Schwinn Hybrid User manual

This manual contains important safety, performance and maintenance
information. Read the manual before taking your first ride on your
new bicycle, and keep the manual handy for future reference.
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Owner’s Manual
Hybrid Bike

Congratulaons
on your new bicycle! Proper assembly and operaon of your
tricycle is important for your safety and enjoyment.
Our customer service department is dedicated to your
sasfacon with Pacic Cycle and its products. If you have
quesons or need advice regarding assembly, parts,
performance, or returns, please contact the experts at
Pacic Cycle. Enjoy the ride!
Toll free: 1-800-626-2811.
Customer Service hours: Monday - Friday 8 AM- 5 PM Central
Standard Time (CST)
You may also reach us at:
Web: www.pacic-cycle.com
Email: customerservice@pacic-cycle.com
Mail: P. O. Box 344
4730 E. Radio Tower Lane
Olney, IL 62450
Do not return this item to the store. Please call Pacic Cycle
customer service if you need assistance. You will need your
model number and date code located on the service scker near
the boom bracket area. See Appendix D: Purchase Record for
the locaon of the model number on your bicycle.
IMPORTANT:
This manual contains important safety, performance and service
informaon. Read it before you take the rst ride on your new
bicycle, and keep it for reference.
Addional safety, performance and service informaon for spe-
cic components such as suspension or pedals on your bicycle, or
for accessories such as helmets or lights that you purchase, may
also be available. Make sure that your dealer has given you all the
manufacturers’ literature that was included with your bicycle or
accessories. In case of a conict between the instrucons in this
manual and informaon provided by a component manufacturer,
always follow the component manufacturer’s instrucons.
If you have any quesons or do not understand something, take
responsibility for your safety and consult with your dealer or the
bicycle’s manufacturer.
NOTE: This manual is not intended as a comprehensive use,
service, repair or maintenance manual. Please see your dealer
for all service, repairs or maintenance. Your dealer may also be
able to refer you to classes, clinics or books on bicycle use,
service, repair or maintenance.

❶ SAFETY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
GENERAL WARNING:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
A SPECIAL NOTE FOR PARENTS:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1: FIRST ................................................ 2
1.A: Bike Fit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.B: Safety First ..................................... 3
1.C: Mechanical Safety Check ......................... 3
1.D: First Ride . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2: SAFETY ............................................... 6
2.A: The Basics ...................................... 6
2.B: Riding Safety .................................... 8
2.C: O Road Safety ................................. 9
2.D: Wet Weather Riding ............................. 9
2.E: Night Riding ................................... 10
2.F: Extreme, Stunt or Compeon Riding . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.G Changing Components or Adding Accessories ....12
3: FIT ..................................................13
3.A: Standover Height ............................... 13
3.B: Saddle Posion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3.C: Handlebar Height and Angle ..................... 17
3.D: Control Posion Adjustments .................... 19
3.E: Brake Reach ................................... 19
❷ PARTS IDENTIFICATION ..............................20
❸ ASSEMBLY .........................................22
1: TOOLS REQUIRED ....................................23
2: GETTING STARTED ................................... 23
3: HYBRID PARTS ....................................... 24
4: ATTACH THE HANDLEBAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
4.A: Aaching a Quill Stem ........................... 25
4.B: Aaching a Threadless Stem .....................26
5: ATTACH THE BRAKE CABLES ........................... 27
6: ATTACH THE FRONT WHEEL ...........................28
6.A: Nued Front Wheel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
6.B: Aaching the Front Fender and Headlight. . . . . . . . . . 29
6.C: Quick-release Front Wheel ....................... 30
7: ATTACH THE SEAT .................................... 32
7.A: Bolted Seat Clamp .............................. 32
7.B: Quick Release .................................. 33
CONTENTS

