Bad break in Wal-Mart quick-release trial

Wal-Mart and Dynacraft are being sued for selling bikes equipped with faulty front-wheel quick-release mechanisms.

Lawyers for the defendants -- Dynacraft and Wal-Mart -- brought in a brand new Next brand bicycle, still in the box, for jurors to examine while they deliberated on the case. The quick-release lever then broke in the jury room. Plaintiffs' lawyers giggled with glee.

Read more in the San Francisco Chronicle.

Related:

• SHOK - Stop Hurting Our Kids and Wal-Mart bikes.
  
• US Safety Commission investigating quick release levers.
  
• Bike Biz coverage of this case.

Tags: lawsuit, liability, walmart, bicycle, quick+release, marin