Open Front Brake; Remove Front Wheel; Install Fork Spreader - Bike Friday Silk User Manual

Packing: Brakes
Open the Front Brake
If you have a caliper (side
OPEN
pull) brake, simply flip
up the small lever on the
side of the brake.
Figs. 42 Brake open (left), closed (right).
If you have V-brakes, grasp
the noodle carrier with your
left hand, and with your
right hand, grasp the noodle
and move the noodle tip up
and to the left of the car-
rier, moving the noodle out
of the slot in the carrier.
If you cannot release the
noodle from the noodle
holder, then the brake cable
may need to be loosened a
bit.
See instructions to add
some slack to the cable on
page 21.
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CLOSED
Figs. 43 Grab the noodle and release
from the noodle carrier.
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Packing: Front Wheel
Remove the Front Wheel
After removing the front
wheel, close the brake
again. Remove the quick
release from the axle by
undoing the knurled nut. Be
careful not to lose the small
cone-shaped springs. Put
the quick release through
the fork spreader (the short
PVC dowel), and thread on
the knurled nut again. Both
small cone shaped springs
should be on the quick
release shaft (with the cone points oriented inward).
Install the Fork Spreader
Slip the fork spreader
between the dropouts on
the fork, and lightly tighten
the quick release. The fork
spreader will help prevent
damage to your fork when
traveling.
Remove the Handlebars
For "split" bars (bars that
the two halves separate
from the center), loosen
the handlebar clamp bolts
on the stem, and pull the
bars apart. Depending on
the model of stem, there
might be either one, two,
or four bar clamp bolts. Let
the bars hang to the side for
now. On bicycles equipped
with flat bars, H-bars, STI
Touring bars, etc., there will be a small button-head screw in the
center of the clamp. Do not loosen or remove this screw; it holds
the black sleeve into the stem/stem face plate.
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Fig. 44 Remove the front wheel.
Fig. 45 Install fork spreader.
Fig. 46 Remove handlebars, 2 bolts.
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