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INSTALL THE SADDLE AND ADJUST
THE SADDLE HEIGHT
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Remove the packaging from the seatpost and saddle.
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Make sure the seatpost collar is loose, then insert the seatpost into the seat tube.
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If the seatpost collar has a lever, that operates the same as the quick release skewer for the
front wheel. Hold the lever open 90°, make the adjustment nut finger tight, then close the lever
pointing forwards, so it is parallel with the seatpost collar.
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If the seatpost collar only has a hex bolt, that can be tightened with the provided hex wrenches.
Make sure that the gap in the seatpost collar is lined up with the gap in the seat tube.
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The saddle angle and position can be adjusted by loosening the large hex bolt directly under-
neath the saddle, where the seatpost clamps onto the saddle rails. A good starting point for
making saddle adjustments is to have the saddle angle flat, and the saddle clamp in the middle
of the rails. From there most riders like to angle the saddle down a bit and move the saddle fur-
ther forward.
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To adjust the saddle height, stand next to the bike and raise the saddle up to hip level. When
seated on the saddle and pedaling, the balls of your feet should be in the center of the pedal. At
the bottom of the pedal stroke, your leg should be almost fully extended but still slightly bent.
With correct saddle height, you should NOT be able to rest your feet flat on the ground while
seated. This would indicate too low of a saddle height and can cause knee damage. You should
only be able to touch the ground with your toes while seated. When stopping on a bicycle, you
will always need to stand up off the saddle until you start going again.
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8
FRONT FENDER, FRONT RACK, AND
FRONT LIGHT INSTALLATION
8 .1 Our bikes come with the front fender, front
light, and front rack removed for safer ship-
ping.
8 .2 The front fender mounts onto the fork
using the supplied bolts, nuts, and washers.
The two metal arms of the fender attach to
the sides of the fork dropouts. The metal tab
at the top of the fender mounts to the back of
the fork bridge. The hole in this tab is an oval.
When fastening the bolt for this tab, make
sure that the fender is as high in the oval as it
will go to provide maximum clearance be-
tween the tire and the fender. If the fender is
too low, leaves and other debris can get stuck
in the fender.
8 .3 The front light also mounts to the back of
the fork bridge when not using a front rack, as
shown in Figure 16.
8 .4 When using a front rack, the front light
must be mounted to the underside of the rack
as shown in Figure 17. If the light is mounted
to the fork, the suspension travel will ram the
light up into the rack and damage the light.
8 .5 When mounting the front rack, make sure
that the provided spacers are between the
rack and the frame mounts to provide space
for the cables to be routed behind the rack.
After the front rack is mounted, turn the han-
dlebar all the way left and all the way right
and check to see if any of the cables are get-
ting caught. There should be enough range of
motion for the suspension caps or the brake
levers to touch the frame. If there is too
much tension on the cables for this to happen
easily, the cables will need to be moved to a
better position, either to the left or right side
of the rack mounts.
Figure 16
Figure 17
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