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WARNING:
Loose or damaged handlebar grips can cause you to lose control and fall. Unplugged
handlebars can act like a cookie cutter on your body, and cause serious injury in an otherwise minor
accident.
RIDING SAFETY AND RESPONSIBILITY
NOTE: Like any sport, bicycling involves risk of injury and damage. By choosing to ride a bicycle, you
assume the responsibility for that risk. Not the people who sold you the bike. Not the people who made
it. Not the people who distribute it. Not the people who manage or maintain the roads or trails you ride
on. You. So you need to know
– and to practice – the rules of safe and responsible riding.
THE OWNER’S RESPONSIBILITY
WARNING: This bicycle is made to be ridden by one rider at a time for general transportation
and recreational use. It is not made to withstand the abuse of stunting and jumping.
If the bicycle was purchased unassembled, it is the owner’s responsibility to follow all assembly and
adjustm
ent instructions exactly as written in this manual and any “Special Instructions” supplied with
the bicycle. The owner must make sure all components are securely attached.
If the bicycle was purchased assembled, it’s the owner’s responsibility, before riding the bicycle for the
first time, to make sure the bicycle is assembled and adjusted exactly as written in this manual and
any “Special Instructions” supplied with the bicycle. The owner must make sure all components are
securely attached.
FITTING THE RIDER TO THE BICYCLE
To determine the correct size of bicycle for the rider:
Straddle the assembled bicycle with feet shoulder width apart and flat on the ground.
There must be at least one inch of clearance (1) between the highest part of the top tube (2) and the
crotch of the rider.
The minimum leg-length for the rider is the highest part of the top tube plus one-inch (3).
The rider must be able to easily reach and operate the brake levers (if so equipped).
AN IMPORTANT NOTE TO PARENTS
In addition to
The Basics
, the
Rules of the Road
, the
Rules of the Trail
,
Wet Weather Riding
,
Night Riding
and
Bicycling in Traffic
, kids
need to be taught … and to have frequently reinforced …
the following rules and lessons which adults are already expected to know. We urge you to take the
time to familiarize yourself with these rules and to teach them to your child before you let your child
ride unsupervised.
1. RULES
•
No playing in the road or in the street,
•
No riding on busy streets.
•
No riding at night.
•
Stop for all STOP signs.