The Accell Group-owned brand has halted sales of its entire range after
finding manufacturing errors and welding defects in frames, amid
accusations of a cover up by former and current employees

by RYAN MALLON
WED, FEB 21, 2024 18:46

Dutch cargo bike company Babboe has brought a temporary halt to sales of
its entire range, after a number of its frames were found to have
manufacturing errors, amid accusations of a cover up by the brand to hide
the faults from customers.

Last week, the Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA)
ordered the company, which specialises in pedal and electric cargo bikes,
to stop selling and recall eight of its bike models due to safety risks,
after receiving hundreds of hundreds of reports about broken frames.

An investigation into the cargo bike company found that Babboe knew about
the defective frames but had failed to report them to the regulator despite
being required to do so by law, even going so far as to instruct staff to
“make up stories” to customers.

Now, a week later Babboe appears to have finally acknowledged the
authority’s findings, halting sales of its entire range and instructing
customers who own the affected models, the frames of which are subject to
manufacturing errors and welding defects, to “immediately” stop riding
their cargo bike, as the company prepares for a recall.

[More on this story at the link below]

<https://road.cc/content/news/babboe-stops-sales-due-faulty-frames-306873>

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Spike

On 27/02/2024 08:59 am, Spike wrote:
>
> The Accell Group-owned brand has halted sales of its entire range after
> finding manufacturing errors and welding defects in frames, amid
> accusations of a cover up by former and current employees
>
> by RYAN MALLON
> WED, FEB 21, 2024 18:46
>
> Dutch cargo bike company Babboe has brought a temporary halt to sales of
> its entire range, after a number of its frames were found to have
> manufacturing errors, amid accusations of a cover up by the brand to hide
> the faults from customers.
>
> Last week, the Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA)
> ordered the company, which specialises in pedal and electric cargo bikes,
> to stop selling and recall eight of its bike models due to safety risks,
> after receiving hundreds of hundreds of reports about broken frames.
>
> An investigation into the cargo bike company found that Babboe knew about
> the defective frames but had failed to report them to the regulator despite
> being required to do so by law, even going so far as to instruct staff to
> “make up stories” to customers.
>
> Now, a week later Babboe appears to have finally acknowledged the
> authority’s findings, halting sales of its entire range and instructing
> customers who own the affected models, the frames of which are subject to
> manufacturing errors and welding defects, to “immediately” stop riding
> their cargo bike, as the company prepares for a recall.
>
> [More on this story at the link below]
>
> <https://road.cc/content/news/babboe-stops-sales-due-faulty-frames-306873>

Defective chav-cycle frames can be dangerous, can't they?

Failing to alert the relevant authorities and previous purchasers at the
correct time can certainly be seen as irresponsible. But hey... that's
chav-cyclists and the whole industry for you.