From the Birdy newsgroup, posted Fri Jul 14, 2006:
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here a translation with some corrections:
"Recall action for the Birdy
Riese and Mueller recalls some Birdy and Equinox models in a voluntary
(?) recall action. It concerns the Aniversary model "10 years Birdy"
out of the year 2005, all Birdys of model year 2006 with the
Monocoque framework as well as all Equinox with folding stem. With
these models a tube in the hinge can probably break by a material
defect.
Contact your dealer for a new spare parts. ..."
At
http://www.birdy-freunde.de/news/index.html you'll find some links
to more informations in German (a movie and a pdf file).
I am not shure, if affected models were sold in overseas.
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Could you contact R-M to ask which country models are subject to the recall, please.
As this could be a matter of life and limb I believe a speedy clarification would be most helpful.
Thanks!
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As Peter already wrote in his improved translation:
Only the new stems with the lever folding flush to the front of the
hinge plate.
Apart from 10y Jubilee and monocoque Birdy, only some r-m Equinox and
the (probably few) Birdy owners who had their complete stem&steering
tube assembly changed to the brand new type during the last couple of
months are concerned.
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