Maintenance - Charge City Owner's Manual

Maintenance

Importance of a Maintenance Routine
Maintenance
Importance of a Maintenance Routine
1. Regular Maintenance is important to your safety and the longevity of your bicycle. Any part of
a poorly maintained bike can break or malfunction leading to an accident.
While the materials and workmanship of your bicycle or of individual components may be covered
by a warranty for a specified period of time by the manufacturer, this is no guarantee that the
product will last the term of the warranty. Product life is often related to the kind of riding you do and
to the treatment to which you submit the bicycle. The bicycle's warranty is not meant to suggest
that the bicycle cannot be broken or will last forever. It only means that the bicycle is covered
subject to the terms of the warranty.
Ask a professional bicycle mechanic to help you develop a complete maintenance program, a
program which includes a list of the parts on your bike for YOU to check regularly.
2. All bicycles and bicycle components are subject to wear and stress. Different materials and
mechanisms wear or fatigue from stress 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 needs to be replaced.
See also "inspect For Safety" in this manual.
YOU CAN BE SEVERELY INJURED, PARALYZED OR KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT IF YOU IGNORE THIS
WARNING.
Many bicycle service and repair tasks require special knowledge and tools.
Do not begin any adjustments or service on your bicycle until you have learned from a professional
bicycle mechanic how to properly complete them. Improper adjustment or service may result in
damage to the bicycle or in an accident which can cause serious injury or death.
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