Breaking hazard prompts bike handlebar recall

Consumer Product Safety Commission has joined with Nitto of Japan to recall more than two thousand Nitto Aluminum Bicycle Handlebars that have been reported breaking during use causing loss of control and two incidents of injury. 

Model # B259AA came in
red, blue, black, gold, green,
pink and silver

Importers Euro Asia Imports (La Crescenta, CA), Bicycle technologies International (Santa Fe, NM), and The Merry Sales Company (San Francisco, CA) were all named in the recalled.  The handlebars were sold on bike specialty stores across the United States and Canada between January 2008 and July 2011. Consumers would have paid between $60-$80 each for the product.

"NITTO" and "B259" printed
at end of handlebars 

Stop using the affected handlebars immediately and contact Euro Asia Imports for free replacement handlebars. Euro Asia Imports can e contacted by phone at 888-662-1814) or on the company website: www.EuroAsiaImports.com.

Health Canada recall at this link.