patentcad

Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 11:27 am Post subject: Cannondale Recalls: 2009 Six 5, Six 6, Carbon 5, Carbon 6


"Pie Plate" recall.....


News from CPSC
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 17, 2009
Release # 09-155 Firm’s Recall Hotline: (800) 245-3872
CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908

Cannondale Recalls Road Bicycles Due to Fall Hazard
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.

Name of product: 2009 Six 5, Six 6, Six Carbon 5 and Six Carbon 6 Bicycles

Units: About 1,300

Importer: Cannondale Bicycle Corporation, of Bethel, Conn.

Hazard: The bicycles fail to meet the federal safety standard for bicycles. Spoke protector discs, required on bicycles to prevent the bicycle chain from interfering or suddenly stopping the wheel, are missing from these bicycles. This poses a fall hazard to the rider.

Incidents/Injuries: None reported.

Description: The following Cannondale bicycles are included in the recall. "Six" is printed on the bicycle’s top tube and "Cannondale" is printed on the down tube.
Bicycle Name (2009 Models) Bicycle Model Number
Six 5 Compact 9RCT5C
Six 5 9RCT5D
Six 5 Compact 9RCT5C
Six 6 9RCT6D
Six 6 Triple 9RCT6T
Six Carbon 5 9RSX5D
Six Carbon 5 Compact 9RSX5C
Six Carbon 6 Compact 9RSX6C

Sold at: Authorized Cannondale dealers nationwide from October 2008 through February 2009 for between $1,500 and $2,100.

Manufactured in: Taiwan

Remedy: Consumers should stop using the recalled bicycles immediately and contact any authorized Cannondale bicycle dealer for a free repair.

bdcheung

Try to keep up, old man.

Erik B

https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=521233

patentcad

OK, my bad, it was supposed to be a thread entitled Thank God for the Freds Keeping Us Safe.

Erik B

Oh, well then Carry On.

Busta Quad

F'n CPSC. I remember the good old days when you could throw lawn darts from your brand new dork-disk-free 3 speed.

Grumpy McTrumpy

I have a dork disc remover. I will remove your dork disc for a nominal fee.

Grumpy McTrumpy

It's the same thing I use for "destructive editing" of CDs.

joejack951

Anyone remember the thread (might have been in the mechanics forum) where some dude tried to remove his spoke protector by lighting it on fire? Pretty sure it was not a troll too. Classic BF.

Busta Quad

Had to be real. No one could make up that kind of stupidity.

caloso

Was that before or after putting his helmet in the washing machine?

dsellinger

Jumped my cassette and broke 4 spokes this weekend.
The derailleur is/was adjusted perfect but I was towing my kids in the trailer and I was trying to get a run at the driveway. So standing and leaning hard while pushing the lever seems to have exerted more force then during adjustment on the workstand.
I'm thinking of putting my plate back on, hell maybe I should just get a day glow jacket and some mirrors.

Shimagnolo

Now you have me wondering what method he used to remove the hair on his legs.

Shimagnolo

I was doing ~25 down a steep hill with a stop sign at the bottom, braking while downshifting the RD, when the chain dropped into the spokes, breaking about 6, mangling 6 others, locking the rear wheel, and leaving 20 feet of rubber on the road and a flat spot on the tire.

Sure I've seen the old: "You don't need a spoke protector if your derailleur is properly adjusted."
Well, guess what boys and girls; Sometimes *this* is how you find out your derailleur needs adjusting.

joejack951

For your reading pleasure: https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...highlight=fire

garysol1 

Done....

DScott

I liked the original title better, more obtuse. And god knows, we need more obtuse on BF.

garysol1 

Done......Any more requests??

KiddSisko

Lawn Jarts

Ratfish

Oh God, I LOL'ed.

DScott

Super Record groupset prz...

Thank you.

Terex

And do you remember Slip-n-Slide? Was a terrific way to gut one of your kids.

Man, I just looked, and Wham-O is still making these. "Wham-O" is the sound made by your kid's doctor when he slaps you upside the head in the hospital after the inevitable accident (s).

celticfrost

Did you mean to say Feds or Freds?

Either way, what a total Fred move by the Feds.

kyriefurro

Forget the Slip-n-Slide. We were too poor for one of those things - well, my parents were too cheap, which amounts to the same thing . We simply put an old shower curtain down on the hill my the side of the house and then set the metal sprinkler head right in the center.

patentcad

Too much transparency is bad. Just ask D. Cheney.