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Owner’s Manual
for single-speed bicycles
rd
3 Edition, 2003
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.
AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO PARENTS:
This Manual contains important safety information. For your
child's safety, it is your responsibility to review this information
with your child and make sure that your child understands
all warnings, cautions, instructions and safety t
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GENERAL WARNING: A special note for parents: Like any sport, bicycling involves risk of injury and damage. As a parent or guardian, you are responsible for the By choosing to ride a bicycle, you assume the responsibility activities and safety of your minor child, and that includes for that risk, so you need to know — and to practice — the making sure that the bicycle is properly fitted to the child; rules of safe and responsible riding and of proper use and that it is in good repair and sa
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Contents GENERAL WARNING p. 2 A special note for parents p. 2 1. First 4. Tech A. Bike Fit p. 4 A. Brakes p. 13 B. Safety First p. 4 B. Wheels p. 16 C. Mechanical Safety Check p. 4 C. Pedals p. 18 D. First Ride p. 5 D. Bicycle Suspension p. 19 E. Tires and Tubes p. 20 2. Safety A. The Basics p. 6 5. Service p. 21 B. Riding Safety p. 6 C. Off Road Safety p. 7 Appendix A D. Wet Weather Riding p. 8 Teaching Your Child The Rules p. 24 E. Night Riding p. 7 A
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and follow the helmet manufacturer’s instructions for fit, use 1. First and care of your helmet. 2. Do you have all the other required and recommended NOTE: All operators must read and understand all sections safety equipment? See Section 2. It’s your responsibility to of this owner’s manual before their initial operation of the familiarize yourself with the laws of the areas where you ride, bicycle. If after reading this manual in its entirety you have and to comply with all applicab
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Tires & Wheels: Make sure tires are correctly inflated (see and handlebar stem are parallel to the bike’s center line Section 4.G.1). Check by putting one hand on the saddle, one and clamped tight enough so that you can’t twist them on the intersection of the handlebars and stem, then bouncing out of alignment. See Section 3.B and 3.C. If not, align and your weight on the bike while looking at tire deflection. tighten them. Compare what you see with how it looks when you know the Handlebar
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the suspension responds to brake application and rider weight which might have been avoided if the rider had worn an shifts. See paragraph B.5 above and Section 4.F. appropriate helmet. Check out the handling and response of the bike; and check the comfort. ! WARNING: Failure to wear a helmet when riding may result If you have any questions, or if you feel anything about the in serious injury or death. bike is not as it should be, take the bike back to your dealer for advice. 2. Alwa
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know and obey the laws. your complete control of the bicycle, or which could become 2. You are sharing the road or the path with others — entangled in the moving parts of the bicycle. motorists, pedestrians and other cyclists. Respect their rights. 11. Never hitch a ride by holding on to another vehicle. 3. Ride defensively. Always assume that others do not 12. Don’t weave through traffic or make any moves that see you. may surprise people with whom you are sharing the road. 4. Look ahead
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3. Don’t ride alone in remote areas. Even when riding with To make sure that you can slow down and stop safely in wet others, make sure that someone knows where you’re going conditions, ride more slowly and apply your brakes earlier and and when you expect to be back. more gradually than you would under normal, dry conditions. 4. Learn and obey the local laws regulating where and See also Section 4.A. how you can ride off-road, and respect private property. 5. You may be sharing the tra
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F. Bicycling in Traffic • Be predictable. Ride so that drivers can see you and ! WARNING: Do not remove the front or rear reflectors or predict your movements. reflector brackets from your bicycle. They are an integral part • Be alert. Ride defensively and expect the unexpected. of the bicycle’s safety system. • Read Appendix B and learn the rules for riding in traffic Removing the reflectors may reduce your visibility to others which are illustrated there. using the roadway. Being
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We recommend against this type of riding because of add accessories, you do so at your own risk. The bicycle’s the increased risks; but if you ignore this recommendation, manufacturer may not have tested that component or at least: accessory for compatibility, reliability or safety on your • Take lessons from a competent instructor first bicycle. Before installing any component or accessory, • Do stunts, racing or fast downhill riding only in areas including a different size tire, make su
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! WARNING: If your bicycle does not fit properly, you may B. Saddle position lose control and fall. If your new bike doesn’t fit, ask your dealer Correct saddle adjustment is an important factor in getting to exchange it before you ride it. the most performance and comfort from your bicycle. If the saddle position is not comfortable for you, see your dealer, A. Standover height who has the tools and skill to change it. Standover height is the basic element of bike fit (see fig. 2).
