{"id":4194,"date":"2013-09-19T06:32:16","date_gmt":"2013-09-19T06:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/?p=4194"},"modified":"2013-09-19T06:32:16","modified_gmt":"2013-09-19T06:32:16","slug":"expensive-giant-bike-recall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/2013\/09\/19\/expensive-giant-bike-recall\/","title":{"rendered":"Expensive Giant Bike Recall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Even expensive bicycles costing many thousands of dollars can have post production problems.\u00a0 Herndon bike injury lawyer Doug Landau lauds bicycle makers who recognize problems in products that they have supplied and then do the right thing by recalling them\u00a0 &#8220;Placing products into the stream of commerce that turn out to be dangerous can cause permanent injury and death if not rectified quickly,&#8221; notes the Herndon cycling injury lawyer. About 200 Giant brand bicycles have been recalled due to a fall hazard from a seat post that can crack.<\/p>\n<p>This recall includes 2013 model year Giant XtC Advanced SL 29er 0 and 29er 1 series bicycles and 27.2 mm carbon fiber seatposts sold separately. The SL 29er 0 model bicycle is white, black and blue.\u00a0 The SL 29er 1 model is white, black and red. The letters &#8220;XTC&#8221; appear on the down tube of the frame on both bicycles.\u00a0 The name &#8220;Giant&#8221; and &#8220;Contact SLR&#8221; appear on the 27.2 mm carbon fiber seatposts.<\/p>\n<p>The affected products were sold in bicycle stores nationwide between November 2012 and May 2013 for between $4,300 and $7,700 for the bicycles and $200 for the seatpost sold separately.<\/p>\n<p>Consumers should contact Giant Bicycle Inc., toll-free at (866) 458-2555 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. PT Monday through Friday or online at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.giant-bicycles.com\/en-us\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.giant-bicycles.com\/en-us\/<\/a> and click on Recall Information at the bottom of the page for more information.<\/p>\n<p>For more information and a photo of the bikes, <a title=\"Consumer Product Safety Commission Recall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cpsc.gov\/en\/Recalls\/2013\/Giant-Bicycle-Recalls-XtC-Bicycles-and-Seatposts\/\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you or someone you know has been injured from using a defective product and there are questions as to what laws apply, <a title=\"email front desk\" href=\"https:\/\/www.landaulawshop.com\/contact.asp\" target=\"_blank\">email <\/a>or call <a title=\"landau law shop web site\" href=\"https:\/\/www.landaulawshop.com\" target=\"_blank\">Abrams Landau, Ltd<\/a>. at once (703-796-9555).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even expensive bicycles costing many thousands of dollars can have post production problems.\u00a0 Herndon bike injury lawyer Doug Landau lauds bicycle makers who recognize problems in products that they have supplied and then do the right thing by recalling them\u00a0 &#8220;Placing products into the stream of commerce that turn out to be dangerous can cause&hellip;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/2013\/09\/19\/expensive-giant-bike-recall\/\" title=\"Continue reading &lsquo;Expensive Giant Bike Recall&rsquo;\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[53,107,357,379,599,730,957,1580,1704,1725,1728,1840,2022,2524,2529,2606,2613,2651,3932,4080,4084,4244,4254,4261,5188,5491,5506,5507],"class_list":["post-4194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-product-recall","tag-the-athletes-lawyer","tag-abrams-landau-ltd","tag-athletes-lawyer-doug-landau-injured-athletes","tag-attorney-doug-landau","tag-best-injury-lawyer","tag-best-virginia-injury-lawyer-sports-injury-lawyer-doug-landau","tag-bike-injury-lawyer-doug-landau","tag-cyclist-doug-landau","tag-defective-and-dangerous-sports-products","tag-defective-product-injury-lawyer","tag-defective-products","tag-doug-landau","tag-experienced-injury-lawyer","tag-herndon-area-law-firm","tag-herndon-attorney-doug-landau","tag-herndon-law-firm","tag-herndon-lawyer-doug-landau","tag-herndon-reston-lawyer-doug-landau","tag-personal-injury-lawyer","tag-product-liability","tag-product-recalls","tag-representing-injured-athletes","tag-reston-area-law-firm","tag-reston-attorney-doug-landau-injury-lawyer","tag-trial-lawyer","tag-virginia-defective-product-lawyer","tag-virginia-injury-lawyer","tag-virginia-injury-lawyer-doug-landau"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Expensive Giant Bike Recall - Sports Injury Law<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/2013\/09\/19\/expensive-giant-bike-recall\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Expensive Giant Bike Recall - Sports Injury Law\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Even expensive bicycles costing many thousands of dollars can have post production problems.