Originally Posted by
Linezolid
Seems like the concern for this recall is a bit overblown. it's a couple of hundred bikes. If you look at cpsc.gov recalls, Trek recalled 12,000(!) bikes for front fork breaking problems.
But you want to control for exposure ... right? That is, Trek sells tons of bikes.
Presumably, consumers would like some notion of the frame's likelihood of failure. My guess is that it's quite small. But I think that brings us to BHKYTE's point that Tern's actions have only heightened the angst.