7.C: Micro Adjust Seat with Pillar Seat Post .............34
8: ATTACH THE PEDALS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
❹ TECH ..............................................36
1: WHEELS ............................................. 36
2: SEAT POST CAM ACTION CLAMP ...................... 43
2.A: Adjusng the Seat Post Cam Acon Mechanism ....43
3: BRAKES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
3.A: Brake Controls and Features ..................... 45
3.B: How Brakes Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
4: DERAILLEUR ......................................... 49
4.A: Adjusng the Rear Derailleur. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
4.B: Adjusng the Front Derailleur ....................50
4.C: Shiing Gears .................................. 51
5: TIRES AND TUBES .................................... 54
5.A: Tires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
5.B: Tire Valves ....................................56
❺ SERVICE ...........................................58
1: SERVICE INTERVALS .................................. 58
2: IF YOUR BICYCLE SUSTAINS AN IMPACT: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
APPENDIX A ...........................................61
1: THE LIFESPAN OF YOUR BIKE AND ITS COMPONENTS ... 61
1.A: Nothing Lasts Forever, Including Your Bike . . . . . . . . . 61
1.B: Perspecve .................................... 61
1.C: What to Look For ...............................64
2: FATIGUE IS NOT A PERFECTLY PREDICTABLE SCIENCE ...65
2.A: Factors that Shorten Product Life: ................65
2.B: Factors that Lengthen Product Life: ............... 65
APPENDIX B ...........................................66
1: FASTENER TORQUE RECOMMENDATIONS ........... 66
APPENDIX C ...........................................68
1: LIMITED WARRANTY AND POLICY ON REPLACEMENT
PROCEDURES & RESPONSIBILITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
2: PURCHASE RECORD ............................... 69

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SAFETY
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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 pracce — the rules of
safe and responsible riding and of proper use and maintenance.
Proper use and maintenance of your bicycle reduces risk of injury.
This Manual contains many Warnings and Cauons concerning the
consequences of failure to maintain or inspect your bicycle and of
failure to follow safe cycling pracces.
• The combinaon of the safety alert symbol and the word
WARNING indicates a potenally hazardous situaon which, if
not avoided, could result in serious injury or death.
• The combinaon of the safety alert symbol and the word
CAUTION indicates a potenally hazardous situaon which, if
not avoided, may result in minor or moderate injury, or is an
alert against unsafe pracces.
• The word CAUTION used without the safety alert symbol
indicates a situaon which, if not avoided, could result in serious
damage to the bicycle or the voiding of your warranty.
Many of the Warnings and Cauons say, “You may lose control and
fall”. Because any fall can result in serious injury or even death, we
do not always repeat the warning of possible injury or death.
Because it is impossible to ancipate every situaon or condion
that can occur while riding, this Manual makes no representaon
about the safe use of the bicycle under all condions. There are
risks associated with the use of any bicycle which cannot be
predicted or avoided, and which are the sole responsibility of
the rider.
A SPECIAL NOTE FOR PARENTS:
As a parent or guardian, you are responsible for the acvies and
safety of your minor child, and that includes making sure that the
bicycle is properly ed to the child; that it is in good repair and
safe operang condion; that you and your child have learned and
understand the safe operaon of the bicycle; and that you and
your child have learned, understand and obey not only the
applicable local motor vehicle, bicycle and trac laws, but also the
common sense rules of safe and responsible bicycling. As a parent,
you should read this manual, as well as review its warnings and the
bicycle’s funcons and operang procedures with your child,
before leng your child ride the bicycle.

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WARNING!
This manual covers both Adult and Juvenile, BMX and other
types of youth-sized bicycles. Your child may be sold or may ride
an adult-sized bicycle as well.
WARNING!
Make sure that your child always wears an approved bicycle
helmet when riding; but also make sure that your child
understands that a bicycle helmet is for bicycling only, and must
be removed when not riding.
A helmet must not be worn while playing, in play areas, on
playground equipment, while climbing trees, or at any me while
not riding a bicycle. Failure to follow this warning could result in
serious injury or death.
1: FIRST
NOTE: We strongly urge you to read this Manual in its enrety
before your rst ride. At the very least, read and make sure that
you understand each point in this secon, and refer to the cited
secons on any issue that you don’t completely understand. Please
note that not all bicycles have all of the features described in this
Manual. Ask your dealer to point out the features of your bicycle.
1.A: Bike Fit
1. Is your bike the right size? To check, see Secon 3.A. If your
bicycle is too large or too small for you, You may lose control
and fall. If your new bike is not the right size, ask your dealer
to exchange it before you ride it.
2. Is the saddle at the right height? To check, see Secon 3.B.
If you adjust your saddle height, follow the Minimum Inseron
instrucons in Secon 3.B.
3. Are saddle and seat post securely clamped? A correctly
ghtened saddle will allow no saddle movement in any
direcon. See Secon 3.B.
4. Are the stem and handlebars at the right height for you? If not,
see Secon 3.C.
5. Can you comfortably operate the brakes? If not, you may be
able to adjust their angle and reach. See Secon 3.D and 3.E.
6. Do you fully understand how to operate your new bicycle?
If not, before your rst ride, have your dealer explain any
funcons or features that you do not understand.

