For Immediate Release
Contact: Nicolette Humphries
January 7, 1998
(301) 504-0580 Ext. 1185
Release # 98-053
CPSC, Riteway Products Announce Recall of Bicycle Trailers
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product
Safety Commission (CPSC), Riteway Products of Santa Ana, Calif.,
is recalling about 5,500 Cycle Design Tag-A-Long bicycle trailers
to replace their U-Joints and accompanying hardware. The
U-Joint can break causing the trailing rider to be separated from
the towing bicycle, lose control, fall and be injured.
CPSC and Riteway Products have received six reports of the
U-Joint bolt hardware failing. Two minor injuries, such as cuts,
scrapes and bruises, have been reported.
The Cycle Design Tag-A-Long Trailer comes in three colors:
blue, black or green. All of the trailers have the Tag-A-Long
logo on the main tube of the trailer, as well as on the
chain guard. The words "Cycle Design" are on the main tube of the
trailer.
Authorized Rite way Dealers nationwide sold the trailers
from July 1997 through November 1997 for about $179.
Consumers should stop using the trailer immediately and
call their local bicycle dealer or Riteway Products to arrange to
have the U-Joint and accompanying hardware replaced free
of charge. For the location of the nearest dealer or questions
about this recall, consumers should call Riteway at (800)
743-3248 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. PST Monday through
Friday.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission protects the
public from unreasonable risks of injury or death from 15,000
types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. To
report a dangerous product or a product-related injury and for
information on CPSC's fax-on-demand service, call CPSC's hotline
at (800) 638-2772 or CPSC's teletypewriter at (800) 638-8270. To
order a press release through fax-on-demand, call (301) 504-0051
from the handset of your fax machine and enter the release
number. Consumers can obtain this release and recall information
at CPSC's web site at http://www.cpsc.gov or via Internet gopher
services at gopher.cpsc.gov. Consumers can report product hazards
to info@cpsc.gov. To establish a link from your web site to this
press release on CPSC's web site, create a link to the
following address:
www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml98/98053.html.
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98053,CPSC, RITEWAY PRODUCTS ANNOUNCE RECALL OF BICYCLE
TRAILERS,U-JOINT CAN BREAK, LOSS CONTROL, FALL OR INJURY
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