Originally issued November 12, 1997 Revised May 13, 2003
Release # 98-025
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Company Phone Number: (800) 346-2928
CPSC Consumer Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: Ken Giles, (301) 504-7052
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Note: Firm and telephone number changes.
C PSC, Sachs Bicycle Components Announce Recall of Bicycles
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer
Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Sachs Bicycle Components
of Anaheim, Calif., recalled about 16,500 Diamondback
mountain bikes to replace their chains.
The chain can break, causing a rider to lose control of the
bicycle, fall and be injured.
CPSC, Sachs Bicycle Components and Diamondback have
received about 75 reports of chains breaking, resulting in 4
injuries, including a broken arm, cuts and bruises.
Only 1998 model Diamondback bicycles with the
following model names could be equipped with these chains:
Sherwood, Lakeside, Interval, Expert, Voyager I, Voyager II, Sorrento, Sorrento
SE and Wildwood DX. If consumers own one of these
bicycles, purchased between July 1, 1997, and November 8,
1997, they should have the chain checked.
Diamondback Authorized Dealers nationwide sold these
bicycles from July 1997 to November 1997 for about $300 to
$600.
Consumers should stop using these bicycles immediately
and call SRAM Corp., which purchased Sachs Bicycle Components,
at (800) 346-2928. SRAM Corp. will honor the recall
and replace any defective chains.
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