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1.B: Safety First
1. Always wear an approved helmet when riding your bike, and
follow the helmet manufacturer’s instrucons for t, use
and care.
2. Do you have all the other required and recommended safety
equipment? See Secon 2. It’s your responsibility to familiarize
yourself with the laws of the areas where you ride, and to
comply with all applicable laws.
3. Do you know how to correctly secure your front and rear
wheels? Check Secon 4.A.1 to make sure. Riding with an
improperly secured wheel can cause the wheel to wobble or
disengage from the bicycle, and cause serious injury or death.
4. If your bike has toeclips and straps or clipless (step-in) pedals,
make sure you know how they work (see Secon 4.E). These
pedals require special techniques and skills. Follow the pedal
manufacturer’s instrucons for use, adjustment and care.
5. Do you have toe overlap?On smaller framed bicycles your toe
or toeclip may be able to contact the front wheel when a pedal
is all the way forward and the wheel is turned. Read Secon 4.E.
to check whether you have toeclip overlap.
6. Does your bike have suspension? If so, check Secon 4.F.
Suspension can change the way a bicycle performs. Follow the
suspension manufacturer’s instrucons for use, adjustment
and care.
1.C: Mechanical Safety Check
Rounely check the condion of your bicycle before every ride.
Nuts, bolts screws & other fasteners: Because manufacturers
use a wide variety of fastener sizes and shapes made in a
variety of materials, oen diering by model and component,
the correct ghtening force or torque cannot be generalized.
To make sure that the many fasteners on your bicycle are
correctly ghtened, refer to the Fastener Torque Specicaons
in Appendix E of this manual or to the torque specicaons in
the instrucons provided by the manufacturer of the
component in queson.
Correctly ghtening a fastener requires a calibrated torque
wrench. A professional bicycle mechanic with a torque wrench
should torque the fasteners on you bicycle. If you choose to
work on your own bicycle, you must use a torque wrench and
the correct ghtening torque specicaons from the bicycle or
component manufacturer or from your dealer. If you need to
make an adjustment at home or in the eld, we urge you to
exercise care, and to have the fasteners you worked on
checked by your dealer as soon as possible.
Note: there are some components that require special tools
and knowledge. In Secons 3 and 4 we discuss the items that
you may be able to adjust yourself. All other adjustments and
repairs should be done by a qualied bicycle mechanic

