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Available research is yet to adequately examine bicycle riders\u2019 awareness and experience of the structural weakness in bicycles, or their knowledge and use of testing methods.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>An online cross-section survey of 298 bicycle riders was conducted to address these knowledge gaps.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>11.4% of respondents had experienced at least one crash that they suspected was due partly to structural weakness, with just over half resulting in injury and just under half involving costs greater than $A500. About 25% of respondents had a component replaced because of \u2018failure during normal use\u2019. More than one third did not think it was necessary to test for indicators or weaknesses when buying a used bicycle, or after a crash. Testing was most likely following motor vehicle collisions and for bicycles with carbon components. Visual inspection was the most reported form of testing and only 42% of respondents reported being aware of any non-destructive methods of testing.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Discussion and conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>11.4% of respondents had experienced at least one crash that they suspected was due partly to structural weakness, with just over half resulting in injury and just under half involving costs greater than $A500. About 25% of respondents had a component replaced because of \u2018failure during normal use\u2019. More than one-third did not think it was necessary to test for indicators or weaknesses when buying a used bicycle or after a crash. 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Public education about when and how to test for weakness (eg, after any crash), and improvement in production standards and quality assurance, may reduce injuries due to bicycle failure.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1136\/ip-2024-045518","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,4,9]],"date-time":"2025-04-09T12:20:12Z","timestamp":1744201212000},"page":"ip-2024-045518","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/crossmarkpolicy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Cross-sectional survey to investigate bicycle riders\u2019 knowledge and experience of structural weakness in bicycles in Australia"],"prefix":"10.1136","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1814-0357","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Julie","family":"Hatfield","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Transport and Road Safety Research, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5686-1729","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Soufiane","family":"Boufous","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Transport and Road Safety Research, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Andrew Roman","family":"Novak","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Cycle Inspect Pty Ltd, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"239","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,4,9]]},"reference":[{"key":"2025092501510630000_ip-2024-045518v1.1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/21642583.2017.1311240"},{"key":"2025092501510630000_ip-2024-045518v1.2","unstructured":"Small SW , Wilson HM . 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