Safety Hazards on Baboy Cargo Bikes: Company Should Stop Sales

According to the NVWA, Babboe should have reported the defects itself, but the company did not. “They broke the law by doing this,” an NVWA spokesperson said. Babboe cargo bikes may not be sold again until the company proves the bikes are safe. “The bad thing is that they took a huge risk with the safety of not only adults, but also children. This could have led to serious accidents, especially in big cities. As far as we know, that did not happen.”

Baboy also has to remember most of the models. “These are cargo bikes that pose serious risks, but almost all of them are cargo bikes,” according to the NVWA. Concretely, this concerns the following models: Babboe City, City-E, City Mountain, Babboe Curve, Curve-E, Curve Mountain, Babboe Big, Big-E, Babboe Dog, Dog-E, Babboe Max-E, Babboe Mini- E, Mini Mountain, Babboe Pro Trike, Trike-E, Trike XL, Babboe Carve-E, and Carve Mountain.

The cycling brand, part of the Accell group since 2018, said in a statement that it was consulting with the NVWA “to ensure that the requested information is provided as quickly as possible, so that sales can resume.”

It is also very popular in Belgium

NVWA will inform its supervisor colleagues in other EU Member States of this issue. Babu bicycles are very popular in our country. The Federal Public Service Economy announced that it will contact the NVWA itself regarding the file, which is “examined with due priority.”

In principle, according to the FPS economy, the banned manufacturer must ensure that the product is not sold or taken back if necessary. This also applies if the product is recalled by an EU Member State.

The Federal Government Service says it has not yet received notification from Babboe about the (voluntary) recall or ban on sales in Belgium. The service has not yet received any complaints from consumers.