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After every long or hard ride or after every 10 to 20 hours of riding:
• Squeeze the front brake and rock the E-Bike forward and back. Does everything feel solid? If you feel a clunk with
each forward or backward movement of the E-Bike, you probably have a loose headset.
• Lift the front wheel off the ground and turn it left and right. Feel smooth? If you feel any binding or roughness in the
steering, you may have a tight headset. Have your dealer check it.
• Make sure all bolts, nuts and mounting hardware are tight.
CAUTION: As the right pedal on your E-Bike folds up, grasp the crank arm when performing this check on the right side.
WARNING:
Like any mechanical device, an E-Bike and its components are subject to wear and stress. Different materials and
mechanisms wear at different rates and have different life cycles. If a component's life cycle is exceeded, the component
can suddenly and catastrophically fail, causing serious injury or death to the rider. Scratches, cracks, fraying and
discoloration are signs of stress-caused fatigue and indicate that a part is at the end of its useful life and should be
replaced.
Flat Tyre
If you get a flat tyre, remove the wheel. Depress the tyre valve to let all the air out of the tube. Remove one bead of the
tyre from the rim by grasping the tyre at a point opposite the valve stem with both hands lifting and peeling one side of the
tyre off the rim.If the bead is on too tight for you to unseat it with your hands, use tyre levers to lift the bead carefully over
the tyre rim. Push the valve stem through the wheel rim. Remove the inner tube.
Carefully check the outside and inside of the tyre for the cause of the puncture and remove the cause if it is still here. If
the tyre is cut, line the inside of the tyre in the area of the cut with some handy-tape, a spare patch, a piece of inner tube,
or whatever will keep the cut from pinching the inner tube.
Either patch the tube (Follow the instructions in your patch kit), or use a new tube. Reinstall the tyre and tube. Slip one
tyre bead over the rim. Insert the tube valve through its hole in the rim. Feed the tube carefully into the cavity of the tyre.
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