Consumer Product Safety Commission § 1512.

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FIGURE 1 TO PART 1512—BICYCLE FRONT FORK (c) Seat height means the dimension
CANTILEVER BENDING TEST RIG from the point on the seat surface
FIGURES 2 AND 3 TO PART 1512—HANDLEBAR intersected by the seat post center line
STEM LOADING AND ENTRANCE 8 OBSERVA- (or the center of the seating area if no
TION ANGLES
seat post exists) and the ground plane,
FIGURE 5 TO PART 1512—TYPICAL HANDBRAKE
ACTUATOR SHOWING GRIP DIMENSION
as measured with the wheels aligned
FIGURES 6 AND 7 TO PART 1512—TOE CLEAR- and in a plane normal to the ground
ANCE AND CHAIN GUARD REQUIREMENTS plane.
FIGURE 8 TO PART 1512—REFLECTORIZED BICY- (d) Track bicycle means a bicycle de-
CLE WHEEL RIM ABRASION TEST DEVICE signed and intended for sale as a com-
TABLE 1 TO PART 1512—MINIMUM CANDLE- petitive machine having tubular tires,
POWER PER INCIDENT FOOT-CANDLE FOR single crank-to-wheel ratio, and no
CLEAR REFLECTOR 1 free-wheeling feature between the rear
TABLE 2 TO PART 1512—MINIMUM CANDLE- wheel and the crank.
POWER PER INCIDENT FOOT-CANDLE FOR (e) One-of-a-kind bicycle means a bicy-
CLEAR REFLECTOR 1 cle that is uniquely constructed to the
TABLE 3 TO PART 1512—MINIMUM ACCEPTABLE
order of an individual consumer other
VALUES FOR THE QUANTITY A DEFINED IN
THE RETROREFLECTIVE TIRE AND RIM TEST
than by assembly of stock or produc-
PROCEDURE tion parts.
TABLE 4 TO PART 1512—RELATIVE ENERGY (f) Normal riding position means that
DISTRIBUTION OF SOURCES the rider is seated on the bicycle with
both feet on the pedals and both hands
AUTHORITY: Secs. 2(f)(1)(D), (q)(1)(A), (s),
3(e)(1), 74 Stat. 372, 374, 375, as amended, 80
on the handlegrips (and in a position
Stat. 1304–05, 83 Stat. 187–89 (15 U.S.C. 1261, that allows operation of handbrake le-
1262); Pub. L. 107–319, 116 Stat. 2776. vers if so equipped); the seat and han-
dlebars may be adjusted to positions
SOURCE: 43 FR 60034, Dec. 22, 1978, unless
judged by the rider to be comfortable.
otherwise noted.
[43 FR 60034, Dec. 22, 1978, as amended at 68
FR 7073, Feb. 12, 2003]
Subpart A—Regulations
§ 1512.3 Requirements in general.
§ 1512.1 Scope.
Any bicycle subject to the regula-
This part sets forth the requirements tions in this part shall meet the re-
for a bicycle as defined in § 1512.2(a) quirements of this part in the condi-
(except a bicycle that is a ‘‘track bicy- tion to which it is offered for sale to
cle’’ or a ‘‘one-of-a-kind bicycle’’ as de- consumers; any bicycle offered for sale
fined in § 1512.2 (d) and (e)) which is not to consumers in disassembled or par-
a banned article under § 1500.18(a)(12) of tially assembled condition shall meet
this chapter. these requirements after assembly ac-
cording to the manufacturer’s instruc-
§ 1512.2 Definitions.
tions. For the purpose of compliance
For the purposes of this part: with this part, where the metric and
(a) Bicycle means: English units are not equal due to the
(1) A two-wheeled vehicle having a conversion process the less stringent
rear drive wheel that is solely human- requirement will prevail.
powered;
(2) A two- or three-wheeled vehicle § 1512.4 Mechanical requirements.
with fully operable pedals and an elec- (a) Assembly. Bicycles shall be manu-
tric motor of less than 750 watts (1 factured such that mechanical skills
h.p.), whose maximum speed on a paved required of the consumer for assembly
level surface, when powered solely by shall not exceed those possessed by an
such a motor while ridden by an oper- adult of normal intelligence and abil-
ator who weighs 170 pounds, is less ity.
than 20 mph. (b) Sharp edges. There shall be no un-
(b) Sidewalk bicycle means a bicycle finished sheared metal edges or other
with a seat height of no more than 635 sharp parts on bicycles that are, or
mm (25.0 in); the seat height is meas- may be, exposed to hands or legs;
ured with the seat adjusted to its high- sheared metal edges that are not rolled
est position. shall be finished so as to remove any
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