Page 1: Table Of Contents
F. Bicycle Suspension G. Tires and Tubes V. Service A. Service Intervals B. If Your Bicycle Sustains an Impact Burley Design Cooperative 4020 Stewart Rd. • Eugene, OR USA 97405 (541) 687-1644 • FAX (541) 687-0436 website: www.burley.com /e-mail: burley@burley.com Rev. 5/03...
Page 2: Introduction
INTRODUCTION B. If Your Bicycle Sustains an Impact: First, check yourself for injuries, and take care of them as best you can. Seek A. General Warning medical help if necessary. Like any sport, bicycling involves risk of injury and damage. By choosing Next, check your bike for damage, and fix what you can so you can get to ride a bicycle, you assume the responsibility for that risk, so you need to home.
Page 3: Note To Parents
feel loose? If so, have your dealer check it. B. A Special Note for Parents: • Take a look at the brake pads. Starting to look worn or not hitting the wheel rim squarely? Time to have the dealer adjust As a parent or guardian, you are responsible for the activities and safety of or replace them.
Page 4: First
2. Ask your dealer to recommend a book on bicycle repair. I. First 3. Ask your dealer about availability of bicycle repair courses in your NOTE: We strongly urge you to read this Manual in its entirety before your first area.
Page 5: Mechanical Safety Check
The Shraeder valve (Fig. 23) is like the valve on a car Fig. 23 C. Mechanical Safety Check: tire. To inflate a Shraeder valve tube, remove the valve Routinely check the condition of your bicycle before every ride. cap and clamp the pump fitting onto the end of the 1.
Page 6: First Ride
WARNING: Never inflate a tire beyond the D. First Ride maximum pressure marked on the tire’s sidewall. When you buckle on your helmet and go for your first familiarization ride Exceeding the recommended maximum pres- on your new bicycle, be sure to pick a controlled environment, away from sure may blow the tire off the rim, which could cars, other cyclists, obstacles or other hazards.
Page 7: Riding Safety
F. Bicycle Suspension 5. Always wear: • Shoes that will stay on your feet and will grip the pedals. Never ride barefoot or while wearing sandals. Many bicycles are equipped with suspension systems. There are many differ- • Bright, visible clothing that is not so loose that it can be tangled ent types of suspension systems —...
Page 8: Off Road Safety
9. Never carry a passenger, unless it is a small child wearing an Some higher performance bicycles come equipped with pedals that approved helmet and secured in a correctly attached child-carry- have sharp and potentially dangerous surfaces. These surfaces are ing trailer or a mounted child carrier.
Page 9: Wet Weather Riding
shifting where there are no obstacles, hazards or other traffic, D. Wet Weather Riding until you’ve built up your confidence. If you have difficulties with shifting, the problem could be mechanical adjustment. WARNING: Wet weather impairs traction, braking and visibility, both for the See your dealer for help.
Page 10: Downhill Or Competition Biking
that moves will help you get the attention of approaching motorists, b. Shifting the Rear Derailleur Fig. 18 pedestrians and other traffic. The rear derailleur is controlled by the right shifter. The function of 4. Make sure your clothing or anything you may be carrying on the the rear derailleur is to move the bicycle does not obstruct a reflector or light.
Page 11: Standover Height
D. Shifting Gears III. Fit Your multi-speed bicycle will have a derailleur drivetrain (See 1. below), NOTE: Correct fit is an essential element of bicycling safety, performance an internal gear hub drivetrain (See 2. below) or, in some special cases, a and comfort.
Page 12 If your leg is not completely straight and wheel “locks up” (stops rotating) and starts to skid. Fig 10 just touching the center of the pedal, Once the tire skids, you actually lose most of your Fig 3 your saddle height needs to be adjusted. stopping force and all directional control.
Page 13: Handlebar Height And Angle
WARNING: The full force of the cam action is needed to clamp the seatpost If, in spite of carefully adjusting the saddle height, tilt and fore-and-aft position, your saddle is still uncomfortable, you may need a different securely. Holding the nut with one hand and turning the lever like a wing nut with the other hand until everything is as tight as you can get it will not clamp saddle design.
Page 14: Control Position Adjustments
4. Lift the rear wheel off the ground a few inches and, with D. Control Position Adjustments the derailleur still pulled back, push the wheel forward and down until it comes out of the rear dropouts. The angle of the controls and their position on the handlebars can be d.
Page 15: Removing And Installing Quick Release Wheels
Turning the tension adjusting nut clockwise while keeping the brake pads; then squeeze the brake lever and make sure cam lever from rotating increases clamping force; turning it that the brakes are operating correctly. counterclockwise while keeping the cam lever from rotating 3.
Page 16 5. Raise the front wheel a few inches off the WARNING: Secondary retention devices are not a substitute for correct ground and tap the top of the wheel with quick release adjustment. Failure to properly adjust the quick release the palm of your hand to knock the mechanism can cause the wheel to wobble or disengage, which could cause wheel out of the front fork.

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