Cannondale recalls Lefty forks

Cannondale announces a voluntary product recall. The affected products include all mountain bikes of the model year 2007 and some of the model year 2008, which are equipped with a Lefty Speed Carbon SL or a Lefty Speed DLR 2 fork. If this is the case with your bike, you should not ride it from now on. Take it to your Cannondale dealer and have it checked there.

"Unfortunately, there have already been injuries caused by this problem. We encourage anyone who has purchased one of the affected bikes to contact their dealer immediately and have the bike inspected," said Chris Peck, Cannondale's Vice President of Research and Development.

Cannondale has become aware of an assembly error that can cause the upper and lower parts of the telescopic unit of these forks to come completely apart. "The cause of this problem is insufficient application of thread locking adhesive to the damper cartridge. This can cause the lower part to unscrew and slip completely out of the upper part. It is important to note that the actual design of the fork and the manufacturing process are not faulty. It is only an assembly error. Cannondale has been producing the Lefty fork for almost a decade now. These forks have proven themselves in countless World Cup events and have passed the toughest laboratory and practical tests in the bicycle industry - provided they were assembled correctly," says Peck.

The safety recall will be communicated to all authorized Cannondale dealers along with detailed troubleshooting instructions. Cannondale has issued appropriate quality assurance instructions for bicycle manufacturing.

For more information on affected models, please visit www.cannondale.com or by phone on +41 61 487 93 80 (Europe) or by email servicedeskeurope@cannondale.com angefordert werden.

Source: Cannondale press release

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