New Jersey Bike Skewer Law

[PinkBike]

this weblink:
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2006/Bills/A3000/2686_R2.HTM
is a bill that would require a secondary retention system for your quick release skewers. currently, there is no such thing, but if NJ enacts this law bike shops could be subject to $10,000 minimum fines for not complying.

yet another case of lawsuits dictating law, along with "do not use this hair dryer under water" or "do not iron clothes while wearing them."

sheesh . . .

[Zen]

" 2. a. It shall be an unlawful practice for any person to sell a bicycle 1[intended for use by children] with a 2front2 wheel diameter of 20 inches or less,1 which is equipped with a quick release wheel 2, exclusive of specialty adult bicycles"

What kids bike with a wheel diameter of less than 20" has QR wheels?

[Blueberry]

Zen-

Bike Fridays!

CA

[Eden]

Bike Fridays aren't intended for children though.

it's rather hard to read through the legal speak, but it does seem like the intention is to enact this only for small kids bikes, which for the most part already do not have QR's.

[smilingcat]

wouldn't a small bump on the end of the front fork be considered a secondary retention system. Its the litle bump at the end of the opening where the QR slides over. If QR were to pop open the idea of the bump is to keep the wheel from coming off the fork altogether.

Maybe I can post an example shot.

And they are going through with this without consulting bike manufacturers? :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
Smilingcat

[Running Mommy]

There has been a lot of angst about this law in the industry. It looks like NJ is just the begining. I haven't read a lot about it, but it seems they are going after more than just kids bikes.
I'll have to go back to my industry papers and re-read the articles.

[Eden]

wouldn't a small bump on the end of the front fork be considered a secondary retention system. Its the litle bump at the end of the opening where the QR slides over. If QR were to pop open the idea of the bump is to keep the wheel from coming off the fork altogether.

Maybe I can post an example shot.

And they are going through with this without consulting bike manufacturers? :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
Smilingcat

"lawyer lips" :D I'd say they probably qualify

[7rider]

Zen-

Bike Fridays!

CA

I'd call that a "specialty adult bicycle" which is excluded from that statute.

[Blueberry]

I'd call that a "specialty adult bicycle" which is excluded from that statute.

For some reason (I can't think that they'd get much business from it), they've been targeting a lot of marketing at kids....(or rather at adults to make kids bikes...)

I can't find a link right now, but I remember reading it in one of their newsletters. Plus, it could conceivably get the family tandems...

CA

[NJ Jess]

As one from NJ that was against the law, it was changed to NOT include adult bikes. It stems from some guy buying a kid's bike from BigBoxMart. The front tire came out and the kid was hurt. The law would have hurt a lot of LBS in NJ, so we fought it. More info on Mtbnj.com forum board under advocacy

[PinkBike]

farther down in the bill, it sez

"c. (1) It shall be an unlawful practice for any person to sell a bicycle which is equipped with a quick release wheel if:
(a) the front wheel diameter is greater than 20 inches; or
(b) it is a specialty adult bicycle with a front wheel diameter of 20 inches or less."

also, the footnote sez

"EXPLANATION – Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is intended to be omitted in the law."

that makes it pretty all-inclusive