MARIN COUNTY / Broken quick-release lever puts brakes on trial over alleged bike defect / Jurors examine wheel mechanism — and it reportedly breaks off
Bad news for Wal*mart. Unfortunately, it probably means bad news for everybody.
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February 10th, 2006 at 10:13 am
I’ve had my front wheel fall off while riding before. I was a kid and wasn’t going very fast, but it hurt enough to be memorable.
Put a stop to me attempting any more wheelies, let me tell ya.
February 10th, 2006 at 10:25 am
People have been watching this one pretty closely. The last time this happened, we ended up with “Lawyer Lips” which are a real PitA.
The defense is saying it’s user error. The cycling community wants to blame the clueless drones doing the bike assembly at the shop (which has some merit, in my experience). The plaintiffs (and their lawyers) are trying to snag big money by claiming it’s a known defect.
Seeing the thing fall apart in the jury room can’t be good. OTOH, if this really is a defective part for this manufacturer, rather than that the QR levers are defective by design, which is what the plaintiffs are trying to prove, all may not be lost.