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NOTE: If your bicycle is equipped with a suspension seat post, be able to change handlebar height by moving height periodically ask your dealer to check it. adjustment spacers from below the stem to above the stem, or vice versa. Otherwise, you’ll have to get a stem of different length or rise. Consult your dealer. Do not attempt to do this ! WARNING: After any saddle adjustment, be sure that yourself, as it requires special knowledge. the saddle adjusting mechanism is properly tightened
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your legs and attempt to twist the handlebar/stem assembly. something in this section of the Manual, talk to your dealer. If you can twist the stem in relation to the front wheel, turn the handlebars in relation to the stem, or turn the bar end extensions in A. Brakes relation to the handlebar, the bolts are insufficiently tightened. Your bicycle is equipped either with a coaster brake D. Control position adjustments (described in paragraph 1 below) or with hand brakes The angle of the co
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1. Coaster Brake lever controlling the front brake. NOTE: If your bicycle is equipped a. How the coaster brake works with both front and rear brakes, most The coaster brake is a sealed mechanism which is a part effective braking is achieved by of the bicycle’s rear wheel hub. The brake is activated by using both brakes and apply them reversing the rotation of the pedal cranks (see fig. 5). Start with simultaneously. (See also par. 3. Braking the pedal cranks in a nearly horizontal pos
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released position, the brakes are inoperative. Ask your dealer ! CAUTION: Some bicycles are whether you have a quick release on your brakes; and if you equipped with a device called do, make sure that you understand the way the brake quick a Brake Rotor, which allows the release works, and check each time to make sure both brakes steering mechanism to turn a full 360 work correctly before you get on the bike. degrees. Adjusting brakes equipped ! WARNING: Some bicycle brakes, such as
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When you apply the brake(s), the bike begins to slow, retention devices are not a substitute but your body wants to continue at the speed at which it for correct wheel clamping. was going. This causes a transfer of weight to the front wheel Secondary retention devices fall (or, under heavy braking with hand brakes, around the front into three basic categories (see figs. wheel hub, which could send you flying over the handlebars). 12a, b & c): A wheel with more weight on it will accept great
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adjustable wrench, loosen the two axle nuts. 14) loosen the nuts on the adjusters c. If your front fork has a clip‑on type secondary retention by turning both counterclockwise device, disengage it and go to step (4). If your front fork has with a correctly sized open end an integral or a washer type secondary or adjustable wrench an equal retention device, loosen the axle nuts number of turns. This allows you to enough to allow removal of the wheel; move the wheel as required by step th
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6. Removing a Bolt-On Rear Wheel with Coaster Brake bicycles, and is avoided by keeping the inside pedal up and a. Disengage the coaster the outside pedal down when turning. brake arm from its frame bracket (see fig. 15). ! WARNING: Toe Overlap could cause you to lose control b. With a correctly sized socket, and fall. If you have toe overlap, exercise extra care when box, open end or adjustable turning. A brake rotor (see Section 4.A.2.b) may also decrease wrench, loosen the two
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becomes a reflex action, but always make sure that there which may cause you to lose control and fall. is sufficient tension to prevent unintended release of your If your bike has suspension, the increased speed you may foot from the pedal. develop also increases your risk of injury. For example, when braking, the front of a suspended bike dips. You could lose ! WARNING: Clipless pedals are intended for use with shoes control and fall if you do not have experience with this system. spe
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E. Tires and Tubes Tire pressure is given either as maximum pressure or as a 1. Tires pressure range. How a tire performs under different terrain or Bicycle tires are available in many designs and weather conditions depends largely on tire pressure. Inflating specifications, ranging from general-purpose designs to tires the tire to near its maximum recommended pressure gives the designed to perform best under very specific weather or lowest rolling resistance; but also produces the hars
