Chapter 4: Service And Maintenance; Servicing Elliptigo Products - ElliptiGO 8S Owner's Manual

Chapter 4: Service and Maintenance

Servicing ElliptiGO® Products
As with any piece of sophisticated equipment, your
ElliptiGO elliptical bicycle will require periodic servicing
and maintenance in addition to consistent inspections. All
servicing beyond the routine maintenance steps discussed
below should be performed by a professional bicycle
mechanic or ElliptiGO-certified technician. To discourage
you from attempting to service your ElliptiGO bike on
your own, this manual does not provide any servicing
procedures beyond routine maintenance.
Your maintenance and servicing requirements will depend
on a number of factors, including your weight, the
frequency, style and duration of your rides, the climate
where you ride, and the condition of the surfaces upon
which you ride. Regardless of how diligent you are with
your inspections and careful you are when riding, your
ElliptiGO bike components will fatigue with each ride
and eventually they will wear out. Each component has
a different lifespan and tolerance for abuse. Many can
fail catastrophically without warning if subjected to the
stresses of riding after they have reached the end of their
life. Even a component that is covered by a warranty can
fail before the expiration of its warranty depending on how
it is affected by the factors listed above. Consequently, it
is your responsibility to spot the signs of fatigue that can
indicate when a component is reaching the end of its useful
life and to have that component replaced by a professional
bicycle mechanic or ElliptiGO-certified technician.
WARNING! Elliptical bicycles are subjected to high
stresses during operation. Different materials and
components may react to wear or stress fatigue in
different ways. If the design life of a component has been
exceeded, it may suddenly fail, possibly causing injuries
to the rider. Any form of crack, scratches or change of
coloring in highly stressed areas could indicate that the
life of the component has been reached and it should be
replaced.
We design ElliptiGO products so that all of the components
work in concert to provide a safe and enjoyable riding
experience. As a result, when you replace a safety-critical
component, always use a genuine replacement part. If you
replace an original component with a different component,
the change can have a ripple effect through the entire
system and potentially put additional stress on other
components. This additional stress could cause the new
component or the existing components to wear out more
quickly or, depending on the nature of the new component,
could result in a catastrophic failure of a component during
normal use.
While servicing of the ElliptiGO bike should be done by
a professional bicycle mechanic, you should perform the
following routine maintenance and inspections before and
after every ride.
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