This 2019 file photo shows the Peloton bike logo in San Francisco. The company is recalling 2.2 million popular bicycles due to a problem with the mechanical seatpost.
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This 2019 file photo shows the Peloton bike logo in San Francisco. The company is recalling 2.2 million popular bicycles due to a problem with the mechanical seatpost.
Jeff Chiu/Associated Press
It’s the second time in two years that the fitness company has recalled equipment, with Peloton recalling about 2.2 million exercise bikes due to equipment safety issues.
The recall affects bikes sold in the US from January 2018 to this month with model number PL01. Peloton has received 35 reports of bike seatposts breaking off during use and falling off the bike. Among them are his 13 reports of users falling off their bikes and sustaining wrist fractures, lacerations and bruises. According to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Consumers are advised to stop using the bicycle immediately and contact the company for free repair. Peloton offers customers a free seatpost to install themselves.
The retail price of the bike is around $1,400.
Earlier this year, Peloton Interactive agreed to pay a $19 million fine for failing to promptly notify regulators of known flaws in its Tread+ workout machine. The company also knowingly sold defective treadmills.
In the case of its treadmills, Peloton has received more than 150 reports of accidents involving injury or death to people, pets and property before reporting the issue to regulators.
