OT: Specialized recalls 12,000 Globe bikes

[monkei]

In case anyone here knows someone with one.

Specialized has issued a voluntary recall of 12,000 Globe model city bikes following four reported incidents of fork failure.

[Dion]

Those Globe bike riders - hucking off 9ft. drops.

[Mt. Tam Haze]

Don't worry, the fork just brakes off at the steer tube no big deal...

[mtnryder56]

I heard they are replacing with totems

[KevXR]

Those Globe bike riders - hucking off 9ft. drops.

A friend bought a Schwinn and bent the forks. The dealer said not to go off jumps. He said he jumped off a curb.

When I switched from mtn bike tires to 100 psi slicks for a century ride, I jumped off a curb. Instant lesson on how much suspension is in the tires. Ouch!

[Dion]

A friend bought a Schwinn and bent the forks. The dealer said not to go off jumps. He said he jumped off a curb.

When I switched from mtn bike tires to 100 psi slicks for a century ride, I jumped off a curb. Instant lesson on how much suspension is in the tires. Ouch!

As a man who primarily rides rigid bikes, I agree.

[motorbacon]

Didn't they have a recall with canti mounts not too long ago?

[Mt. Tam Haze]

No totems, Fox 40!
Ya the brakes can come off of the sirrus, vita, and tricross bikes from 2011.

[wsmac]

Those Globe bike riders - hucking off 9ft. drops.

You got THAT right!!!