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WARNING! WARNING!
WARNING!
Correct ghtening force on fasteners – nuts, bolts, screws – on
your bicycle is important. Too lile force, and the fastener may
not hold securely. Too much force, and the fastener can strip
threads, stretch, deform or break. Either way, incorrect
ghtening force can result in component failure, which can
cause you to loose control and fall.
Wheels must be true for rim brakes to work eecvely.
Wheel truing is a skill that requires special tools and experience.
Do not aempt to true a wheel unless you have the knowledge,
experience and tools needed to do the job correctly.
Bicycle wheel rims are subject to wear. Contact customer
service regarding wheel rim wear. Some wheel rims have a rim
wear indicator on the side that disappears as the rim’s braking
surface wears. A rim who’s wear indicator has become very
shallow or is no longer visible has reached its maximum usable
life. Riding a wheel that is at the end of its usable life can result
in wheel failure, which can cause you to lose control and fall.
Make sure nothing is loose. Li the front wheel o the ground
by two or three inches, then let it bounce on the ground.
Anything sound, feel or look loose? Do a visual and tacle
inspecon of the whole bike. Any loose parts or accessories?
If so, secure them. If you’re not sure, ask someone with
experience to check.
Tires & Wheels: Make sure res are correctly inated (see
Secon 4.G.). Check by pung one hand on the saddle, one on
the intersecon of the handlebars and stem, then bouncing
your weight on the bike while looking at re deecon.
Compare what you see with how it looks when you know the
res are correctly inated; and adjust if necessary.
Tires in good shape? Spin each wheel slowly and look for cuts
in the tread and sidewall. Replace damaged res before riding
the bike.
Wheels true? Spin each wheel and check for brake clearance
and side-to-side wobble. If a wheel wobbles side to side even
slightly, or rubs against or hits the brake pads, take the bike to a
qualied bike shop to have the wheel trued.
Wheel rims clean and undamaged? Make sure the rims are
clean and undamaged at the re bead and, if you have rim
brakes, along the braking surface. Check to make sure that any
rim wear indicator marking is not visible at any point on the
wheel rim.

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WARNING!
Loose or damaged handlebar grips or extensions can cause you
to lose control and fall. Unplugged handlebars or extensions can
cut you and cause serious injury in an otherwise minor accident.
Brakes: Check the brakes for proper operaon (see Secon
4.C). Squeeze the brake levers.
• Are the brake quick-releases closed? All control cables
seated and securely engaged?
• If you have rim brakes, do the brake pads contact the
wheel rim squarely and make full contact with the rim?
• Do the brakes begin to engage within an inch of brake
lever movement?
Can you apply full braking force at the levers without
having them touch the handlebar?
• If not, your brakes need adjustment. Do not ride the bike
unl the brakes are properly adjusted by a professional
bicycle mechanic.
Wheel retenon system: Make sure the front and rear wheels
are correctly secured. See Secon 4.A
Seat post: If your seat post has an over-center cam acon
fastener for easy height adjustment, check that it is properly
adjusted and in the locked posion. See Secon 4.B.
Handlebar and saddle alignment: Make sure the saddle and
handlebar stem are parallel to the bike’s center line and
clamped ght enough so that you can’t twist them out of
alignment. See Secons 3.B and 3.C.
VERY IMPORTANT SAFETY NOTE: Please also read and become
thoroughly familiar with the important informaon on the
lifespan of your bicycle and its components in Appendix B on.
Handlebar ends: Make sure the handlebar grips are secure
and in good condion, with no cuts, tears, or worn out areas.
If not, have your dealer replace them. Make sure the handlebar
ends and extensions are plugged. If the handlebars have bar
end extensions, make sure they are clamped ght enough so
you can’t twist them.

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1.D: First Ride
When you buckle on your helmet and go for your rst
familiarizaon ride on your new bicycle, be sure to pick a
controlled environment, away from cars, other cyclists, obstacles
or other hazards. Ride to become familiar with the controls,
features and performance of your new bike.
Familiarize yourself with the braking acon of the bike (see Secon
4.C). Test the brakes at slow speed, pung your weight toward the
rear and gently applying the brakes, rear brake rst. Sudden or
excessive applicaon of the front brake could pitch you over the
handlebars. Applying brakes too hard can lock up a wheel, which
could cause you to lose control and fall. Skidding is an example of
what can happen when a wheel locks up.
If your bicycle has toeclips or clipless pedals, pracce geng in and
out of the pedals. See paragraph above and Secon 4.E.
If your bike has suspension, familiarize yourself with how the
suspension responds to brake applicaon and rider weight shis.
See paragraph B.6 above and Secon 4.F.
Pracce shiing the gears (see Secon 4.D). Remember to never
move the shier while pedaling backward, nor pedal backwards
immediately aer having moved the shier. This could jam the
chain and cause serious damage to the bicycle.
Check out the handling and response of the bike; and check the
comfort.
If you have any quesons, or if you feel anything about the bike is
not as it should be, Contact customer service before you ride again.
2: SAFETY
2.A: The Basics
WARNING!
The area in which you ride may require specic safety devices.
It is your responsibility to familiarize yourself with the laws of
the area where you ride and to comply with all applicable laws,
including properly equipping yourself and your bike as the law
requires.
Observe all local bicycle laws and regulaons. Observe
regulaons about bicycle lighng, licensing of bicycles, riding on
sidewalks, laws regulang bike path and trail use, helmet laws,
child carrier laws, special bicycle trac laws. It’s your
responsibility to know and obey the laws.
1. Always wear a cycling helmet that meets the latest cercaon
standards and is appropriate for the type of riding you do.
Always follow the helmet manufacturer’s instrucons for t,
use and care of your helmet. Most serious bicycle injuries
involve head injuries that might have been avoided if the rider
had worn an appropriate helmet.
WARNING!
Failure to wear a helmet when riding may result in serious injury
or death.

