Pacific Bicycle Owner's Manual page 66

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Grip
Handlebar
MTB Handlebar Assembly
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When re-fitting the stem, make sure the handlebars are correctly
aligned and tightened using the appropriate hex wrench or allen key.
Do not over tighten.
Test the security of the handlebar within the stem, and the stem
within the fork steerer tube, by clamping the front wheel between your
Stem Bolt
knees and trying to move the handlebar up and down, and from side
Handlebar Stem
to side. The handlebar should not move when applying turning pressure.
Stem Bolt Wedge
The exact positioning of the handlebar is a matter of personal
comfort. For MTB bicycles, the bar should be approximately
horizontal, with the ends pointing back and slightly up. On BMX
Make sure
bicycles, the handlebar should remain in an approximately upright
handlebars and
position but can be angled back or forward slightly for comfort. On
fork are facing
forward
MTB and racing style bicycles, the handlebar is usually tightened in
the stem by a single allen key bolt or hexagonal bolt. On BMX style
Note, curved rake of
bicycles there may be four clamping bolts.
fork faces forward
Make sure, when setting the handlebars in the fork, that the curved
rake of the fork is angled to the front of the bicycle.
Please note that if you need to replace the forks in your bicycle at any
time, the replacement forks must have the same rake and the same
tube inner diameter as those originally fitted to the bicycle.
Never ride unless the handlebar clamping
mechanism has been securely tightened.