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CONTENTS
About this Owner’s Manual Supplement 3
Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Fork Pre-Ride Checklist. . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Fork Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Cable & Line Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Front Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Computer Mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Sag. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Fork Spring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Spring Kits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Compression Damping. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Rebound Damping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Required Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Mechanical Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . 14
Changing the fork oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Fork Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Fork installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Changing the fork spring . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Checking needle bearing migration . . . 18
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Illustrations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Tire Size / Clearance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Rebound Damping Assembly. . . . . . . . 21
Compression Damping Assembly . . . . 22
ABOUT THIS OWNER’S MANUAL
SUPPLEMENT
This manual adds important safety, maintenance,
and proper use information to your Cannondale
Owner’s Manual for Multi-speed Bicycles.
This supplement does not replace your owner’s
manual.
It is important to your safety to read your owner’s
manual and all the owner’s manual supplements for
your particular bike and components.
You should have received the Cannondale Owner’s
Manual for Multi-speed Bicycles all applicable sup-
plements from your dealer when you purchased your
new bike.
If you did not receive an owner’s manual and the
supplements for it, or are not sure what supplements
you should have received with your bike please call
your Cannondale dealer immediately, or call us at
one of the telephone numbers listed on the back
cover of this manual.
Do not ride your new bicycle until you have
received and read the owner’s manual and all
supplements for your particular bicycle.
Keep this supplement with your owner’s manual.
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SAFETY INFORMATION
WARNING
POTENTIAL HAZARD
Riding high performance bicycles and suspen-
sion systems beyond your skills and abilities
WHAT CAN HAPPEN
Advanced bicycle suspension systems can
increase the handling and stability of most
high-performance bicycles.
You could have a bad accident if your skill is
not up to handling an advanced suspension. If
you lack the skills and experience necessary to
travel at higher speeds and maneuver over dif-
ficult terrain at the greatly increased perfor-
mance level, you can travel faster than your
abilities. You can lose control of the bike in
these conditions and crash. Anytime you lose
control of the bike, especially at high speed
and in advanced terrain, you risk severe injury
or death in a crash.
HOW TO AVOID THE HAZARD
Ride at reduced speeds.
Learn the performance characteristics of your
bike and suspension components before trying
any downhill or very fast biking.
Ride within your skills and abilities.
Take a bicycle training course.
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