here.

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert A12/0319/13
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2013-010 (XML)
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