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A 4- THE AGE SATURDAY 12 JULY 1997 i "i Blast for TThirhlliiirva imm Mountain bikes recalled after fault discovered death detail injuries. The US cycles carried at least 49 brand names, includ-i ing Bianchi, Cannondale, Diai mondback, GT, Giant, Huffyt-Motiv, Murray, RaleighR Schwinn, Trek and Univegaf Many of these are also sold in Australia. In Australia, Mr Bazzano said popular brands such as Malverd, Star, Repco and Giant could affected. I Every person who had bought a mountain bike in late-1994 of in 1995 in Australia should" check the inside of the pedal, arm for one of three serial num- bers (see panel). Of 15 Shimano pedal arm models sold in Aus-'; tralia, three were potentially faulty, Mr Bazzano said.

"The potential risk is very small, it's about a 0.2 per cent' problem rate worldwide, but we' are concerned that the pedal arm may crack under pressure, and the rider could lose control It Mr Bazzano said he did not know whether the fault was an engineering or materials lem. Saus Pty Ltd had not yet received replacement parts) from the Japanese parent pany, he said, adding that he' hoped the recall would proceed smoothly over the next couple of months. The recall would cost the par-; ent company a large amount of money, but consumer safety was the main priority, Mr zano said. with AP By USA KEARNS An Australian bicycle component Importer yesterday recalled more than 50,000 mountain bikes after a Japanese manufacturer admitted a potentially faulty component could cause serious injury. The recall of the pedal arm component on some models of mountain bike will affect most brand names sold in Australia.

Mr John Bazzano, the managing director of Japanese company Shimano's Australian subsidiary, Saus Pty Ltd, said that up to 98 per cent of the 700,000 bicycles imported into Australia each year were equipped with a Shimano component. Mr Bazzano said he did not know of any Australian injuries attributed to the faulty pedal arm, but conceded that because the component was so widely used, it could have been difficult to trace back to Shimano's Australian subsidiary. In California, makers of Shimano bicycle parts recalled more than 2.5 million mountain bikes worldwide because of faulty cranks, officials at Shimano American Corp said. The pedal arm (also called the crank arm or chain-wheel), which connected pedals to the frame and chain mechanism, was put on more than 200 models of mountain bikes from mid-1994 to mid-1995 in the United States. At least 630 had broken while in use, resulting in 22 known By ANDREW DARBY, In Hobart The Anglican Bishop of Tasmania, Phillip Newell, has rebuked local police over their release of graphic details of the Shoobridge family killings.

Joined by the principals of schools the four murdered girls attended, Bishop Newell called the action extremely irresponsible in a letter to the police commissioner, Mr Richard McCrea-die, yesterday. They said it had worsened the trauma of survivors. They also described the release of a suicide letter written by the father, Mr Peter Shoo-bridge, as a gross invasion of privacy for the girls' deeply shocked mother, Wendy. Mr Shoobridge murdered his daughters Rebecca, 18, Sara, 12, and Georgina, 9, on 28 lune at his country homestead outside Hobart before mutilating and killing himself. Police later provided details of the methods he used.

Sections of a letter he wrote to "Wendy, and the obtained without police authority, were also used in a local newspaper. The crimes shocked the local community, and especially the students of St Michael's Collegiate School and Albeura Street Primary School which the children attended. The principals of these schools, Mr Dan McNeill and Mr Jeff Brown, co-signed the letter but could not be reached for comment. Bishop Newell said the principals had told him that on top of the trauma, graphic details about the girls' deaths worsened the ordeal for some. "They tell me of youngsters locking the bedroom door at night because they are really frightened, and raising the question about their own fathers," he said.

The letter predicts the images will be forever imprinted on the minds of those who heard the details, and for some may have detrimental long-term effects on their emotional and mental well-being. It asks for a review of the way announcements of violent crime are made to lessen the shock and trauma, particularly for young people. It also asks Mr McCreadie if he can explain how part of the contents of a letter written by Peter Shoobridge found its way to the media. The release was said to be "a gross invasion of the privacy of Wendy Shoobridge, who was already in deep No comment was available from police, who received the letter late yesterday. Coroner clears doctor of blame By VICTORIA BUTTON, court reporter A doctor neck manipulation caused the death of a 28-year-old Box Hill woman, a coroner found yesterday.

But Mr Iain West who had been told by experts that there was a two-ln-a-milllon risk associated with the everyday procedure found the doctor was not to blame. Professor John Murtagh, of the faculty of medicine Mon-ash University, said the death represented extraordinarily bad luck both for Ms Tina Gibbons and her doctor, Dr Robert McNeil. He said a vertebral artery had split in three places when Dr McNeil manipulated and 'clicked Ms Gibbons' neck by moving her head in his hands In October 1995. This could happen even if the manipulation was correctly performed, Professor Murtagh said. In fact, there had been recorded cases of it happening spontaneously when people turned their heads.

Mr Karl Mainka, who was Ms Gibbons' boyfriend at the time, said she had complained that pain in her neck and right shoulder had spread after the treatment. The next day, she had gone on a four-wheel-drive trip with him and other friends. She had complained of a headache. As Ms Gibbons got out of the car at home, "she clung to the door of the four-wheel-drive and said she felt he said in a statement. "I went to Tina.

She was shaking lightly at this stage and I put my hands on Tina's shoulders and she collapsed. I caught her before she hit the ground," he said. Ms Gibbons had been taken to hospital, where she died several days later of complications from the split artery. Dr McNeil testified he had performed between 20 and 40 such neck manipulations over 18 years. An orthopaedic surgeon had showed him the procedure in 1977.

SAFETY CHECK Greenhouse plan attacked (g Look for serial number CT90, M290, of on insiue or peow arm on otcvoes 3 sold In late 1994 or 1995., Complication: Family and friends described Tina Gibbons as a vibrant fitness enthusiast, so healthy she never caught colds. Recall affects most well-known Imported brand names sold In Australia; Including Malvern Star, Repco, Giant, and Raleigh mountain bikes. 1 Recall mainly affects owners of Japan has firmly rejected Australia's approach on global warming, claiming that Canberra's proposal to control greenhouse emissions by the adoption of individual national targets did not go far enough. The International Trade and Industry Minister, Mr Shinji Sato, said that he would press the Howard Government to rethink its position and adopt stronger measures when he visits Australia next week. Mr Sato said Australia must respond to "the environmental issues" raised by the global warming crisis.

While declining to spell out exactly what position Japan would endorse, Mr Sato said Japan wanted Australia to take a far more radical approach in global warming in the run up to the December Kyoto conference. Kyoto is expected to decide on legally binding commitments by industralised countries to curb carbon dioxide emissions. Russell Skelton mountain axes, out sntmsno cautions a that other bicycle types could be Involved. 1' training in the technique with the Australian College of General Practitioners before performing it. Outside court, Ms Gibbons' mother, Mrs Sylvia Miller, and her best friend, Ms Hayley Bradley, praised the The manipulation, which he described as gentle, was to realign bones in Ms Gibbons' neck.

She had been suffering neck and shoulder pain for several months. In his finding, Mr West recommended that doctors undertake formal supervised "It's Just an absolute tragedy that we don't understand People should think twice about having this sort of thing," Ms Bradley said. Mrs Miller urged people to check their doctor's qualification to perform manipulation before submitting to It gstop ndina bicycle immediately. Take bicycle shop. Dealer win anise forwarding and replacement Of arm at no cost to consumer.

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