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Figure 1.1
You’re helmet should (Figure 1.1):
• U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) cered
(look for the label on the helmet)
• Properly sized for you
• Properly ed to you
• Properly aached to your head
• Undamaged
2. Always do the Mechanical Safety Check (Secon 1.C) before
you get on a bike.
3. Be thoroughly familiar with the controls of your bicycle: brakes
(Secon 4.C.); pedals (Secon 4.E.); shiing (Secon 4.D.).
4. Be careful to keep body parts and other objects away from the
sharp teeth of chainrings, the moving chain, the turning pedals
and cranks, and the spinning wheels of your bicycle.
5. Always wear:
• Shoes that will stay on your feet and will grip the pedals.
Make sure that shoelaces cannot get into moving parts,
and never ride barefoot or in sandals.
• Bright, visible clothing that is not so loose that it can be
tangled in the bicycle or snagged by objects at the side of
the road or trail.
• Protecve eyewear, to protect against airborne dirt, dust
and bugs-nted when the sun is bright, clear when it’s not.
6. Unless your bicycle was specically designed for jumping
(See Appendix A, Intended Use) don’t jump with your bike.
Jumping a bike, parcularly a BMX or mountain bike, can be
fun; but it can put huge and unpredictable stress on the bicycle
and its components. Riders who insist on jumping their bikes
risk serious damage, to their bicycles as well as to themselves.
Before you aempt to jump, do stunt riding or race with your
bike, read and understand Secon 2.F
7. Ride at a speed appropriate for condions. Higher speed means
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2.B: Riding Safety
1. Obey all Rules of the Road and all local trac laws.
2. You are sharing the road or the path with others — motorists,
pedestrians and other cyclists. Respect their rights.
3. Ride defensively. Always assume that others do not see you.
4. Look ahead, and be ready to avoid:
• Vehicles slowing or turning, entering the road or your lane
ahead of you, or coming up behind you.
• Parked car doors opening.
• Pedestrians stepping out.
• Children or pets playing near the road.
• Pot holes, sewer grang, railroad tracks, expansion joints,
road or sidewalk construcon, debris and other
obstrucons that could cause you to swerve into trac,
catch your wheel or cause you to have an accident.
• The many other hazards and distracons which can occur
on a bicycle ride.
5. Ride in designated bike lanes, on designated bike paths or as
close to the edge of the road as praccable, in the direcon of
trac ow or as directed by local governing laws.
6. Stop at stop signs and trac lights; slow down and look both
ways at street intersecons. Remember that a bicycle always
loses in a collision with a motor vehicle, so be prepared to yield
even if you have the right of way.
7. Use approved hand signals for turning and stopping.
8. Never ride with headphones. They mask trac sounds and
emergency vehicle sirens, distract you from concentrang on
what’s going on around you, and their wires can tangle in the
moving parts of the bicycle, causing you to lose control.
9. Never carry a passenger; and, before installing a child carrier or
trailer, check with your dealer or the bicycle manufacturer to
make sure the bicycle is designed for it. If the bicycle is suitable
for a child carrier or trailer, make sure that the carrier or trailer
is correctly mounted and the child is secured and wearing an
approved helmet.
10. Never carry anything which obstructs your vision or your
complete control of the bicycle, or which could become
entangled in the moving parts of the bicycle.
11. Never hitch a ride by holding on to another vehicle.
12. Don’t do stunts, wheelies or jumps. If you intend to do stunts,
wheelies, jumps or go racing with your bike despite our advice
not to, read Secon 2.F, Downhill, Stunt or Compeon Biking,
now. Think carefully about your skills before deciding to take
the large risks that go with this kind of riding.
13. Don’t weave through trac or make any moves that may
surprise people with whom you are sharing the road.
14. Observe and yield the right of way.
15. Never ride your bicycle while under the inuence of alcohol
or drugs.

