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Nitro Circus bicycles and bicycle parts

1 report to CPSC, the latest made Apr 21, 2020. A report isn’t a recall.

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From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.

  • 1report to CPSC
  • Apr 21, 2020the latest report was made
  • Apr 21, 2020the earliest
  • 0with the company’s comments
Brand
Nitro Circus
Maker
Hyper Bicycles, Inc.Makers, 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 2019 to April 2020; the most in April 2020, 1.
The numbers, as a table
Reports to CPSC by the month each was made, newest first
MonthReports
April 20201

How badly anyone was hurt

  • Hospital admission 1 CPSC: Injury, Hospital Admission

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.

Source:

CPSC, SaferProducts.gov public database export. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.

  1. Hospital admission

    Made Apr 21, 2020, sent to the company May 13, 2020, published by CPSC May 28, 2020

    The product, in the report: 20”Hyper Nitro Circus BMX bike, black and red detailing. Bike frame is made of black powder coated metal that is very heavy. Across the bike frame Nitro Circus is written in white lettering. Leather bike seat with nitro circus emblem sewn on seat in red thread. Model HYPT201212 UPC 690995302328

    My son was riding his nitro circus bicycle purchased at Walmart down a hill. The handlebar mechanism became loose and he could not turn and lost control. The handlebars were no longer functioning and he could not turn the wheel. He went in to grass to avoid crashing in the street and flew over the bike and the peg on the bike stuck in to the mud causing the bike to stop suddenly as it was stuck in the ground and causing him to land on the bike handlebar that was sticking up. He sustained life threatening injuries and was hospitalized. The plug from the handlebar had also fallen out and this caused him to have a portion of his flesh removed at the site of the impalement and heavy bleeding did occur. An ambulance came quickly preventing his death. I believe this bicycle is not made in a safe manner. The plugs, handlebar and pegs contribute to its lack of safety and it should not be sold as a child’s product.The plugs that are in the handlebar ends are metal washer like plugs that screws in to the ends of the handlebar. I do not think this type of plug is safe or sufficient to prevent handlebar injury in a child.

    Model
    HYPT201212
    UPC
    690995302328
    Serial number
    Wal Mart Item # 564741842
    Bought from
    Wal Mart, Illinois
    Bought
    Apr 12, 2019
    Where
    Springfield, United States: Street or Highway
    Who was involved
    Age 9, Male
    The reporter’s relation to them
    My Child
    As this report names them
    Brand Nitro Circus, made or sold by Hyper Bicycles, Inc.
    How badly, in CPSC’s words
    Injury, Hospital Admission

CPSC’s disclaimer

Disclaimer: CPSC does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the contents of the Publicly Available Consumer Product Safety Information Database on SaferProducts.gov, particularly with respect to information submitted by people outside of CPSC.

Source:

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Sources

Sources

  • 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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Reports of harm are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), on SaferProducts.gov. CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record.

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11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

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