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Intended use of your electric bicycle
Gravity, Freeride, and Downhill
Gravity, Freeride, and Downhill
Condition 5
Bikes designed for jumping, hucking, high speeds, or aggressive
riding on rougher surfaces, or landing on flat surfaces. However, this
type of riding is extremely hazardous and puts unpredictable forces on
a bicycle which may overload the frame, fork, or parts. If you choose
to ride in Condition 5 terrain, you should take appropriate safety pre-
cautions such as more frequent bike inspections and replacement of
equipment. You should also wear comprehensive safety equipment
such as a full-face helmet, pads, and body armor.
INTENDED
For riding that includes the most difficult terrain that only very skilled rid
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ers should attempt.
Gravity, Freeride, and Downhill are terms which describe hardcore mountain, north
shore, slopestyle. This is “extreme” riding and the terms describing it are constantly
evolving.
Gravity, Freeride, and Downhill bikes are: (1) heavier and have more suspension
travel than All-Mountain bikes, allowing them to be ridden in more difficult terrain, over
larger obstacles and larger jumps, (2) the longest in suspension travel and use compo-
nents that fit heavy duty intended use. While all that is true, there is no guarantee that
extreme riding will not break a Freeride bike.
The terrain and type of riding that Freeride bikes are designed for is inherently dan-
gerous. Appropriate equipment, such as a Freeride bike, does not change this reality.
In this kind of riding, bad judgment, bad luck, or riding beyond your capabilities can
easily result in an accident, where you could be seriously injured, paralyzed or killed.
NOT INTENDED
To be an excuse to try anything. Read “Extreme, stunt or compe-
tition riding” on page 13.
TRADE OFF
Freeride bikes are more rugged than All-Mountain bikes, for riding more
difficult terrain. Freeride bikes are heavier and harder to ride uphill than All-Mountain bikes.