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16. If possible, avoid riding in bad weather, when visibility is
obscured, at dawn, dusk or in the dark, or when extremely
red. Each of these condions increases the risk of accident.
2.C: O Road Safety
We recommend that children not ride on rough terrain unless they
are accompanied by an adult.
1. The variable condions and hazards of o-road riding require
close aenon and specic skills. Start slowly on easier terrain
and build up your skills. If your bike has suspension, the
increased speed you may develop also increases your risk of
losing control and falling. Get to know how to handle your bike
safely before trying increased speed or more dicult terrain.
2. Wear safety gear appropriate to the kind of riding you plan
to do.
3. Don’t ride alone in remote areas. Even when riding with others,
make sure that someone knows where you’re going and when
you expect to be back.
4. Always take along some kind of idencaon, so that people
know who you are in case of an accident; and take along some
cash for food, a cool drink or an emergency phone call.
5. Yield right of way to pedestrians and animals. Ride in a way that
does not frighten or endanger them, and give them enough
room so that their unexpected moves don’t endanger you.
6. Be prepared. If something goes wrong while you’re riding
o-road, help may not be close.
7. Before you aempt to jump, do stunt riding or race with your
bike, read and understand Secon 2.F.
O Road Respect
Obey the local laws regulang where and how you can ride
o-road, and respect private property. You may be sharing the trail
with others — hikers, trail runners, equestrians, and other cyclists.
Respect their rights. Stay on the designated trail. Don’t contribute
to erosion by riding in mud or with unnecessary sliding. Don’t
disturb the ecosystem by cung your own trail or shortcut through
vegetaon or streams. It is your responsibility to minimize your
impact on the environment. Leave things as you found them; and
always take out everything you brought in.
2.D: Wet Weather Riding
WARNING!
Wet weather impairs tracon, braking and visibility, both for the
bicyclist and for other vehicles sharing the road. The risk of an
accident is dramacally increased in wet condions.
Under wet condions, the stopping power of your brakes (as well
as the brakes of other vehicles sharing the road) is dramacally
reduced and your res don’t grip nearly as well. This makes it
harder to control speed and easier to lose control. To make sure
that you can slow down and stop safely in wet condions, ride
more slowly and apply your brakes earlier and more gradually than
you would under normal, dry condions. See also Secon 4.C.

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2.E: Night Riding
Riding a bicycle at night is much more dangerous than riding during
the day. A bicyclist is very dicult for motorists and pedestrians to
see. Therefore, children should never ride at dawn, at dusk or at
night. Adults who chose to accept the greatly increased risk of
riding at dawn, at dusk or at night need to take extra care both
riding and choosing specialized equipment that helps reduce that
risk. Consult your dealer about night riding safety equipment.
Bicycle reectors are designed to pick up and reect car lights and
street lights in a way that may help you to be seen and recognized
as a moving bicyclist.
The mounng brackets of front and rear reectors are oen
designed as brake straddle cable safety catches which prevent the
straddle cable from catching on the re tread if the cable jumps
out of its yoke or breaks.
WARNING!
WARNING!
CAUTION!
Reectors are not a substute for required lights. Riding at
dawn, at dusk, at night or at other mes of poor visibility without
an adequate bicycle lighng system and without reectors is
dangerous and may result in serious injury or death.
Do not remove the front or rear reectors or reector brackets
from your bicycle. They are an integral part of the bicycle’s safety
system. Removing the reectors reduces your visibility to others
using the roadway.
Being struck by other vehicles may result in serious injury or
death.
The reector brackets may protect you from a brake straddle
cable catching on the re in the event of brake cable failure. If a
brake straddle cable catches on the re, it can cause the wheel
to stop suddenly, causing you to lose control and fall.
Check reectors and their mounng brackets regularly to make
sure that they are clean, straight, unbroken and securely
mounted. Have your dealer replace damaged reectors and
straighten or ghten any that are bent or loose.
If you choose to ride under condions of poor visibility, check
and be sure you comply with all local laws about night riding, and
take the following strongly recommended addional precauons:
• Purchase and install baery or generator powered head and tail
lights which meet all regulatory requirements for where you live
and provide adequate visibility.