\u00a0 Herndon bike injury lawyer Doug Landau lauds bicycle makers who recognize problems in products that they have supplied and then do the right thing by recalling them\u00a0 &#8220;Placing products into the stream of commerce that turn out to be dangerous can cause&hellip;Continue reading &rarr;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/2013\/09\/19\/expensive-giant-bike-recall\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sports Injury Law\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-09-19T06:32:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Law Shop\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Law Shop\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/2013\/09\/19\/expensive-giant-bike-recall\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/2013\/09\/19\/expensive-giant-bike-recall\/\",\"name\":\"Expensive Giant Bike Recall - Sports Injury Law\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-09-19T06:32:16+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/#\/schema\/person\/18bf375fd1a4a0f3986935881765700f\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/2013\/09\/19\/expensive-giant-bike-recall\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/2013\/09\/19\/expensive-giant-bike-recall\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/2013\/09\/19\/expensive-giant-bike-recall\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Expensive Giant Bike Recall\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/\",\"name\":\"Sports Injury Law\",\"description\":\"Our Agenda is Clear...Justice for All\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/#\/schema\/person\/18bf375fd1a4a0f3986935881765700f\",\"name\":\"Law Shop\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f020c435feaaf7e54465e9984dbbba16fa0c22b36915965db4861a73eb334aca?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f020c435feaaf7e54465e9984dbbba16fa0c22b36915965db4861a73eb334aca?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Law Shop\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/author\/barbara\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Expensive Giant Bike Recall - Sports Injury Law","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/2013\/09\/19\/expensive-giant-bike-recall\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Expensive Giant Bike Recall - Sports Injury Law","og_description":"Even expensive bicycles costing many thousands of dollars can have post production problems.\u00a0 Herndon bike injury lawyer Doug Landau lauds bicycle makers who recognize problems in products that they have supplied and then do the right thing by recalling them\u00a0 &#8220;Placing products into the stream of commerce that turn out to be dangerous can cause&hellip;Continue reading &rarr;","og_url":"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/2013\/09\/19\/expensive-giant-bike-recall\/","og_site_name":"Sports Injury Law","article_published_time":"2013-09-19T06:32:16+00:00","author":"Law Shop","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Law Shop","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/2013\/09\/19\/expensive-giant-bike-recall\/","url":"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/2013\/09\/19\/expensive-giant-bike-recall\/","name":"Expensive Giant Bike Recall - Sports Injury Law","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/#website"},"datePublished":"2013-09-19T06:32:16+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/#\/schema\/person\/18bf375fd1a4a0f3986935881765700f"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/2013\/09\/19\/expensive-giant-bike-recall\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/2013\/09\/19\/expensive-giant-bike-recall\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/2013\/09\/19\/expensive-giant-bike-recall\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Expensive Giant Bike Recall"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/#website","url":"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/","name":"Sports Injury Law","description":"Our Agenda is Clear...Justice for All","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/#\/schema\/person\/18bf375fd1a4a0f3986935881765700f","name":"Law Shop","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f020c435feaaf7e54465e9984dbbba16fa0c22b36915965db4861a73eb334aca?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f020c435feaaf7e54465e9984dbbba16fa0c22b36915965db4861a73eb334aca?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Law Shop"},"url":"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/author\/barbara\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4194\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}