The Recall Desk
HighCPSC·24104·Announced 2024-02-01

NextGen Children's Bicycles Recalled for Safety Standard Violations

Flat River Group is recalling about 22,700 NextGen children's bicycles because they do not meet federal safety standards. The bicycles lack required foot brakes, chain guards, or pedal reflectors, posing crash and injury hazards to children.

What this means for you

Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.

Our severity reasoning: The bicycles fail to meet federal safety standards in ways that directly create risk of crash and injury to children. Although no injuries have been reported, the hazards are not theoretical—the defects (missing foot brakes, missing chain guard, missing pedal reflectors) are structural and present actual risk of harm. This meets the rubric criterion for High severity: "risk-of-harm products where injury has not yet been reported."

Plain-English summary

Flat River Group, of Belding, Michigan, is recalling about 22,700 NextGen children's bicycles sold between October 2020 and November 2022. The bicycles were sold in black, blue, red, purple, and pink at retailers including Amazon, Walmart, Target, Kohl's, Lowe's, and others for between $80 and $135.

The bicycles do not meet U.S. safety standards for bicycles and pose crash and injury hazards to children. The 10-inch, 12-inch, and 16-inch bicycles are equipped with hand brakes but no foot brakes. The 20-inch bicycles are not equipped with a chain guard, and the pedals do not come with reflectors. Federal regulations require bicycles with seat heights at or below 25 inches to have foot brakes and a full coverage chain guard to prevent entrapment of clothing or body parts.

No injuries have been reported. Consumers should immediately take the recalled bikes away from children and stop using them. Contact Flat River Group toll-free at 833-857-1010 for instructions on returning the bicycles for a full refund, or visit www.Flatrivergroup.com/nextgen-recall/ or www.Flatrivergroup.com and click on "Recall" at the top of the page for more information.

The recalled product

Product
NextGen Children's Bicycles
Manufacturer
Flat River Group, of Belding, Michigan
Category
Consumer Product — Bicycles / Wheeled Toys
Hazard
  • crash-injury
  • missing-foot-brakes
  • missing-chain-guard
  • missing-reflectors
Affected units
22,700

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.

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