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Archie Sturmer
Riding a '38 Autocycle Deluxe
CPSC was once (1974?) a new commission (committee) to regulate existing laws, such as those for children’s safety.
Bicycles fit under the category of toys for children (up to 12 years old).
Not sure if tall frames were exempted, because some 12 year olds can be fairly tall themselves.
IIRC is an international racing committee of some sort, for road racing bikes.
Bicycles fit under the category of toys for children (up to 12 years old).
Not sure if tall frames were exempted, because some 12 year olds can be fairly tall themselves.
IIRC is an international racing committee of some sort, for road racing bikes.
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juvela
Riding a '38 Autocycle Deluxe
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the letters stand for Consumer Product Safety Commission and have nothing to do with bicycle racing
en.wikipedia.org
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one of the effects of "the bicycle boom" of the early 1970's was to create a big jump in the number of cycling related injuries
government decided to get into the act via regulation and created new safety regulations for cycles
the two main areas were "protrusions" and reflectorization
the new regulations limited the protrusions on bicycles and bicycle components. existing designs had to be reworked to blunt/round any protrusions. such cycle components designs are said to be "CPSC compliant." implementation came in during 1976. the other part of the new regulations was that cycles had to exhibit reflectors front, rear, pedals and on the wheels. these reflectors had to be "wide angle."
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some of the litigation history on this is given in this account -
www.johnforester.com
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this forum post discusses some of the drafting of the regulations and their implementation -
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since the subject cycle is nominally a 1977 model one would expect it to be assembled with fittings which were CPSC compliant. hence my comment.
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the letters stand for Consumer Product Safety Commission and have nothing to do with bicycle racing
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission - Wikipedia
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one of the effects of "the bicycle boom" of the early 1970's was to create a big jump in the number of cycling related injuries
government decided to get into the act via regulation and created new safety regulations for cycles
the two main areas were "protrusions" and reflectorization
the new regulations limited the protrusions on bicycles and bicycle components. existing designs had to be reworked to blunt/round any protrusions. such cycle components designs are said to be "CPSC compliant." implementation came in during 1976. the other part of the new regulations was that cycles had to exhibit reflectors front, rear, pedals and on the wheels. these reflectors had to be "wide angle."
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some of the litigation history on this is given in this account -
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www.johnforester.com
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this forum post discusses some of the drafting of the regulations and their implementation -
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since the subject cycle is nominally a 1977 model one would expect it to be assembled with fittings which were CPSC compliant. hence my comment.
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slowride
Finally riding a big boys bike
In this context IIRC is if I remember correctly
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