WallyWorld Accused of Selling "Death Trap" Bicycles - Cycling Mob: Road Cycling, Mountain Biking and More

02-18-2005, 09:44 PM

Who knew?

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"A lawsuit filed yesterday accuses San Rafael-based Dynacraft Industries
Inc. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of conspiring to sell bicycles they know are
defective and have caused injuries.

The lawsuit was filed in Marin Superior Court on behalf of nine children
from throughout the nation who were injured when the front wheel of the Next
brand bicycles they were riding detached, sending them over the handle bars.

The lawsuit claims Wal-Mart and Dynacraft have sold millions of "death trap"
bicycles with quick-release front wheels that were manufactured in China.
The bikes were imported by Dynacraft and shipped to Wal-Mart stores unopened
and unchecked for essential components."

You mean you can't trust your kids lives to a $50 Chinese bicycle assembled
by a minimum wage teenager with no training? What a shock!!

GG