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Specialized Bicycle Components Recalls Bicycles Due to Fall Hazard
CPSC recall 11330 (22 Sep 2011) covers about 14,200 units of Bicycles with Advanced Group carbon forks from Advanced Group, filed under Bicycles and Bicycle Accessories.
The hazard statement mentions fall; 22% of the 313 CPSC recalls announced in 2011 mention at least one of the same hazards. The unit count is close to the 2011 median of 12,000.
This is the only CPSC recall on this register naming Advanced Group.
Text in quotation marks is the CPSC's own; the CPSC recall page linked above is authoritative and carries images and consumer contact details. Latest CPSC recall on the register: 24 Sep 2026.
The CPSC record
| Description | "This recall involves the following nine, 2011 model year bicycles with Advanced Group carbon forks: Sirrus Expert, Sirrus Comp, Sirrus Elite, Vita Expert, Vita Comp, Vita Elite, Vita Elite Step Thru, Tricross Sport, Tricross, and Tricross Comp. All bicycles have the brand name "Specialized" on the lower front frame tube. The model name is on the top tube." |
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| Product | Bicycles with Advanced Group carbon forks · About 14,200 · Bicycles and Bicycle Accessories |
| Hazard | "The brake component housed within the bicycle's carbon fork can disengage from the fork and allow the brake assembly to contact the wheel spokes while rotating, posing a fall hazard." |
| Remedy | "Consumers should immediately stop riding these bicycles and return them to an authorized Specialized retailer for a free repair or replacement carbon fork." |
| Remedy options | Replace, Repair |
| Incidents and injuries | "The company has received two reports of the brake component disengaging from the carbon fork. No injuries have been reported." |
| Sold at | Authorized Specialized Retailers nationwide from June 2010 through August 2011 for between $700 and $2,000. |
| Manufacturer | Advanced Group, of Taiwan |
| Distributor | Specialized Bicycle Components Inc |
Context
Questions and answers
What is the remedy for CPSC recall 11330?
CPSC's record states: "Consumers should immediately stop riding these bicycles and return them to an authorized Specialized retailer for a free repair or replacement carbon fork." Remedy options listed: replace and repair.
What hazard did CPSC describe for Specialized Bicycle Components Recalls Bicycles Due to Fall Hazard?
"The brake component housed within the bicycle's carbon fork can disengage from the fork and allow the brake assembly to contact the wheel spokes while rotating, posing a fall hazard."
Were injuries reported?
CPSC's record states: "The company has received two reports of the brake component disengaging from the carbon fork. No injuries have been reported."
Where was the product sold?
Authorized Specialized Retailers nationwide from June 2010 through August 2011 for between $700 and $2,000.
Where does this data come from?
The CPSC Recall Retrieval Web Services (saferproducts.gov), a US government work, retrieved 29 Sep 2026. Text in quotation marks is CPSC's. The CPSC recall page linked above is authoritative.
Provenance
Source: US Consumer Product Safety Commission, Recall Retrieval Web Services, public domain, retrieved 29 Sep 2026; latest record dated 24 Sep 2026. Hazard classes are keywords found in CPSC's hazard statement (or CPSC's own hazard type where the record carries one); the category is CPSC's product type. Errors in processing are corrected at the next build; see corrections.