Trek / Bontrager RSL VR-C Recall

[Eggyeggs]

And I presume Trek has not released an official recall yet, right?
I'll double check with my LBS. Thanks for your help

[bilwit]

first time hearing of this while only checking this forum sparingly in the last few years, my trek dealer/lbs never sent anything to me

some users here seem to have experienced the issue https://forum.cyclingnews.com/threads/h ... rek.36934/

[MisterNoChain]

And I presume Trek has not released an official recall yet, right?
I'll double check with my LBS. Thanks for your help

We got a phonecall from Trek about this recall. Every bikeshop in Belgium and The Netherlands that sold a bike with those handlebars got a call.
We had a Australian customer who was racing here in Belgium and he got a phone call from his LBS back in Australia. I suppose every bikeshop (that sells Trek) knows.

[Vjl]

I already put Deda Alanera DCR bar on,not waiting for Trek.

[dmbiscuit]

I contacted my local shop again and still no update. Surprised by the lack of info given the price of the bars.

[spartan]

strange maybe trek has realized the effected batch is smaller than anticipated and now they are trying to determine how many to do a recall.

the new madone is also very late to ship. the new domane is also coming late in the season.

[Eggyeggs]

I'll be chasing up my local shop tomorow. Still have yet to hear back from them.

[Eggyeggs]

Quite update - my local trek dealership has said they are still waiting on production schedule of the replacement bars, expected in 2023.
Has anyone got their temporary alu bars for now?

[BigBoyND]

I havent gotten the temp alu setup. Still using the VR-C and was hoping the replacement would be ready sooner than that

[SCJKJ]

My local shop called me as well, luckily I use an aftermarket handlebar that I had on my previous bike that fitted me better(hands go numb with other stem/handlebar combo's). Contacted the guy who bought mine though, he said 'well it probably won't fail, what are the chances'. He's probably right, but still...

[BigBoyND]

How does such recall work if I don't have the receipt anymore?

[pmprego]

My local shop called me as well, luckily I use an aftermarket handlebar that I had on my previous bike that fitted me better(hands go numb with other stem/handlebar combo's). Contacted the guy who bought mine though, he said 'well it probably won't fail, what are the chances'. He's probably right, but still...

Love the reasoning. I'm glad bike speeds are not more than 10kmh... otherwise the consequences could be harsh.

[SCJKJ]

My local shop called me as well, luckily I use an aftermarket handlebar that I had on my previous bike that fitted me better(hands go numb with other stem/handlebar combo's). Contacted the guy who bought mine though, he said 'well it probably won't fail, what are the chances'. He's probably right, but still...

Love the reasoning. I'm glad bike speeds are not more than 10kmh... otherwise the consequences could be harsh.

Yeah I wouldn't be too keen either. But it's gotta be said that the failure rate will be low, too high to risk it as a company when you sell thousands of bikes, but still relatively low. I've seen a few of people riding their Trek's where I live with this handlebar on it. Either they don't know or they don't care.

[Fisherfreerider]

How does such recall work if I don't have the receipt anymore?

Doesn't matter.

[robertoguinn]

Trek's finally listed this on their recall page. Looks like it applies to 2 of their bars.

Speed Concept base bar & RSL handlebar/stem combo recall