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  • Page 1 Owner’s Instruction Manual Bicycle Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    IMPORTANT: A special note to parents This manual contains important safety, performance and service information. Read it before you take the first ride on your new bicycle, and keep it for reference. 1. First A. Bike Fit Additional safety, performance and service information for specific components such B.

  • Page 3: General Warning

    Like any sport, bicycling involves risk of injury and damage. By choosing to ride a bicycle, you assume the responsibility for that risk, so you need to know — and to practice — the rules of safe and responsible riding and of proper use and maintenance.

  • Page 4: A Special Note To Parents

    A. Bike Fit 1. Is your bike the right size? To check, see Section 3.A. If your bicycle is too large or WARNING: Make sure that your child always wears an approved bicycle helmet too small for you, you may lose control and fall.

  • Page 5: Mechanical Safety Check

    Do the brakes begin to engage within an choose to work on your own bicycle, you must use a torque wrench and the correct inch of brake lever movement? Can you apply full braking force at the levers without tightening torque specifications from the bicycle or component manufacturer or from having them touch the handlebar? If not, your brakes need adjustment.

  • Page 6: Safety

    Competition Biking, now. Think carefully about your skills before deciding to take the cannot get into moving parts, and never ride barefoot or in sandals. large risks that go with this kind of riding. • Bright, visible clothing that is not so loose that it can be tangled in the bicycle or...

  • Page 7: Off Road Safety

    2. Wear safety gear appropriate to the kind of riding you plan to do. Bicycle reflectors are designed to pick up and reflect car lights and street lights in a 3. Don’t ride alone in remote areas. Even when riding with others, make sure that way that may help you to be seen and recognized as a moving bicyclist.

  • Page 8: Extreme, Stunt Or Competition Riding

    • Start with easy learning exercises and slowly develop your skills before trying the ground to the top of the bicycle’s frame at that point where your crotch is when straddling the bike. To check for correct standover height, straddle the bike while...

  • Page 9: Saddle Position

    Correct saddle adjustment is an important factor in getting the most performance and this adjustment. If you choose to make your own front and comfort from your bicycle. If the saddle position is not comfortable for you, see your dealer. back adjustment, make sure that the clamp mechanism is...

  • Page 10: Handlebar Height And Angle

    We urge you to ask your dealer how to do the things described in this section before you attempt them yourself, and that you have your dealer check WARNING: On some bicycles, changing the stem or your work before you ride the bike.

  • Page 11: Wheels

    It is very important that you understand the type of wheel securing method on your bicycle, that you know how to secure the wheels correctly, and that you know how to apply the correct clamping force that safely secures the wheel. Ask your dealer to instruct you in correct wheel removal and installation, and ask him to give you any available manufacturer’s instructions.

  • Page 12: Secondary Retention Devices

    The cam lever, if there is one, in the dropouts. See also the first WARNING in this Section, p. 18. should be on rider’s left side of the bicycle (fig. 8a & b). If your bike has a clip-on type secondary retention device, engage it.

  • Page 13: Seat Post Cam Action Clamp

    curved toward the wheel. To apply enough clamping force, you should have to wrap your (1) With a cam action system, move the cam lever to the OPEN position (see fig. 8 a & fingers around the fork blade for leverage, and the lever should leave a clear imprint in b).

  • Page 14: Brakes

    All Most rim brakes have some form of quick-release mechanism three can be operated by way of a handlebar mounted lever. On some models of bicycle, to allow the brake pads to clear the tire when a wheel is removed the internal hub brake is operated by pedaling backwards.

  • Page 15: Shifting Gears

    In order for the derailleur to move Your multi-speed bicycle will have a derailleur drivetrain (see 1. below), an internal the chain from one sprocket to another, the rider must be pedaling forward.

  • Page 16: Pedals

    On any bicycle, this technique will also prevent the inside pedal from striking the ground in a turn.

  • Page 17: Bicycle Suspension

    The best and safest way to inflate a bicycle tire to the correct pressure is with a bicycle pump which has a built-in pressure gauge.

  • Page 18: Service

    In order to help minimize the chances of an accident and possible injury, it is CAUTION: Pencil type automotive tire gauges can be inaccurate and should not critical that you have any repair or maintenance which is not specifically described in be relied upon for consistent, accurate pressure readings.

  • Page 19: If Your Bicycle Sustains An Impact

    The bicycle’s warranty is not meant to suggest that the bicycle cannot But if you think something is wrong with the bike, take it to your dealer before riding it be broken or will last forever. It only means that the bicycle is covered subject to the again.

  • Page 20: Intended Use Of Your Bicycle

    Some of these bikes have suspension features, but these features are No one type of bicycle is suited for all purposes. Your retailer can help you pick the designed to add comfort, not off-road capability. Some come with relatively wide tires that “right tool for the job”...
  • Page 21 However, this type of riding is extremely hazardous and puts unpredictable forces on a bicycle MAXIMUM WEIGHT LIMIT which may overload the frame, fork, or parts. If you choose to ride in...
  • Page 22 Cyclo-cross Mountain Tandems CONDITION 2 CONDITION 2 Bikes designed for riding Condition 1, plus smooth gravel roads Bikes designed for riding Condition 1, plus smooth gravel roads and improved trails with moderate grades where the tires do not and improved trails with moderate grades where the tires do not lose ground contact.

  • Page 23: Appendix B: Lifespan Of Your Bike And Its Components

    We cannot teach you everything you need to know to properly inspect and service your bicycle; and that is why we repeatedly urge frame, fork and other components is irrelevant to what happens to your body.
  • Page 24 This simple definition will help you understand that fatigue has nothing to do The more you fit the “lengthen product life” profile, the less frequent your need to with time or age. A bicycle in a garage does not fatigue. Fatigue happens only through use. inspect.
  • Page 25 Either a crack or delamination can cause creaking noises while riding. Think about Carbon fiber composites are very corrosion resistant, much more so than most such a noise as a serious warning signal. A well maintained bicycle will be very quiet metals.

  • Page 26: Appendix D: Fastener Torque Specifications

    In case of a conflict between the instructions in The coaster brake is a sealed mechanism which is a part of the bicycle’s rear wheel this manual and information provided by a component manufacturer, consult with your hub.
  • Page 27 The Limited Warranty does not cover products which are used in rental operations and Burley will not be liable for any incidental or commercial damages relating to such use. TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THIS LIMITED WARRANTY IS EXCLUSIVE...

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