Salsa Cycles is recalling 6,500 threadless handlebar stems and quill handlebar stems after a stem broke, causing a minor injury to a cyclist.
The CroMoto S.U.L. 25.4 and 26.0 threadless handlebar stems and all CroMoto S.U.L. 26.0 handlebar stem brands are involved. They were sold as individual aftermarket parts since April 1, 2010.
Salsa and the US Consumer Product Safety Commission urge owners to stop riding bicycles with those stems immediately and contact a local, authorized Salsa dealer for inspection and free replacement.
The stems were manufactured in Taiwan for Salsa Cycles, a subsidiary of Quality Bicycle Products of Bloomington, Minnesota. They were sold online and at authorized dealers for about $65. Salsa says the stems are black and have the name Salsa stenciled on the side; they also have a hashmark inside the stem clamp.
Contact Quality Bicycle Products toll-free at (877) 774-6208 between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. CT Monday through Friday. More information about the recall at the CPSC press release.
Salsa launched a similar recall of 8,500 CroMoto S.U.L. handlebar stems in 2009.
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