Originally Posted by
JonBailey
Outlawing a bicycle part, a stick shift? By what government authority? Does DOT regulate bicycle design?
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
https://www.cpsc.gov/Business--Manuf...e-Requirements
Read it and weep for your lost freedom to needlessly injure yourself, or for bicycle manufacturers/wholesalers/retailers to injure their customers in any way you/they seem fit.