Specialized warns loose wheel

- With a number of sports bicycle models of the Specialized brand can separate a defective rear, reports the Dutch Food Safety Authority (NVWA) Thursday. The manufacturer calls on owners to no longer cycling, and to find a dealer.

According Specialized it has happened a number of times the wheel came loose. ' If this occurs can result in injury when a driver loses control and falls, '' the company said.

It involves all MY16-called Venge vias frames with rim brakes. This includes all 'S-Works and Pro level frames, which are sold as a complete bike and modules, as well as any warranty frames.

How many of the on bicycles were sold in the Netherlands is unknown. At Specialized Europe BV in the Gelderland 's-Heerenberg nobody wants to respond.