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Mighty Ape - Royal Baby childrens bicycles

Official notice

27 Jan 2020

Last checked

27 Jan 2020

An official Product Safety NZ notice concerns Mighty Ape - Royal Baby childrens bicycles. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Product Safety Standards (Pedal Bicycle) Regulations 2000 as the Bicycles do not have a rear pedal brake mechanism. Without a rear back-pedal brake children may not be able to brake sufficiently using the front/rear brakes controlled by the handlebars, which could result in an accident and injury of the rider. Published 2020-01-27.

What to do now

Stop using the bicycle and contact Mighty Ape to arrange a return and refund. Mighty Ape is also contacting all identified customers that were originally sold an affected bicycle.

Official notice

2020-01-27

The hazard

The product does not comply with the requirements of the Product Safety Standards (Pedal Bicycle) Regulations 2000 as the Bicycles do not have a rear pedal brake mechanism. Without a rear back-pedal brake children may not be able to brake sufficiently using the front/rear brakes controlled by the handlebars, which could result in an accident and injury of the rider.

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Affected products

Product 1

Sold through Mighty Ape from September 2018 to 29 November 2019 • Royal Baby: BMX Freestyle - 16 inch Bike (Blue, Green, Orange, Pink & Red) • Royal Baby: Bull Dozer - 16 inch Bike (Black) • Royal Baby: Flying Bear - 16 inch Bike (Red & Yellow) • Royal Baby: H2 Royalite - 16 inch Bike (Orange) • Royal Baby: Honey - 14 inch Bike (Black, Purple & Red) • Royal Baby: Jenny - 14 & 16 inch Bike (White) • Royal Baby: Little Swan - 14 inch Bike (Pink) • Royal Baby: Mermaid - 14 & 16 inch Bike (Pink) • Royal Baby: Space No. 1 - 14 & 16 inch Bike (Black & Orange) • Royal Baby: Space shuttle - 14 & 16 inch Bike (Black & Purple)

Risk / hazard

The product does not comply with the requirements of the Product Safety Standards (Pedal Bicycle) Regulations 2000 as the Bicycles do not have a rear pedal brake mechanism. Without a rear back-pedal brake children may not be able to brake sufficiently using the front/rear brakes controlled by the handlebars, which could result in an accident and injury of the rider.

Where it was sold

The source does not list specific retailers. See the official notice for where affected products were sold.

Location 1

NZ · New Zealand

Affected area 1

NZ · New Zealand

Company & contacts

Manufacturer

Not provided

Phone

Not provided

Brand: Mighty Ape. Contact: Mighty Ape Ltd.

Source & status

Tier

official

Category

KIDS

Classification

Product recall

App estimate

medium

Recall details

Classification

Product recall

Source tier

official

Documents, notices & source

See the official notice and source documents for full details.

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