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  • Page 1 OWNER’S MANUAL...
  • Page 2 Wheel Rear Derailleur Chain Crank Set Pedal Seat Post Saddle Bolts for Bottle Cage Frame Head Set Handlepost Handlebars Brake Lever Fork Brakes NOTE: This manual is not intended as a comprehensive use, service, repair or mainten ance manual. Please see your dealer for all service, repairs or maintenance.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents First ................... 4 How an Internal Gear Hub Drive Train Works ......11 Shifting Internal Hub Gears ..........11 Bike Fit ..................4 What Gear Should I Be In? ..........11 Safety First ................4 Chains ..................12 This Manual ................4 Pedals ..................12 Safety ................

  • Page 4: First

    you may be able to adjust their angle and • Handlebar and Saddle Alignment: Make First reach. sure the saddle and handlebar stem are parallel to the bike’s centerline and clamped • Do you fully understand how to operate your tight enough so that you can’t twist them out new bicycle? If not, before your first ride, of alignment.

  • Page 5: Safety

    Riding Safety • Never hitch a ride by holding on to another Safety vehicle. • Don’t weave through traffic or make unex- • You are sharing the road or the path with pected moves. others — motorists, pedestrians and other cyclists. Respect their rights. • Observe and yield the right of way. The Basics •...

  • Page 6: Night Riding

    Night Riding following strongly recommended additional precautions: Riding a bicycle at night is many times more • Purchase and install a generator or battery dangerous than riding during the day. A bicy- powered head and taillight that meet all clist is very difficult for motorists and pedestri- local regulatory requirements and provide ans to see.

  • Page 7: Fit

    Handlebar Height and Angle WARNING: If your seat post projects from the frame beyond the Minimum Insertion or Maximum Extension mark, the WARNING: The stem’s Minimum seat post may break, which could cause Insertion Mark must not be visible you to lose control and fall. above the top of the headset.

  • Page 8: Tech

    Installing a Quick Release Rear Wheel The lever should now be parallel to the fork Tech blade and curved toward the wheel. With the right amount of force, the lever should • Make sure that the rear derailleur is still in make a clear embossed mark on the sur- its outermost, high-gear position.

  • Page 9: Brakes: Rim Brakes & Disc Brakes

    Brakes – Rim Brakes & Disc NOTE: Make sure that no oil or lubrication sure your hands can reach and squeeze the brake levers. touches your brake pads or the bicycles rims’ Brakes braking surfaces. Please replace worn brake NOTE: In the UK and Japan, the right lever shoes only with factory authorized brake Riding with improperly adjusted brakes or worn controls the front brake while the left lever...

  • Page 10: Shifting Gears

    Shifting Gears easier on a hill, make a downshift in one of two travel of the rear derailleur. Tightening the rear ways: shift the chain down (the gear “steps” to derailleur high gear adjustment screw keeps a smaller gear at the front) or shift the chain up the chain from shifting off the small (high) gear Your multi-speed bicycle will have a derailleur (the gear “steps”...

  • Page 11: What Gear Should I Be In

    How an Internal Gear Hub WARNING: Never shift a derailleur onto the largest or the smallest Drive Train Works sprocket if the derailleur is not shifting smoothly. The derailleur may be out of If your bicycle has an internal gear hub drive adjustment and the chain could jam, train, the gear changing mechanism will consist causing you to lose control and fall.

  • Page 12: Chains

    Chains Pedals Single-speed and three-speed bicycles as well • Toe clips and straps are a means to keep as many IGH (Internal Geared Hubs) equipped your feet correctly positioned and engaged bicycles use a “1/2 x 1/8” chain that has a with the pedals.

  • Page 13: Transporting Your Bike

    Carrying This is a clean and efficient method of pack- Carrying a 16- to 20-inch wheeled folded ing and carrying any of the many Dahon bicycle is quite easy for extra short to me- bicycles. Simply place the folded, collapsed dium distances. For Jetstream full suspen-...

  • Page 14: Service

    (Hot or cold, wet or dry.) For general cycle service you should perform yourself. All other this manual to provide all the information lubrication, Dahon suggests using lightweight service, maintenance and repair should be per- required to properly repair and/or maintain...
  • Page 15 When replacement parts are necessary, be sure to use factory authorized replacement parts from your local authorized Dahon dealer. Check the frame, particularly in the area around all tube joints; the handlebars; the stem;...

  • Page 16: Warranty

    A ride. To activate your Dahon warranty and Life- warranty registration card must be completed Dahon warrants its bicycle frames, handle- time Frame Warranty, please visit our On-line...

  • Page 17: Torque Values

    Torque Values Handlebar, Headset, Saddle, and Seat Post in•lbs kgf•cm Component Newton Meters (Nm) Dahon large hex key headset screw (10mm) 52~87 6.8~11.3 60~100 Dahon handlepost clamp screw (6mm) 11.3 Stem steer tube binder bolts; threadless headset 115~145 13~16.4 132~167...
  • Page 18 Brake-Rim and Disc and Brake Lever Component in•lbs Newton Meters (Nm) kgf•cm Brake lever - MTB type 53~60 6~6.8 61~69 Brake lever - drop bar type (including STI & ERO types) 55~80 6.2~9 63~92 Disc rotor to hub (M5 bolts) 18~35 21~40 Disc rotor to hub (M965 rotor lockring)
  • Page 19 Front and Rear Hubs; QR and Nutted Axles Component in•lbs Newton Meters (Nm) kgf•cm Freehub body 305~434 34.5~49 35~499 Cassette sprocket lockring; disc brake lockring 260~434 29.4~49 299~499 Front axle nuts 20.3 Rear axle nuts to frame (non-quick release type wheels) 260~390 29.4~44.1 299~449...
  • Page 20 Dahon California INC. Dahon TW 833 Meridian Street 8F-8, #6, Lane 609, Chung Hsin RD., Sec 5 Duarte CA 91010 San Chung, Taipei Hsien ROC 241, Taiwan 1-800-442-3511 +886-2-2999-5623 www.dahon.com © 2009 DAHON, BPSA 2009.09.EN...

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