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New Trickstuff Dächle Disc UL can tear - recall!

Sebastian Brust

 · 05.11.2019

New Trickstuff Dächle Disc UL can tear - recall!Photo: Trickstuff
New Trickstuff Dächle Disc UL can tear - recall!
Trickstuff is recalling the latest evolutionary stage of the Dächle Disc UL lightweight brake disc for safety reasons. The disc can tear at a weak point.

Trickstuff is known for its high-quality aluminium parts and adapters, but is above all a specialist for exclusive MTB disc brakes, brake discs and pads. Trickstuff parts are usually lighter, stronger or more durable than the competition, often all together (e.g. Trickstuff Piccola C41 in the brake test from BIKE 5/2019).

<a href="components/brakes/test-2017-lightweight-brakes-for-mountain-bikes/a36058.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">Lightweight MTB brakes in laboratory and practical test - 3-piece shootout</a> : The Trickstuff Piccola (centre, in purple), here in competition with Magura and Sram.Photo: Markus Greber Lightweight MTB brakes in laboratory and practical test - 3-piece shootout : The Trickstuff Piccola (centre, in purple), here in competition with Magura and Sram.

The Freiburg-based manufacturer has now overshot the mark with the Dächle UL lightweight disc. With the last model revision at the end of June 2019, a weak point crept in, which in extreme cases can lead to brake disc failure. Trickstuff is therefore voluntarily recalling the affected brake discs as a precautionary measure.

Brake discs from the following models are being recalled


Dächle UL 160 mm (Trickstuff part number BSD6L160UL) and


Dächle UL 180 mm (Trickstuff part number BSD6L180UL),

delivered by Trickstuff between 28/06/2019 and 04/11/2019.

Recalled brake discs Trickstuff Dächle UL 160 mm & 180 mm.Photo: Trickstuff Recalled brake discs Trickstuff Dächle UL 160 mm & 180 mm.

Trickstuff writes on the company website: "Cracks can form on the friction ring of the brake disc, which can cause the wheel to lock. A fall, with consequential damage to the material and injuries that can even lead to death, cannot be ruled out. ATTENTION: The [...] brake discs described may no longer be used!"

The affected brake discs of the types Dächle UL 160 mm and Dächle UL 180 mm differ from all previous brake discs of the same model by an additional recess at 12 points in the friction ring. And this is also the weak point: cracks can occur at the recesses on the inside of the friction ring.

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Safe Trickstuff brake disc Dächle UL 160 mm or 180 mm from before 28.06.2019.Photo: Trickstuff Safe Trickstuff brake disc Dächle UL 160 mm or 180 mm from before 28.06.2019. You can recognise the recalled Dächle UL brake discs from Trickstuff by the additional recesses on the friction ring. A total of 12 discs on the outside, 6 on the inside.Photo: Trickstuff You can recognise the recalled Dächle UL brake discs from Trickstuff by the additional recesses on the friction ring. A total of 12 discs on the outside, 6 on the inside. Visible crack on the friction ring of a Trickstuff Dächle Disc UL, as delivered from 28.06.2019.Photo: Trickstuff Visible crack on the friction ring of a Trickstuff Dächle Disc UL, as delivered from 28.06.2019.

All owners of the recalled brake disc will receive a revised version of the same model in exchange. The manufacturer is asking customers to be patient, as the improved version is not expected to be available until April 2020.

If you don't want to wait that long, you can replace the brake disc immediately with a Trickstuff Dächle HD (+40 grams for 180 millimetre disc size) of the same diameter plus 1 pair of Trickstuff brake pads of your choice. Private customers and dealers with brake discs affected by the recall can obtain further information on the process at: http://trickstuff.de/rueckruf/.

Sebastian Brust was born in 1979 and was originally socialised on his grandmother's folding bike, but has mainly been riding studded tyres since his fifth birthday. Loves all kinds of bikes - and merging with nature. Believes that disc brakes are much safer today than they were 15 years ago and thinks he has helped with his brake and pad tests. However, the trained vehicle technology engineer very much regrets that the bicycle industry is orientating itself on what he considers to be the wrong ideals of the car industry. At BIKE, he corrects, produces and organises digital content on the website.

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