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WARNING!
• Wear light colored, reecve clothing and accessories, such as a
reecve vest, reecve arm and leg bands, reecve stripes on
your helmet, ashing lights aached to your body and/or your
bicycle ... any reecve device or light source that moves will
help you get the aenon of approaching motorists, pedestrians
and other trac.
• Make sure your clothing or anything you may be carrying on the
bicycle does not obstruct a reector or light.
• Make sure that your bicycle is equipped with correctly
posioned and securely mounted reectors.
While riding at dawn, at dusk or at night:
• Ride slowly.
• Avoid dark areas and areas of heavy or fast-moving trac.
• Avoid road hazards.
• If possible, ride on familiar routes.
If riding in trac:
• Be predictable. Ride so that drivers can see you and predict
your movements.
• Be alert. Ride defensively and expect the unexpected.
• If you plan to ride in trac oen, contact customer service
about trac safety classes or a good book on bicycle trac
safety.
2.F: Extreme, Stunt or Compeon Riding
Whether you call it Aggro, Hucking, Freeride, North Shore,
Downhill, Jumping, Stunt Riding, Racing, Enduro or something else:
if you engage in this sort of extreme, aggressive riding, you
voluntarily assume a greatly increased risk of injury or death.
Not all bicycles are designed for these types of riding, and those
that are may not be suitable for all types of aggressive riding.
Check with your dealer or the bicycle’s manufacturer about the
suitability of your bicycle before engaging in extreme riding.
Although many catalogs, adversements and arcles about
bicycling depict riders engaged in extreme riding, this acvity is
extremely dangerous, increases your risk of injury or death, and
increases the severity of any injury. Remember that the acon
depicted is being performed by professionals with many years
of training and experience. Know your limits and always wear a
helmet and other appropriate safety gear. Even with state-of-
the-art protecve safety gear, you could be seriously injured or
killed when jumping, stunt riding, riding downhill at speed or in
compeon.
Bicycles and bicycle parts have limitaons with regard to
strength and integrity, and this type of riding can exceed those
limitaons or dramacally reduce the length of their safe use.

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When riding fast down hill, you can reach speeds achieved by
motorcycles, and therefore face similar hazards and risks. Have
your bicycle and equipment carefully inspected by a qualied
mechanic and be sure it is in perfect condion. Consult with expert
riders, area site personnel and race ocials on condions and
equipment advisable at the site where you plan to ride.
Wear appropriate safety gear, including an approved full face
helmet, full nger gloves, and body armor. Ulmately, it is your
responsibility to have proper equipment and to be familiar with
course condions.
We recommend against this type of riding because of the
increased risks; but if you choose to take the risk, at least:
• Take lessons from a competent instructor rst
• Start with easy learning exercises and slowly develop your skills
before trying more dicult or dangerous riding
• Use only designated areas for stunts, jumping, racing or fast
downhill riding
• Wear a full face helmet, safety pads and other safety gear
• Understand and recognize that the stresses imposed on your
bike by this kind of acvity may break or damage parts of the
bicycle and void the warranty
• Take your bicycle to your dealer if anything breaks or bends.
Do not ride your bicycle when any part is damaged.
If you ride downhill at speed, do stunt riding or ride in compeon,
know the limits of your skill and experience. Ulmately, avoiding
injury is your responsibility.
2.G: Changing Components or Adding Accessories
Failure to conrm compability, properly install, operate and
maintain any component or accessory can result in serious
injury or death.
Exposed springs on the saddle of any bicycle ed with a child
seat can cause serious injury to the child.
Changing the components on your bike with other than genuine
replacement parts may compromise the safety of your bicycle
and may void the warranty. Contact customer service before
changing the components on your bike.
WARNING!
There are many components and accessories available to enhance
the comfort, performance and appearance of your bicycle.
However, if you change components or add accessories, you do so
at your own risk. The bicycle’s manufacturer may not have tested
that component or accessory for compability, reliability or safety
on your bicycle.
Before installing any component or accessory, including but not
limited to a dierent size re, a lighng system, a luggage rack, a
child seat, a trailer, etc., make sure that it is compable with your
bicycle by contacng customer service. Be sure to read,
understand and follow the instrucons that accompany the
products you purchase for your bicycle. See also Appendix B,

