{"id":699105,"date":"2026-01-16T04:14:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T04:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/699105\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T04:14:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T04:14:12","slug":"specialized-issue-stop-ride-notice-on-commuter-e-bikes-over-potential-cracks-in-steerer-tube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/699105\/","title":{"rendered":"Specialized issue ‘stop-ride’ notice on commuter e-bikes over potential cracks in steerer tube"},"content":{"rendered":"

Specialized have issued a ‘stop-ride’ notice on all Turbo Como SL<\/a> e-bikes, due to the potential for cracks in the steerer tube.<\/p>\n

In an email sent out to retailers and customers on Thursday afternoon, Mark Schroeder, the senior director of quality and test engineering at Specialized, asked people to “stop riding immediately”.<\/p>\n

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He wrote: “At Specialized, our riders always come first. We have identified a potential issue with forks fitted to all models of Turbo Como SL bicycles.<\/p>\n

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“The fork steerer tube on affected bikes may develop a small fatigue crack which depending on use could lead to a progressive failure of the fork, posing a fall hazard.<\/p>\n

“We ask that you stop riding your Como SL bicycle immediately. If you are no longer the owner, please inform the new owner.”<\/p>\n

The bikes are described on the American company’s website as “the ultimate combination of power, range, and comfort for city and beyond”. They retail from \u00a31,999.<\/p>\n

“Specialized are working with the U.S. CPSC (Consumer Product Safety Commission) to obtain the required approvals to provide you with a solution,” Schroeder continued. “At this time, we believe it will be several weeks before we can provide details of an approved rework plan.<\/p>\n

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“Riders should therefore check www.specialized.com\/safety-notices for periodic updates. As riders ourselves, we understand the inconvenience and recognise that many of you rely on your Como SL as a mode of transportation. Ensuring you are back on your bike as swiftly as possible is our utmost priority and we will provide an update as soon as we can.<\/p>\n

“We apologise for the inconvenience and want to thank you for riding Specialized.”<\/p>\n

A separate email to retailers reads: “We ask that you remove all variants of Como SL from both your sales floor and website immediately pending further instructions.”<\/p>\n

It’s just the latest stop-ride or recall<\/a> to come from the bike industry in recent months. In December Stromer found evidence of people actually crashing as a result of an issue<\/a>, Cube found an issue with a fork<\/a>, and even the mighty Trek issued a recall.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Specialized have issued a ‘stop-ride’ notice on all Turbo Como SL e-bikes, due to the potential for cracks…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":699106,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4104],"tags":[4230,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-699105","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-cycling","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115902838403453962","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=699105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699105\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/699106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=699105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=699105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=699105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}