_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works to utility cycling@slrpnk.netEnglish · 5 months agoCargo Bicycles Recalled Due to Fall Hazard; Manufactured by Babboe B.V.www.cpsc.govexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down10cross-posted to: micromobility@lemmy.world
arrow-up118arrow-down1external-linkCargo Bicycles Recalled Due to Fall Hazard; Manufactured by Babboe B.V.www.cpsc.gov_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works to utility cycling@slrpnk.netEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square3fedilinkcross-posted to: micromobility@lemmy.world
minus-squareTheSun@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·5 months ago The frames of the recalled cargo bicycles can crack and can bend and break, posing a fall hazard to the rider. “Fall hazard” seems like a bit of an understatement when the frame is snapping in half causing the fall.
minus-squareJacobCoffinWrites@slrpnk.netMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 months agoYeah my first reaction at just the headline was “yeah people fall off bikes, what’s actually happening to cause a recall?” Launch hazard? Vehicle breaks in half hazard?
minus-square𝗧𝗼𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 *𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑝𝑢𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoQuite the euphemism…
“Fall hazard” seems like a bit of an understatement when the frame is snapping in half causing the fall.
Yeah my first reaction at just the headline was “yeah people fall off bikes, what’s actually happening to cause a recall?”
Launch hazard? Vehicle breaks in half hazard?
Quite the euphemism…