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CPSC, Minoura Announce Recall of Bicycle Indoor Training Stands

Home product recall 00-160. Announced by CPSC on Aug 9, 2000.

  • CPSC: stop using it
CPSC’s own notice, on cpsc.gov

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The short answer

Announced by CPSC on Aug 9, 2000. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.

Every line below is in CPSC’s own words, with its source beside it.

What’s wrong with it?

These stands allow regular bicycles to be used as stationary bicycles. The flywheels, which are red or blue, can fracture in use. Metal pieces of broken flywheels can hit riders or bystanders, causing cuts and bruises.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

What should you do?

Consumers should stop using these stands immediately, and call Minoura, to receive a free repair kit.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

  • How to reach the firm: Call Minoura at (800) 601-9592 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday PT or go to Minoura’s web site at http://www.minoura.co.jp/voluntary_recall.htm

Which ones are recalled?

This recall only involves Minoura, Schwinn, Performance or Univega brand stands with painted red or blue exposed flywheels. The brand names are written on the stand and the flywheels are about 5 inches in diameter. The company will help consumers determine if their stand is part of this recall.

About 29,500 units, as CPSC gives them.

Bicycle Indoor Training Stands.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

CPSC’s photos

CPSC shows 2 photos on its notice. Hearth Record doesn’t copy them; each opens on cpsc.gov.

Who made and sold it?

  • Made by Minoura Company Ltd., Japan.
  • Imported by Minoura North America, Fremont, Calif.
  • Bicycle stores and catalogs, including Performance, sold the stands nationwide, from January 1989 through December 1994, for between $120 and $180.
Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

Was anyone hurt?

Minoura has received three reports of injuries from pieces of broken flywheels, resulting in lacerations on riders’ legs.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

What the record doesn’t say

  • The notice lists no UPCs, so check the model, the description and the photos.
  • The notice lists no model numbers in a field of their own; its description may give them.
  • How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Source:

Hearth Record wrote these lines.

Sources

  • U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Recalls API.

    Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.

Source:

Recalls of kids’ and home products are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record. Copied on Oct 19, 2026.

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