CPSC, Brunswick Corp. Announce Another Expanded Recall of Mongoose and Roadmaster Mountain Bicycles

Consumers should immediately stop using these bicycles and call the firm to obtain information on receiving a $65 refund for the bicycle fork. This applies to all owners of bicycles with Ballistic model 105 forks manufactured by Brunswick (except the Mongoose A40), even if they received a new Ballistic model 105 fork, as a result of participating in a previous recall.

Discount department stores and toy stores nationwide sold the bicycles with these forks from, June 1998 through December 2000, for between $125 and $150. Additionally, consumers could have received a Ballistic model 105 fork as a replacement, when participating in one of the previous recalls.

About 103,000

There have been 34 reports of forks on these bicycles breaking, resulting in 31 riders, including children and teenagers, suffering serious head and bodily injuries, abrasions, bruises and chipped teeth.

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Mongoose and Roadmaster mountain bicycles with Ballistic 105 front suspension forks

For more information, consumers should call Brunswick Corp. at (877) 243-5568 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. CT Monday through Friday.