Bike Friday All-Packa Guide

Using Your Bike Friday®:
All-Packa Frame Kit
Green Gear Cycling®, Inc.
3364 W. 11th Ave. Eugene, OR 97402
800-777-0258 USA & Canada
[phone] Int’l
[phone] Fax
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If You Need Help
If you need technical assistance with any Green Gear Cycling
product, or are unclear on the proper operation of your Bike Friday,
please contact us. Our email address is [e-mail]
and our toll-free number in the US and Canada is 800-777-0258,
international is [phone]. Normal business hours are 8:30
a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, Pacic Standard Time.
Congratulations!
You have just purchased the Bike Friday “All-Packa” Frame Kit.
Green Gear travel products have been carefully designed, con-
structed and rened for your personal travel needs. All of our goods
are manufactured in our Eugene, Oregon, factory by real cyclists
who care about our products and our customers.
Please take your time reviewing this manual. You will nd Green
Gear Travel products to be simple and reliable for adventures the
world over.
Extra Accessories
We also sell an extensive (and growing!) line of bicycle and travel
accessories. Email or call us for info on spare tires & tubes, replace-
ment parts, fenders, racks, bags, or other items to complete your
travel system.
More Information
To check out our products, nd other useful information and dis-
cover Bike Friday events go to our main web site at www.bikefri-
day.com. Or contact us at 800-777-0258 or [e-mail].
Blue skies and happy trails from the gang at Green Gear Cycling.

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Additional Information
We recommend the Park Tool series of You Tube videos for instruc-
tions of how to build up a bike frame. If you are uncomfortable with
building up a safe bicycle from a frame, we recommend working
with a local bike shop to either do the work themselves, or check
the work you have accomplished.
Tip
Be sure to keep a light lm of grease on any intersecting bike parts.
This will help to prevent corrosion, facilitate disassembly, and elim-
inate annoying noises. Areas include seat posts, saddle rails, han-
dlebars, stems, seat masts and frame fork tips. Doing this a couple
of times per year during routine maintenance should be enough.
Wipe o󰀨 any excess or visible grease.
Also be sure to lightly grease all bolt threads on your bicycle as you
repair or upgrade components. Lubricating your bolts will allow you
to adequately tighten the fasteners and keep them from seizing in
the future.
Bicycles are a lot of fun, but they can also hurt you if
you don’t ride carefully. So please always ride safely!
• Always wear a helmet.
• Follow the rules of the road, and be courteous. (We all need to
represent the best of cycling to the world.)
• Use front and rear lights after dark.
• Always carry a spare tube, patch kit, pump and a tool kit.
• Keep your bicycle in good shape.
• Check your tire pressure before every ride.
• Make sure all quick releases are secure!
• Have your bicycle routinely serviced for trouble-free travels.

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All-Packa Frame Kit
1. Your Bike Friday “All-Packa” Frame Kit
2. Unpacking Your Frame
Your new frame kit has been prepared in several ways to save you
time.
• We have veried proper alignment of the frame, including the
bottom bracket, headtube, fork, seat mast, dropouts, disc brake
mounts, and derailleur hangers.
• We have faced the headtube to ensure headset alignment.
• We have honed the seat mast for scratch free seatpost inser-
tion.
• We have installed the headset. (If headset was purchased)
• We have installed star nuts in the riser (if headset was pur-
chased) and steerer.
• We have used anti-seize and grease at the hinges, and test
folded the frame.

