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  • Page 1 User Guide and Guarantee...
  • Page 2 USER GUIDE AND GUARANTEE INSTRUCTIONS THANK YOU FOR BUYING A DECATHLON BICYCLE ! You have just bought a Decathlon bicycle. In order for the bicycle to give you riding pleasure for as long as possible, please read this user guide. It will give you information necessary for adjusting, maintaining and properly using your Decathlon bicycle.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    INDEX IMPORTANT ..................... 4 A BICYCLE FOR EVERY OCCASION ............4 SAFETY PRECAUTIONS AND USER INSTRUCTIONS .......... 6 FIRST SECTION I Setting the riding position and safety 1/ Ensure that the bicycle is the right size ............8 2/ Adjusting the height of your saddle ............8 3/ Setting the stem and the handlebar ............

  • Page 4: Important

    IMPORTANT Like all sports, cycling carries risks of injury and damage. USING YOUR BICYCLE, YOU ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS RISK. DECATHLON SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE IN CASE OF MODIFICATION OF THE BICYCLE BY THE USER OR A THIRD PARTY. You should know and comply with the local traffic rules. You are responsible for properly maintaining and using your bicycle, thus reducing the risk of injury.
  • Page 5 Hybrid bicycles : an ideal compromise between town bicycles and mountain bikes. Comfortable, well-equipped, this bicycle will accompany your solo rides, with the family or friends on small country roads or pathways. Its wheels are thinner than those of a mountain bike and its diameter is larger, it is therefore more comfortable on tarmac roads.

  • Page 6: Safety Precautions And User Instructions

    SAFETY PRECAUTIONS AND USER INSTRUCTIONS Great advice for riding in complete safety Always carry out a complete check of the bicycle before riding. Please thoroughly read the safety section I 4/ Always wear a helmet when you are riding to protect your head in a fall.
  • Page 7 Warning : WHEN YOU ARE RIDING WITH CHILDREN : - Decathlon recommends wearing a helmet and strongly advises fitting a baby carrier and all frame accessories should be carried out by qualified and expe- rienced mechanics. If you insist on fitting a baby carry by yourself, we recom- mend that you check with our sales staff that the luggage carriers and baby carriers are compatible with safety regulations.

  • Page 8: First Section

    16” (4 to 7 years old) From 1m05 to 1m20 20” (7 to 11 years) 20” Btwin From 1m15 to 1m40 24” (from 8 years old) City bike 24” 24” Btwin From 1m35 to 1m55 S (24’’)
  • Page 9 DECATHLON ADVICE • Using a mountain bike, your saddle will be set in a high position when you are on flat or rising ground to increase your pedaling power. However, going downhill, to better control your bike, lower at the saddle so you can recover your route by putting your feet on the ground.

  • Page 10: 3/ Setting The Stem And The Handlebar

    3/ Setting the stem and the handlebar For your safety, the handlebar may be extended until the maximum markers. Maxi (diagram 1) • Road Once the height of the saddle has been defined, establish the difference of 2 to 5 cm less, between the height of the saddle and the height of the stem in a position that suits you, in any case never exceed the dimension set by the manufacturer on the stem.
  • Page 11 Inflate your tires to the right pressure (fig.1)! You must follow the pressure range shown on the side of the tire by the manufacturer, your tires and their resistance to puncture depend on it. Mount the tire in the direction shown on the side (the arrow showing rotation direction fig 2) Fig.1 Fig.2...

  • Page 12: 5/Suspension

    5/Suspension See the instructions that you can check our website www.decathlon.com. Even greater care should be taken with bicycles fitted with a telescopic fork; parti- cularly telescopic forks assembled with fixing screws.

  • Page 13: Maintaining Your Bicycle

    Avoid too powerful jets, they could damage the frame’s enamel. Avoid pointing the jet at the mechanical parts. Wipe and dry your bicycle carefully. OUR DECATHLON SELECTION: Greasing kit and oil, maintenance kit (brush, degreaser, lubricant, grease). LUBRICATION : Use a Vaseline type oil for cables and transmission parts.
  • Page 14 MAINTENANCE (For information purposes) months Town Child Road months Mountain bike 1 year Road Mountain bike 2 years Town...