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3: FIT
3.A: Standover Height
1. Diamond frame bicycles
Standover height is the basic element of bike t. It is the
distance from 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
wearing the kind of shoes in which you’ll be riding, and bounce
vigorously on your heels. If your crotch touches the frame, the
bike is too big for you. Don’t even ride the bike around the
block. A bike which you ride only on paved surfaces and never
take o-road should give you a minimum standover height
clearance of two inches (5 cm).
A bike that you’ll ride on unpaved surfaces should give you a
minimum of three inches (7.5 cm) of standover height
clearance. And a bike that you’ll use o road should give you
four inches (10 cm) or more of clearance. Figure 1.2
2. Step-through frame bicycles
Standover height does not apply to bicycles with step-through
frames. Instead, the liming dimension is determined by saddle
height range. You must be able to adjust your saddle posion
WARNING!
If your bicycle does not t properly, you may lose control and fall.
as described in 3.B without exceeding the limits set by the
height of the top of the seat tube and the Minimum Inseron
or Maximum Extension mark on the seat post.
Top tube
Figure 1.2
Minimum
3 inch (7.5 cm)
clearance

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3.B: Saddle Posion
Correct saddle adjustment is an important factor in geng the
most performance and comfort from your bicycle. If the saddle
posion is not comfortable for you, see your dealer.
The saddle can be adjusted in three direcons:
1. Up and down adjustment. To check for correct saddle height:
• sit on the saddle
• place one heel on a pedal;
• rotate the crank unl the pedal with your heel on it is in
the down posion and the crank arm is parallel to the
seat tube.
If your leg is not completely straight, your saddle height needs
to be adjusted. If your hips must rock for the heel to reach the
pedal, the saddle is too high. If your leg is bent at the knee with
your heel on the pedal, the saddle is too low. Figure 1.3
Figure 1.3
Adjust the
seat height

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Ask your dealer to set the saddle for your opmal riding posion
and to show you how to make this adjustment. If you choose to
make your own saddle height adjustment: Figure 1.4
❶ loosen the seat post clamp
❷ raise or lower the seat post in the seat tube
❸ make sure the saddle is straight fore and a
❹ re-ghten the seat post clamp to the recommended torque
(Appendix C or the manufacturer’s instrucons).
Once the saddle is at the correct height, make sure that the seat
post does not project from the frame beyond its Minimum
Inseron or Maximum Extension mark. Figure 1.5
NOTE: Some bicycles have a sight hole in the seat tube, the
purpose of which is to make it easy to see whether the seat post is
inserted in the seat tube far enough to be safe. If your bicycle has
such a sight hole, use it instead of the Minimum Inseron or
Maximum Extension mark to make sure the seat post is inserted in
the seat tube far enough to be visible through the sight hole.
If your seat post is not inserted in the seat tube as described in
B.1 above, the seat post, binder or even frame may break, which
could cause you to lose control and fall.
WARNING!
Figure 1.5
3
Minimum
inseron
marks
Figure 1.4
Minimum inseron
marks on the seat post
Seat post
Quick-release lever
Quick-release
seat clamp
Adjustment nut
2
Seat tube
1