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3. Sizing Your Frame Kit
Your frame kit should have been sized to t you perfectly during
the buying process. Please contact us if the t is not as expected.
If for some reason, you desire to change the t of your frame, you
have several options:
• Swapping bars, stems and seatposts is a good place to start.
• Adjustable risers have several inches of vertical adjustment.
(Contact us to order a longer or shorter riser.)
• Contact us to order a di󰀨erent length folding seat mast.
• Your riser can be cut down with a pipe-cutter or hacksaw. Fixed
risers are 4130 chromoly steel and should have their cut edge
sealed to prevent rust. Adjustable risers are 6061 aluminum.
• Contact us to order a new mainframe. The rear end and other
frame parts can be swapped over.
4. Assembling Your Bike
Your Bike Friday frame uses common industry standards and is
compatible with many components. With a frame kit, you choose
how to build up your bike!
Industry Standards:
Bottom Bracket: 68mm BSA
Headset: EC34 / 1-1/8”
Hubs: 100mm QR front, 130mm QR rear (non-disc), 135mm QR
rear (disc)
Brakes: Front 160mm post-mount disc, rear 140mm IS-mount disc
Seatpost: 28.6mm x 350mm
Front Derailleur mount: Braze-on
Tire size: 406 x 50-62mm / 20 x 2.0-2.4”, 2.25” max with fenders
NOTE: It is easy to thread a bolt into the frame at an improper angle
(cross threading the bolt into the frame). If you feel resistance
when screwing a bolt in, stop and verify the bolt is being threaded
in straight.

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5. Component Recomendations:
• We recommend headsets with lower stack heights. This max-
imizes steerer and riser clamp engagement for a sti󰀨er front
end. For example, Cane Creek and Wolf Tooth Components
are recommended over Chris King.
• Verify your drivetrain gear inches with an onlice calculator as
20” wheels will a󰀨ect gearing as compared to 700cc wheels.
Your mtb drivetrain may leave you spinning out on ats!
• We recommend medium cage rear derailleurs, or short cage
rear derailleurs with road-link adapter. Cassettes equal to or
smaller than 40 tooth are recommended, and if you are look-
ing for more range, consider using front derailleurs. Cassettes
larger than 40 tooth, and rear derailleurs with long cages can
cause the bottom of the cage, lower pulley wheel, and chain to
approach or even strike the ground and/or tire. This is due to
the 20” wheel, as many modern mountain bike drivetrains are
designed for 29ers.
• We design our frames for full length housing for the reduced
maintenance. Compressionless brake housing is recommended
for the best braking performance.
• We recommend rims with internal widths of at least 25mm.
6. Headset and Fork Assembly
Your Bike Friday frame kit uses a threadless headset system like
most modern bikes. The di󰀨erence is that instead of an Ahead stem
clamping down on the steerer to set headset pre-load, your Bike
Friday uses a separate clamp to maintain headset pre-load, even
when the stem riser is removed for easy packing.
If your frame kit included a headset, you will only need to adjust
your headset if it loosens during your rst rides. If you are install-
ing your own headset, please see separate instructions for how to
adjust headset pre-load.

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7. Cabling
Folding and unfolding your Bike Friday puts additional stress
on your cable housing. Follow these instructions to avoid kinks,
damage, or poor shifting and braking performance.
• Give 3” longer housing than minimum between bar
and frame braze-ons to account for lifting stem and bar
assembly o󰀨 while folding
• Front derailleur on left-most (toward Non-drive side) side of
bike, routes above bottom bracket to stop on seat tube
• Rear derailleur and rear brake housing must pass beneath both
bottom bracket and hinge in chainstays. A zip-tie around these
2 housings at this point is essential to prevent housing from
catching on crankset of frame when folding bike. This zip-tie
should not attach to frame. See close-up photo below.
• Rear brake housing must pass outside of chainstay and to inside
of seat stay. Rear brake housing should pass through loop cable
guide on seatstay (or be zip tied to this loop if hydraulic line)
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All-Packa Complete Bike
Top Tube
Stem
Stem Riser
Stem Riser (Clamp)
Seat Mast
Seat Mast Hinge
Seat Mast Clamp
Frame Quick Release
Seat Stays
Chain Stays
Bottom Bracket Hinge
Frame # between cranks on
bottom bracket shell
Bottom Bracket
Down-Tube
Fork
Head Set
(lower)
Head Tube
Head Set (upper)
Handlebar Height
Adjustment
Safety Button
Headset (Clamp)