CPSIA Enforces Unnecessary Controls on BMX Racing

We, the undersigned, would like to address the recent CPSIA in relation to the likely unintentional negative impact that it will have on the sport of BMX bicycle racing (an Olympic Event), as well as to manufacturers and retailers of products and accessories geared to this genre.

While a niche sport, BMX racing is a worldwide sport involving hundreds of thousands of people at both the grassroots (amateur), professional, and elite (Olympic) level. We feel that the CPSIA, while well intentioned, is ambiguous and will unnecessarily harm the sport by forcing small to medium sized businesses to test their products or face banishment. These products are not toys and never have been intended as such. Quite simply, they are competition racing instruments that have been cast as childrens toys since they bear the unfortunate classification of having 20 or 24 inch wheels or smaller.

Two courses of action would potentially save the sport of BMX Racing as we know it:

- An amendment to exclude Competition BMX Racing Bicycles and components from the CPSIA.

- The drafting of a Competition Waiver to include BMX Racing bicycles, related products and accessories from the CPSIA.

Passage of the CPSIA as it is worded today would enforce unnecessary controls on Manufacturers, Retailers, and ultimately, the End Users of BMX racing bicycles and related components and accessories. The impact of this would be catastrophic, and wide reaching.