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DON'T BUY BICYCLE HELMETS ON AMAZON (especially from random-characters-strung-together stores)

CPSC: Aisstxoer Adult Bicycle Helmets Recalled Due to Risk of Serious Injury or Death from Head Injury; Violates Mandatory Standard for Bicycle Helmets; Sold on Amazon by YXTDZ Store

https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2026/Aisstxoer-Adult-Bicycle-Helmets-Recalled-Due-to-Risk-of-Serious-Injury-or-Death-from-Head-Injury-Violates-Mandatory-Standard-for-Bicycle-Helmets-Sold-on-Amazon-by-YXTDZ-Store

#BikeTooter #recall #bicycles #helmet

Aisstxoer Adult Bicycle Helmets Recalled Due to Risk of Serious Injury or Death from Head Injury; Violates Mandatory Standard for Bicycle Helmets; Sold on Amazon by YXTDZ Store

Consumers should stop using the recalled adult helmets immediately and contact YXTDZ Store for a full refund. Consumers will be asked to destroy the recalled helmet by cutting the straps and email a photo of the destroyed helmet to [email protected].

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

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irrational method 2d ago

@ai6yr

Everyone says you shouldn't buy from Amazon because Jeff Bezos is a terrible person and the company has terrible labor practices (both true)

But the biggest thing that has me shopping elsewhere (most of the time) is that I would not buy anything from them where my safety or life depends on it.

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AI6YR Ben 2d ago

@IrrationalMethod Yeah, I try to avoid it as much as I can, although there appears to be a class of stuff you can't get anywhere else (namely, imported, random Chinese electronic components/cables/doohickies). Which is annoying.

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irrational method 2d ago

@ai6yr

I uh, just placed an order for those this morning, along with a replacement phone case. I had a few SMA connector/adapter bits in my cart, the total pushed me into free shipping.

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AI6YR Ben

@IrrationalMethod Yeah, I have tried to acquire some of those things and they're just not available other channels... perhaps eBay. Or AliExpress, although AliExpress refuses to let me order anything and I don't trust sucking my phone number and all my personal info into the maw of Chinese surveillance. It's bad enough being in the maw of US surveillance lol.