Margaritaville bicycles and bicycle parts

1 report to CPSC, the latest made Apr 6, 2018. A report isn’t a recall.

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1report to CPSC
Apr 6, 2018the latest report was made
Apr 6, 2018the earliest
1with the company’s comments

Brand: Margaritaville
Maker: KENT INTERNATIONAL INCMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
Product: Bicycles and bicycle partsNot mountain or all-terrain bicyclesCPSC’s product type: Bicycles and Accessories, (Excl.mountain or All-terrain) (code 5040), in Sports and Recreation: Cycling, Scooters, Skateboards & Skates

By month

1 report from May 2017 to April 2018; the most in April 2018, 1.

The numbers, as a table

Reports to CPSC by the month each was made, newest first
Month	Reports
April 2018	1

How badly anyone was hurt

No one hurt 1 CPSC: Incident, No Injury

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.

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No one hurt
Made Apr 6, 2018, sent to the company Aug 13, 2018, published by CPSC Sep 4, 2018

The product, in the report: Woman’s 26” 7-speed bicycle https://www.walmart.com/ip/26-Women-s-Margaritaville-Multi-Speed-Cruiser-Bike/47443499?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=0&adid=22222222227041675033&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=86481875569&wl4=pla-192622011649&wl5=9010957&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=8175035&wl11=online&wl12=47443499&wl13=&veh=sem

I had paid for the bicycle and was picking it up in the Walmart, 4101 N Vermilion St, Suite A in Danville, IL. After testing the two other women’s 26”, 7 speed bicycles, I did chose the Margaritaville for the seat and the positions fit better.
However, when I was riding around the garden section on it, I didn’t turn fast enough and the bike was headed into a display. When I applied the brakes, the right brake handle broke. That is the one that stops the rear wheel. I am not really that strong, but the brake handle broke very easily. When I looked at it, I could see that it was made from pot metal.
I have had experience with garden shears that are made out of pot metal and them breaking. That is not very dangerous, but when a bicycle brake handle breaks that is dangerous. I am very glad that it broke in the store, for the bike assembler took it and put on a new set of handles made out of stronger metal, probably steel. However, that could have been a different story, IF I had been going down a hill at 20 MPH. I may have been frightened severely, injured, disabled or killed.
Thus for the safety of bicycle riders, please recall any bicycles with handles that are made of pot metal. They should not be used on bicycles. Steel or other metal handles should be required on bicycles.
After getting the handles changed to stronger metal, I enjoyed my 500-mile ride across Illinois and across most of Missouri on the Katy Trail and saw the total solar eclipse in Augusta, MO. The woman’s 26” 7-speed Margaritaville bicycle is a great ride, the rear rack and basket are very handy. In summer 2016, I did 400 miles in PA and MD on a man’s Margaritaville 26” 7-speed bicycle. My only complaint with it was that the bar was too high at the end of the day, and I couldn’t get my leg over and fell twice, so that is why I went with the woman’s version in 2017.
The brake handles were a defect that needs to be changed.
The URL below shows the bicycle.
FREE PICKUP TODAY or available now at Danville, 4101 N Vermilion St, Suite A
https://www.walmart.com/ip/26-Women-s-Margaritaville-Multi-Speed-Cruiser-Bike/47443499?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=0&adid=22222222227041675033&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=86481875569&wl4=pla-192622011649&wl5=9010957&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=8175035&wl11=online&wl12=47443499&wl13=&veh=sem

Bought from
Wal-Mart
Bought
Aug 5, 2017, about then
Where
Danville, Illinois: Other
Who was involved
Unspecified
The reporter’s relation to them
Unspecified
As this report names them
Brand Margaritaville, made or sold by KENT INTERNATIONAL INC
How badly, in CPSC’s words
Incident, No Injury

The company’s comments, in its own words

(8/30/2018) KENT INTERNATIONAL INC: Thank you for the opportunity to comment on this matter prior to publication. Kent International, Inc. has reviewed the information provided regarding the above-referenced incident allegedly involving one of its bicycles and has completed some related research.
Kent tests their bicycles for required safety and chemical standards each year a particular model is produced and sold to a retailer in the United States. Production of Model 52675 began in 2016. Testing for this particular model was completed in April 2016, with sales to Wal-Mart beginning thereafter. Kent has reviewed their claim files (both warranty and accident claims), and was unable to locate any additional instances of a possible failure of this type with the same or similar description as noted in the Incident Report from [REDACTED] on the same model bicycle or any other Kent bicycle which uses the same braking system.
The Margaritaville bicycle involved in this incident (model 52675) has been offered for sale by Walmart since 2016. Kent sold 19,000 of this particular model to Walmart in 2016, and we have received no reports of the same or similar issue from any of the other bicycles. Additionally, Kent supplies the Margaritaville Resorts across the United States and the Caribbean with this model as rental/loaner bicycles for their guests. To date, we have received no complaints from the Margaritaville Resorts of broken brake levers.
It has been over one (1) year since the alleged incident occurred. Kent has checked its records, and there is no account of the reporting individual, [REDACTED], contacting Kent following the incident at the Walmart store. Therefore, we had no ability to contact the store to determine the possible cause of the broken brake lever. Additionally, we have no ability to inspect the brake lever since Kent was not contacted by either [REDACTED] or the retail store following the incident. Had we been contacted, we would have requested, at a minimum, that the Walmart store send the broken brake lever to Kent so that we could have it inspected to determine how/why the break occurred. Further, we are unaware of what replacement braking system was installed onto the bicycle by the Walmart assembler. Did he take the brakes off another Margaritaville bicycle which was set to be assembled; did he replace the brakes from random parts that were available; or did he use “will fit” retail inventory at the store for retail sale? Again, it is impossible at this late date to access this information from the Walmart store.
There are many possibilities as to how the lever could have broken. For example, Walmart displays their assembled bicycles on racks which are two (2) levels high. It is possible that this bike could have fallen from the top display or even from a higher shelf in the storage area of the warehouse/stockroom, and the lever could have cracked from the impact. Then, when the customer was about to run into the display (as noted in his narrative), he panicked and pulled harder than necessary on the handle and it broke. There is also the possibility that the assembler tightened the adjustment screw too much causing the alleged failure when the lever was pulled too hard. However, as mentioned above, we are unable to ascertain this information.
Without the ability to inspect the broken lever, and with the lack of additional reports of broken brake levers from the thousands of Margaritaville bicycles being sold by Walmart, used at the Margaritaville Resorts, and sold by other retailers, Kent feels confident that there is not an issue with any part of the braking system being used on these bicycles. This is further confirmed by Kent’s records which show the subject brakes being in compliance with the applicable CPSC bicycle standard. We feel this was more than likely either an assembly issue or was caused by the bicycle being damaged prior to the test ride.
We thank you for allowing Kent the opportunity to comment on this consumer submission.

CPSC report 20180406-E6807-2147388747. Submitter: Consumer Search for it on SaferProducts.gov

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Margaritaville bicycles and bicycle parts

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