Urgent warning as popular bicycle wheels sold in Ireland recalled due to injury and death risk amid ‘stop use' plea

The Irish Sun

10-08-2025

The brands confirmed that they will inspect the returned wheels
RECALL ALERT Urgent warning as popular bicycle wheels sold in Ireland recalled due to injury and death risk amid 'stop use' plea
AN URGENT warning has been issued over popular bicycle wheels sold in Ireland that pose a series of risks for those who use them.
DT Swiss and Swiss Side are carrying out a recall on their selected models of bicycle wheels.
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The CCPC has issued an urgent recall alert for DT Swiss and Swiss Side
Credit: CCPC
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The wheels come with several dangerous risks
Credit: CCPC
The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) issued the recalls for the bicycle wheels from both brands after discovering the product presents the risks of property damage, serious injury or death.
It was discovered that the wheel rim may weaken or fail unexpectedly, which may cause damage to some properties or cause life-threatening injuries to the user.
DT Swiss has urgently recalled the affected models of ARC/ERC/CRC/HEC.
The affected wheel models of the ERC, CRC, and HEC series have rim heights of 35 and 45mm and affected models of the ARC series have rim heights of 50, 55, and 65mm.
However, the ARC wheel models in rim heights of 38, 62, 80, and 85 mm are not included in the recall.
There are approximately 656 affected products in the Republic of Ireland.
And Swiss Side has urgently recalled six affected models, which are HADRON² All-Road, HADRON² All-Road Ultimate, HADRON² Classic 500, HADRON² Ultimate 500, HADRON³ Classic 550 and HADRON³ Classic 650.
Approximately 9 affected products in the Republic of Ireland were sold by Decathlon and their official Swiss Side website.
Despite the recalled products for Swiss Side wheels having no product defects reported, in-depth quality checks are urgent due to the products being produced by the manufacturing partner DT Swiss.
HADRON wheel models 380, 525, 680 and 850 are not affected by the recall as the rims were manufactured in DT Swiss's own facility in Poland.
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WHEEL INSPECTIONS
Customers are urged to "stop using the affected wheels immediately", check the DT Swiss ID number on their rims between the spokes, and check the rim tape and rim well.
And enter the DT Swiss ID in the ID checker box on the website.
If affected, they are asked to follow the instructions to return the wheels for inspection.
The brands confirmed that they will inspect the returned wheels and, if necessary, they will replace them free of charge.
If the stickers with the DT Swiss ID number on your product are no longer visible in the locations shown above or have become illegible due to wear or ageing, consumers can also send the rim series number located under the rim tape to the customer service.
They will perform a manual search to check whether your product is affected by the product's safety recall.
They are urged to check the DT Swiss Recall Notice on their website to verify if their wheels are part of the urgent recall.
Customers are also asked to spread awareness of the urgent recall to those who frequently use bikes.