PETALUMA, CA (BRAIN)—Yuba Bicycles is working with the Consumer Product Safety Commission on a recall affecting about 1,000 Mundo V4.0 cargo bikes after reports of two passengers on the back of the bike getting their feet caught in the rear wheel. No injuries were reported.
The bikes were sold by dealers nationwide and by Yuba online from May 2011 through December 2012 for about $1,099. The serial number range for the bikes is ADA11A008000 to ACA12D018000. The serial number is located on the kickstand plate.
Consumers should immediately stop using the cargo bikes and contact Yuba Bicycles at (877) 889-9822 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. PDT to receive free wheelskirts and have them installed at no cost. They can also go through the recall link at the bottom left of Yuba’s home page at www.yubabikes.com.
The recycled-plastic wheelskirts normally sell on Yuba’s website for $29.99.
An employee reached at Yuba’s Bay Area headquarters late Wednesday afternoon did not know whether the brand’s dealers would be reimbursed for installing the wheelskirts, which screw onto the frames of Yuba’s cargo bikes.
The recall notice on Yuba’s website says that going forward, the Mundo will be sold with wheelskirts.
Yuba’s cargo bike line also includes a shorter but similarly designed bike with seating over an open rear wheel, the Boda Boda. That bike was not part of the recall notice, however.
