CPSC, Monarch Velo, LLC doing business as Catlike USA Announce Recall of Bike Helmets
Home product recall 03-132. Announced by CPSC on May 22, 2003.
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on May 22, 2003. 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?
The helmets fail impact testing required under CPSC’s safety standard for bicycle helmets, violating the Consumer Product Safety Act.
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What should you do?
Monarch Velo is no longer in business and has no product or ability to refund the consumers purchase price. Consumers can either get another type of helmet from the retailer they purchased the helmet from, or contact Catlike in Spain, who was the manufacturer of the helmets.
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- How to reach the firm: Contact Catlike Sport Components S.L. at +34 968 752 087 (Spain), by email at catlike@catlike.es, or visit the firm’s website at www.catlike.es
Which ones are recalled?
This recall involves Catlike Kompact™ adult bicycle helmets. The helmets were sold in two sizes (small/medium and large/extra large) and various colors. The sizing label inside the helmets reads “Kompact” and “SM/MD” or “LG/XL.”
2,250 units, as CPSC gives them.
Catlike Kompact™ Bike Helmets.
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CPSC’s photos
CPSC shows 1 photo on its notice. Hearth Record doesn’t copy them; each opens on cpsc.gov.
Who made and sold it?
- Distributed by Monarch Velo, LLC, doing business as Catlike USA, Houston, Texas.
- Bicycle shops nationwide sold the helmets, from March 2002 through February 2003, for about $130.
- Made in Spain, as the notice gives it.
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Was anyone hurt?
None reported.
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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.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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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.
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.