
Quality Bicycle Products GBC. Bicycle handlebars and bicycles
The recalled handlebars can crack where the brake/shift levers are installed and cause a crash, posing an injury hazard.
- Crash
- About 8,740 units
- 37 reports
- Replacement
Brand
9 official CPSC notices naming Quality Bicycle Products, 2004–2023, across sports & outdoors.
Totals add up the figures the notices state, counting a reannounced recall once. A notice that gives no number adds nothing.
Every model number named in a Quality Bicycle Products recall, grouped by notice. Type the number from your product label.
7 model numbers
9 notices where the recalled products are bicycles & components.

The recalled handlebars can crack where the brake/shift levers are installed and cause a crash, posing an injury hazard.

The bicycle's fork legs can crack or break, posing a fall hazard to the rider.

Quality Bicycle Products, Bloomington, Minn.
The bicycle's fork legs can break, posing an injury hazard.

An open quick release lever on the bicycle's front wheel hub can come into contact with the front disc brake rotor causing the front wheel to come to a sudden stop or separate from the bicycle, posing a risk of injury to the rider.

Race Productions NV, Belgium
The bicycle handlebar stems can crack or break, posing a fall hazard.

The bicycle rack's mounting bracket can crack or break. When this happens, the rack can fall onto the bicycle's front wheel, posing a fall hazard to the rider.

MacLean Quality Composites, d.b.a. Reynolds
The fork tips could separate from the fork legs, causing the wheel to come loose from the fork while riding. This could pose a serious fall hazard to riders.

These handlebar stems can crack or break, causing the bicycle rider to fall and suffer injuries.

The steering tube on the bicycle fork can crack or break, causing a sudden loss of steering control and causing a fall hazard to bicyclists.
The recall contact each official notice gives, newest first. Contacts can change after a notice is published; the notice itself is the final word.
As of October 1, 2026, CPSC has published 9 recall notices naming Quality Bicycle Products consumer products between 2004 and 2023, covering at least 1.3 million units.
No. As of October 1, 2026, CPSC has published no recall notice naming Quality Bicycle Products consumer products in 2026. The most recent was announced January 5, 2023 (CPSC 23-086).
Bicycles & components (9).
“Thirteen Manufacturers, Distributors Recall Bicycles with Front Disc Brakes to Replace Quick Release Lever Due to Crash Hazard” (CPSC 15-253), announced September 29, 2015: about 1.3 million units.
Find the model number on the product's rating label, then type it into the model-number lookup on this page. A match means the number appears in an official CPSC notice; open that notice to confirm any date codes or serial ranges it lists. No match is not proof that a product is safe.
Each notice names its own recall contact; the contacts for every Quality Bicycle Products notice are listed on this page. For the most recent one, Quality Bicycle Products GBC. Bicycle handlebars and bicycles (CPSC 23-086), call 800-346-3340, go to www.salsacycles.com/support/recalls/cowbell-cowchipper-carbon-handlebar-recall and email recall@qbp.com.