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Shimano set to provide extra two years’ warranty to US cyclists with defective cranks along with additional tools and training to retailers to “overhaul” its crankset recall process

The bike component giant’s North American division decided to take these steps, besides others including making a “retail assistance agent” available, as part of a settlement for the class action lawsuit filed against it

Wed, Jul 02, 2025 09:22

“It’s a bit of a mess”: A solicitor’s take on Shimano crankgate + the history of road.cc on our latest Podcast

For episode 62 of the road.cc Podcast, we speak to Thomas Jervis of Leigh Day Solicitors about Shimano's snapping cranks, and the road.cc founding fathers talk about the site's 15-year history

Fri, Oct 13, 2023 15:41

2023 Shimano Ultegra Broken Crank delamination 8

Class-action lawsuit filed against Shimano for “inadequate” cranksets that put “cyclists nationwide at risk of injury”

The USA lawsuit alleges that Shimano, Specialized and Trek were aware “for years” that the bonded components of certain Shimano cranksets could break, yet the components giant waited until just last month to issue a recall and inspection program

Thu, Oct 12, 2023 11:00

road.cc Podcast episode 61: We discuss Shimano’s snapping cranksets and go big on bearings

We're dissecting THAT Shimano recall (or inspection program if you're from our neck of the woods) and bringing you some hardcore bearings chat in the latest episode of the road.cc Podcast

Tue, Oct 03, 2023 12:41