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Friday, July 20, 2007

Waking up on the side of the road with ears ringing?


In all the excitement about hand amputations and Thule bike racks, we neglected to tell you about another bike-related recall.

Genuine Innovations is recalling these two tire inflator devices. Why? We knew you'd want the gruesome details...


The firm has received 12 reports of combination tire inflator and hand pumps exploding. Six injuries were reported, including lacerations, temporary ringing in ear and bruising.


We've said it before, we hope you're a fan of Haiku: Now that Crank Brothers produces a pump that is smaller, lighter, and more dependable than CO2 cartridges, there's no reason in the world to be carrying around those little pipe bombs.

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