  • Page 17: Second Section

    SECOND SECTION DECATHLON ADVICE : 1/ Adjust the bolt and quick fastener mechanism open position open closed closed open of force closed position...
  • Page 18 Removing or installing the wheel fixing system - open the brake pad (see the Brakes section) - turn in the quick fastener lever from Closed to Open. CLOSE OPEN OPEN - correctly position your fork on the CLOSE fastener. SAFETY RING - turn the quick fastener from Open to Closed.

  • Page 19: 2/ Pedals

    2/ Pedals Warning : Avoid hand tightening the pedal, use the proper wrench (15 metric size). I/ Identify your pedal, look at the letter on your pedal L or R. 2/ The pedal marked R is to the right of your bicycle. Turn it to fix the crank clockwise 3/ The pedal marked L is to the left of your bicycle.
  • Page 20 3/ Always move the back of the pad away from the rim Be careful to leave about 1 mm between the rim and the pad. Changing brake pads Unscrew your pad with an Allen wrench until he can be removed and carry out the reverse operation when you change it.

  • Page 21: 4/ Gears Changers

    Disc brakes become hot and may cause burning. After breaking, wait for about minutes before touching rotor. 4/ Derailleur You will find two types of the changer on Decathlon bicycles: - a conventional gear changer (most bicycles); - speeds in the hub.
  • Page 22 CONVENTIONAL GEAR CHANGER The gear changer stroke (front and rear) should not be too large so as not to derail the chain. Both gear changers should be adjusted as explained below: REAR GEAR CHANGER: Turn the screws stop as shown in the diagrams to align the rear gear changer roller below the large spindle (when the turning wheel is at the slow speed) and below the small spindle (when the turning wheel is at...

  • Page 23: 5/Bearing Adjustment

    CAUTION When you intend to change speed, continue pedaling normally without forcing, push the gear changer switch until the chain is in place on the chosen crown or spindle, if your gear changers are not indexed. Each clog on the switch corresponds to a position on the spindles. If the chain tends not to go up or down quickly on the spindle, stretch the cable turning the adjustment cylinder located on the switch all the gear changer, anticlockwise.

  • Page 24: 6/Chain Tension For Single Speed Bicycles

    Caution: Headset adjustment requires special tools and training, and should only be perfor- med by your bike dealer. Further adjustment of the rotor is covered in the brake system section. 6/Chain tension for single speed bicycles The chain transmits the energy that you supply when you pedal to the wheel. As with cars, a "gearbox"...

  • Page 25: 7/Tightening The Seat

    7/Tightening the seat Removing or installing the wheel fixing system - loosen the quick fastener or nut (as for the wheel quick fastener). - turn the quick fastener lever from Closed to Open. - correctly position your seat in the tube. - turn the quick fastener lever from Open to Closed.

  • Page 26: 1/Changing And Adjusting Rear Brake Cables

    Rotor 1/Changing and adjusting rear brake cables: Assemble the lower cable (coming from the rotor to the rear brake jaws) and pre- set the rear jaw fixing the cable tension with the jaw cable clip. Assemble the upper cable (from the rotor to the rear cable lever). Set the two fixed lower cables on the rotor’s mobile flange using setting screws screwed to the fixed flange.

  • Page 27: Guarantee Charter

    GUARANTEE Decathlon offers a limited guarantee on its bicycles against defects in material and workmanship as specified in the terms below. Guarantee period: • Lifetime for the frame, stem and handlebars (excluding carbon frames, stems and handlebars). • Two (2) years for other components, paint and labor.

  • Page 28: Free Revision

    FREE REVISION When you buy a Decathlon bicycle, a safety visit is provided free of charge within one (1) month following your purchase. Contact out after sales service department and make an appointment, we will check all safety points. 1 year...
  • Page 29 3 years 4 years 5 years 6 years 7 years...
  • Page 30 DECATHLON CYCLE BICYCLE ASSEMBLY CHECKLIST All pivot points lubricated Pedal threads, seat & stem freewheel threads greased Hubs adjusted, locknuts tight Wheels trued Wheels centered & tight Headset adjusted & locknut tight Handlebar and stem bolt tight brake levers positioned and tight...
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  • Page 32 Manufacturer of bicycles ’ ’ DECATHLON - 4 Boulevard de Mons – BP 299 59650 Villeneuve d'Ascq cedex - France...

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