Fascinating website, CPSC incident reports
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Fascinating website, CPSC incident reports
You can enter "bicycle" into the search. It's just fascinating to see what kinds of things can happen. Naturally these are all product related, so it doesn't cover things like car crashes.
https://www.saferproducts.gov/
https://www.saferproducts.gov/
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Well, here's my nomination for dumbest complaint ever: https://www.saferproducts.gov/Public...portId=2003331
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Dumber than the one where the bicycle falls over when training wheels are removed? https://www.saferproducts.gov/Public...portId=1308795
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Well, here's my nomination for dumbest complaint ever: https://www.saferproducts.gov/Public...portId=2003331
Next time just purchase a folding bike!!!
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I would be shocked by this, but I recently read an article about the rise of cell phone use by people riding bicycles in the Netherlands. It was written by an E R doc. It seems there has been a rise in the amount of bicyclists running into each other and fixed objects such as light polls and other assorted polls, planters, corner store fronts etc. Even though the parked car chaser didn't mention cell phone use, being drunk, drugged up, crazy or any combination of what I listed. This could be another case of cellphoneitus.
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I would be shocked by this, but I recently read an article about the rise of cell phone use by people riding bicycles in the Netherlands. It was written by an E R doc. It seems there has been a rise in the amount of bicyclists running into each other and fixed objects such as light polls and other assorted polls, planters, corner store fronts etc. Even though the parked car chaser didn't mention cell phone use, being drunk, drugged up, crazy or any combination of what I listed. This could be another case of cellphoneitus.
I have no idea what happened--the complaint claimed that he ran into a parked car while climbing. Judging by the crumple, that must have been one fast climb. The complainant hurt his fingers, but appeared to have been mostly angered that Specialized wouldn't replace the frame. I'm pretty sure riding into a parked car voids the warranty.
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This is another interesting site. I'm leaving it up to individual opinion whether all of these requirements are a good idea, but since regulation in the US tends to be reactive, you can probably read between the lines as to what kinds of problems people have had with bikes over the years.
https://www.cpsc.gov/Business--Manuf...e-Requirements
https://www.cpsc.gov/Business--Manuf...e-Requirements
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Dumber than the one where the bicycle falls over when training wheels are removed? https://www.saferproducts.gov/Public...portId=1308795
I think the good thing about the "dumb" complaints is they give people a place to vent, and know that their voice will be heard.
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Well, here's my nomination for dumbest complaint ever: https://www.saferproducts.gov/Public...portId=2003331
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He didn’t hit a parked car riding uphill. He ran the damn thing into a garage and is trying to get Specialized to replace it. With that much frame damage, why isn’t the wheel damaged?
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From what I used to see when I worked in bike stores, for impacts that occur below a certain speed, one part of the bike yields first, be it wheel, fork, or frame, and that part then absorbs most or all of the impact, leaving the other parts undamaged.
Cino Cinelli has said that he designed his signature fully sloping fork crown with the idea that a bike with a folded frame but an undamaged fork is more likely to be able to be ridden to a controlled stop than a bike with a folded fork.
Cino Cinelli has said that he designed his signature fully sloping fork crown with the idea that a bike with a folded frame but an undamaged fork is more likely to be able to be ridden to a controlled stop than a bike with a folded fork.
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Welcome to the crumple zone.
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I think the operative word there is “speed”. This guy said he ran into a parked car while riding uphill. I really doubt there was enough speed to crumple the frame like that at slow uphill speeds. I think the reason the wheel isn’t damaged is because it wasn’t on the bike...when he crashed it into the garage.
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I think the operative word there is “speed”. This guy said he ran into a parked car while riding uphill. I really doubt there was enough speed to crumple the frame like that at slow uphill speeds. I think the reason the wheel isn’t damaged is because it wasn’t on the bike...when he crashed it into the garage.
I think I see it now.
I do think he could do this at a pretty low rate of speed, though, if he hit a high bumper, like on a truck. The word "vehicle" is kind of a tell--admitting you hit a parked truck would be kind of hard.
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The better question is "uphill???" Just how fast was this yahoo going... "uphill?"
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Practically the same failure mode in this recent thread:
https://www.bikeforums.net/bicycle-m...-hopeless.html
My guess is, whatever is the first thing to buckle, relieves the force of the collision, and the rest of the parts remain intact.
https://www.bikeforums.net/bicycle-m...-hopeless.html
My guess is, whatever is the first thing to buckle, relieves the force of the collision, and the rest of the parts remain intact.