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TEST RIDE
PLEASE NOTE: Immediately after turning on your bike (within 5 seconds), the top light on
the handlebar control will flash for a few seconds. This is the system either making sure that
no air is in the legs if they are up (for safety it makes sure air does not build up when the legs
are in the up position), or that the proper amount of air is in the system if they are down
(again for safety to make sure the legs stay pumped completely!). This test occurs once a
minute for all the time the bike is powered up, whether you turn the LegUp system on or not!
The first test should be done in a straight line. Put the bike in gear and slowly accelerate. You
may notice that the bike tends to want to steer a small amount left or right. This is normal
unless it is severe. Effectively, you are driving a trike, and steering is done with the handlebars
NOT by leaning. Once underway, (we recommend you keep your thumb near the left button,
and press it to raise the wheels if there are any surprises) the top LED should flash at around 6
MPH, meaning the legs are retracting. It is difficult to lean on one wheel or the other as you
leave, so you may wish to raise the wheels manually if the bike is steering due to uneven
pavement.
Assuming the legs are retracted, you should try to deploy the wheels. As you come to a stop,
the Green LED should be on. As you slow down (almost stopped), the Yellow LED should
illuminate at the proper speed. Once it does (sometimes hard to see), hit the left button and put
your feet down near the ground. The top LED should flash and the wheels should deploy
almost instantly underneath you! Make sure you are ready to balance the bike, though you
likely won’t have to! Immediately after the wheels touch the ground, the bike should be
supported reasonably, but the cylinders can take up to 6 seconds to get completely filled. Make
sure you balance the bike as this occurs. The slower you are going when deploying the wheels,
the smoother the transition will be from wheels up to wheels down. Practice these maneuvers
until you are comfortable with the wheel adjustments and the system operation.
NOTE: With the system on or off, if the legs are up, the computer will dump the
air from legs once every minute that the bike is turned on! This is a safety feature
to make sure pressure does not build inside the legs, causing them to deploy! The
top light will flash once a minute for a few seconds. This is completely normal,
and the left button will be inoperable while this occurs.
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