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Your Catrike should be fully assembled, tested and fine tuned
by your Catrike dealer or local bike store. Here are the assembly
instructions in order to show how this process is done.
Inside the box there are five separate items:
• The frame assemblage, tie rod, and all three wheels.
• A small box containing components.
• A small box containing all other parts.
• A safety flag.
The first step is to inventory the parts:
• Main frame with all the headsets and spindles in place.
- Two spindle/axle assemblies with brake calipers already
mounted
- The idler and chain tube pre-assembled and installed on
the frame.
- The quick-release boom clamp is also installed.
- The seat is already installed
• Two handle bar assemblies with shifters, shift cables, shift
cable housings, grips and brake levers installed.
• Two axles and axle nuts
•
Grey plastic boom shim (6”x5.5”x.031” thick)
• Boom with bottom bracket (BB) installed
• Two front wheels with tubes, tires and brake rotors installed.
• One rear wheel with cassette installed.
• Quick-release rear wheel skewer.
• One tie rod with rod-end bearings and jam nuts installed.
• One crank set.
• Front and rear derailleurs.
• Rear derailleur hanger with bolt zip tied to the drop out.
• Brake cables and two lengths of brake cable housing.
• Cable ferrules and cable ends.
• Three chains with PowerLink master links.
• Safety flag with flag mount (mount might be already mounted
on frame)
You will se on the bottom of your trike your frame serial number.
CS# for Speed
CTR# for Road
CTP# for Pocket
It is very common among Catrike owners on the net to identify
themselves with their names followed by their trike models
and serial numbers. Welcome to this nice group.
Other optional accessories such as a headrest or fenders may
also be in the box.
Tools required
To put your Catrike together, you’ll need:
• A set of metric Allen wrenches.
• A set of English Allen wrenches.
• A small adjustable wrench. We
strongly recommend against the
use of pliers to hold and turn nuts.
It only serves to frustrate you and
destroy the nut.
• The axle bolt installation tools included with your Catrike.
Should you lose or misplace these tools, any piece of metal
about 1/8” thick will do…the back of the blade of a table
knife will work, or even a house key, for example. All that’s
important is that it fit in BOTH slots in the bolt and be large
enough to grip with your hand.
• A bicycle chain tool.
• A small screwdriver (to adjust the derailleurs).
• A bicycle cable and housing cutter (ordinary wire snips
tend to flatten and mangle the end of the cable; you can
get by with a good sharp pair, but it’s much better to buy
the cable and housing cutter: you’ll use it often in the
future).
Also very good to have but not absolutely mandatory are:
• Anti-seize compound (available at any automotive store).
• RTV or silicon sealant is recommended instead of thread-
lock compound as the strong bond of thread-lock can
easily damage aluminum threads.
• Zip ties.
• Bicycle pedal wrench.
• “Fourth hand” tool (a cable stretcher…handy for holding
the cable while you make derailleur and brake
adjustments).
• A good bicycle maintenance book. Sharpie indelible
marker (to mark the location of the boom once it’s adjusted
to fit you).
Assembly instructions
