Catrike pedal-powered adult vehicles
1 report to CPSC, the latest made Aug 11, 2020. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.
- 1report to CPSC
- Aug 11, 2020the latest report was made
- Aug 11, 2020the earliest
- 0with the company’s comments
- Brand
- Catrike
- Maker
- Big Cat HPV, LLCMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
- Product
- Pedal-powered adult vehiclesThree or more wheelsCPSC’s product type: Pedal-powered Adult Vehicles (Three or More Wheels) (code 3202), in Sports and Recreation: Cycling, Scooters, Skateboards & Skates
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| August 2020 | 1 |
How badly anyone was hurt
- Emergency room 1 CPSC: Injury, Emergency Department Treatment Received
As each report says it, in short words; CPSC’s own words are under each.
The reports, as CPSC published them
Reports people made to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. CPSC publishes each one after sending it to the company named, and doesn’t guarantee they’re accurate. A report isn’t a recall.
Each report is the words of the person who made it, as CPSC published them. The company’s comments, where CPSC published any, are set apart as the company’s own.
CPSC, SaferProducts.gov public database export. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.
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Emergency room Made Aug 11, 2020, sent to the company Sep 2, 2020, published by CPSC Sep 17, 2020
The product, in the report: Catrike Recumbent Tricycle, manufactured by Big Cat Human Powered Vehicles, LLC of Orlando, FL ... specifically a Catrike Expedition MOdel Expedition
I was riding a Catrike Expedition recumbent tricycle on the golf course cart pathway in [REDACTED] on August 23, 2017. The rear wheel ejected at approximately 11 mph and the trike flipped causing my head to hit the concrete and all four appendages to be injured. I attended [REDACTED] Emergency Room and was treated. I suffered permanent damage to the nerves exiting the foramen at Cervical Vertebrae 4 and 5, causing dysphagia, a life-long inability to swallow normally and breathe. The tricycle was examined by a renowned metallurgical engineer, [REDACTED] of the [REDACTED] engineering department. The quick release skewer that holds the wheels in on almost all recumbent tricycles (of which there are tens of thousands in use in America) is subjected to pressure that exceeds the ability of the quick release skewer to retain the wheel in the frame sixty fold greater than design. Every one of these recumbent tricycles that are not manufactured with a thru axle design are categorically unsafe. I am aware of at least 7 (seven) other riders who have been injured by the ejection of the rear wheel on a recumbent tricycle. Big Cat Human Powered Vehicles, LLC is the only manufacturer I am aware of in the United States. The company is located in Orlando, FL. After consultation with their counsel in early 2018 and demanding that Big Cat manufacture their tricycles with thru axles, in October 2019 Big Cat announced that all future trikes would be made with thru axle designs. Yet there are thousands of trikes manufactured before October 2019 made by Big Cat in use.
- Model
- Expedition
- UPC
- NA
- Serial number
- NA
- Bought from
- Fool da Crow Cycles
- Bought
- May 15, 2017
- Where
- Tallahassee, Florida: Place of Recreation or Sports
- Who was involved
- Age 64, Male
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand Catrike, made or sold by Big Cat HPV, LLC
- Reports CPSC links to it
- 20210114-4BD42-2147366514
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Injury, Emergency Department Treatment Received
CPSC’s disclaimer
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Sources
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, SaferProducts.gov public database export.
Released Oct 25, 2026 and checked Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.
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