Race Lite Wheel bicycles and bicycle parts
1 report to CPSC, the latest made Aug 18, 2016. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.
- 1report to CPSC
- Aug 18, 2016the latest report was made
- Aug 18, 2016the earliest
- 1with the company’s comments
- Brand
- Race Lite Wheel
- Maker
- TREK BICYCLE CORPORATIONMakers, 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
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| August 2016 | 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.
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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No one hurt Made Aug 18, 2016, sent to the company Aug 29, 2016, published by CPSC Sep 20, 2016
The product, in the report: Bontrager Race Lite Wheel 29”
My rear tire went flat a week before I went on a 350 mile bike tour. The second day of the tour, a new inner tube again went flat in the same place with a 3mm slit in the tire, causing rapid air loss. I saw that the tire strip was wrinkled, and assumed that the wrinkle caused the leak and the patch would prevent another. On the last day of the tour I rode on the wheel at 35 mph downhill and at 22 mph for 10 miles continuously while following a tandem. If the tire had gone flat during these periods, there would have been a loss of control of the bicycle.
Two days later, I removed the tire and wheel strip, intending to replace the wheel strip. Under the wheel strip, the aluminum of the interior of the double walled wheel had cracked, forming sharp edges as the crack propagated from spoke hole to spoke hole. One of the cracked sections was over 15 inches long. The cracks could not be seen when under the tire strip, and the exterior wall had no cracks, so that the crack could not be observed until the tire strip was cut.
When I explained the incident to Trek, the representative said he was glad I made the ride safely. Trek later said the wheel was out of the 2 years warranty period, but that they would cover half the expense of a new wheel. They said that cracks of this type were one of the ways this wheel can fail. The representative at the bike shop said that my body weight of 175 pounds and the tire pressure of 50 psi were not out of specification for this wheel.
I do not believe that this failure mode should be regarded as acceptable because it cannot be observed by the rider (even with the tire off) and can lead to rapid air loss and loss of control at speeds that could cause serious injury.
- Model
- Race Lite Wheel
- UPC
- I don’t know
- Serial number
- I don’t know
- Bought
- Apr 1, 2013, about then
- Where
- Shelby Twp, Michigan: Place of Recreation or Sports
- Who was involved
- Age 51, Male
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand Race Lite Wheel, made or sold by TREK BICYCLE CORPORATION
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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