| Office of Information and Public Affairs | Washington, DC 20207 |
| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | |
| July 17, 2001 | CPSC Contact: Yolanda Fultz-Morris |
| Release # 01-200 | (301) 504-0580 Ext. 1219 |
PRODUCT: Magura Bicycle Brakes - Magura USA, of Olney, Ill., is voluntarily recalling about 360 hydraulic disc brakes. These 2001 Gustav M hydraulic disc brakes are the only Gustav brakes with silver brake levers. Bicycle stores sold the brakes nationwide from September 2000 through May 2001 for about $260 each. They were also sold with Cannondale MT 4000 tandem bicycles.
PROBLEM: The brakes could fail, causing the rider to lose control of the bicycle, fall and suffer serious injuries.
INCIDENTS/INJURIES: Magura has received no reports of incidents or injuries.
WHAT TO DO: Consumers should stop using bicycles with these brakes
immediately and contact their local dealer for repair. For a free Gustav
M Brake Upgrade Kit, contact your local Magura dealer. For more information,
call toll-free at (800) 448-3876 between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. CT Monday through
Friday.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission protects the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death from 15,000 types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. To report a dangerous product or a product-related injury, call CPSC's hotline at (800) 638-2772 or CPSC's teletypewriter at (800) 638-8270, or visit CPSC's web site at http://www.cpsc.gov/talk.html. For information on CPSC's fax-on-demand service, call the above numbers or visit the web site at http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/103.html. To order a press release through fax-on-demand, call (301) 504-0051 from the handset of your fax machine and enter the release number. Consumers can obtain this release and recall information at CPSC's web site at http://www.cpsc.gov.