Name of Product: 2006 Performance Travel Trac Trainers
Units: About 10,200
Importer: Performance Inc., of Chapel Hill, N.C.
Hazard: The base of the trainer has a blocking mechanism that can break
Causing the bicycle to disengage from the stand, posing a fall hazard.
Incidents/Injuries: Performance has received two reports of the bike
Trainers breaking, though no injuries have been reported.
Description: Trainers are folding stands that lift and apply resistance
To the rear wheel of a standard bike which converts it to a stationary
Trainer. The CenturyV trainers are gloss black with red and white decals
Running vertically along the rear face of the rear support legs. The
Left leg has an additional vertical red "Travel Trac CenturyV" decal.
The Travel Trac Mag Force+ has gray front legs and red rear legs. The
Right rear leg has a large vertical decal on its rear face with "Mag
Force" in large yellow letters and "Travel Trac" in small white letters.
The recalled models' UPC and item numbers are printed on the packaging.
The item number is also printed on the bottom of the last page of the
Owner's' manual. The following are the recalled models:
Model Item # UPC
Travel Trac CenturyV Fluid 40-2317 400012288654
Travel Trac CenturyV Fluid+ 40-2318 400012289804
Travel Trac CenturyV Mag+ 40-2319 400012289989
Travel Trac Mag Force+ 40-2323 400012290206
Sold at: Performance stores nationwide, as well as Performance's Web
Site and catalogs, from August 2005 through February 2006 for about
$300.
Manufactured in: Italy
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using these bicycles trainers
And contact Performance to obtain a free repair kit.
Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Performance at
(800) 553- 8324 between 9 a.m. And 8 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or
Visit the company's Web site at www.performanceinc.com
To see this recall on CPSC's web site, including a picture of the
Recalled product, please go to:
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml06/06107.html
Units: About 10,200
Importer: Performance Inc., of Chapel Hill, N.C.
Hazard: The base of the trainer has a blocking mechanism that can break
Causing the bicycle to disengage from the stand, posing a fall hazard.
Incidents/Injuries: Performance has received two reports of the bike
Trainers breaking, though no injuries have been reported.
Description: Trainers are folding stands that lift and apply resistance
To the rear wheel of a standard bike which converts it to a stationary
Trainer. The CenturyV trainers are gloss black with red and white decals
Running vertically along the rear face of the rear support legs. The
Left leg has an additional vertical red "Travel Trac CenturyV" decal.
The Travel Trac Mag Force+ has gray front legs and red rear legs. The
Right rear leg has a large vertical decal on its rear face with "Mag
Force" in large yellow letters and "Travel Trac" in small white letters.
The recalled models' UPC and item numbers are printed on the packaging.
The item number is also printed on the bottom of the last page of the
Owner's' manual. The following are the recalled models:
Model Item # UPC
Travel Trac CenturyV Fluid 40-2317 400012288654
Travel Trac CenturyV Fluid+ 40-2318 400012289804
Travel Trac CenturyV Mag+ 40-2319 400012289989
Travel Trac Mag Force+ 40-2323 400012290206
Sold at: Performance stores nationwide, as well as Performance's Web
Site and catalogs, from August 2005 through February 2006 for about
$300.
Manufactured in: Italy
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using these bicycles trainers
And contact Performance to obtain a free repair kit.
Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Performance at
(800) 553- 8324 between 9 a.m. And 8 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or
Visit the company's Web site at www.performanceinc.com
To see this recall on CPSC's web site, including a picture of the
Recalled product, please go to:
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml06/06107.html
