ProGear RIDEFREE, Owner'S Manual

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Refer to Guide to Traffic Engineering Practice Part 14 - Bicycles (AUSTROADS 1999).
www.bikeoz.com.au - provides additional information.
www.cyclingpromotion.com.au - helping you get more out of your riding.
3.5 KEEP A RECORD OF YOUR BICYCLE
Take a colour photograph of your bicycle, write the frame number on the back of the photograph and
keep it in a safe place. Less than one in ten stolen bicycles is returned, partly because the owner
cannot describe the bicycle. Engraving a registration number on the bicycle will also help. The police,
Neighbourhood Watch and service clubs run bicycle registration programs.
If you keep a record of the details of your bicycle it will greatly increase the possibility of getting it back
should it be lost or stolen.
Remember the advice about LOCKING YOUR BICYCLE.
A good quality lock is cheap insurance.
See the record chart at end of this manual.
TROUBLESHOOTING CHART
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WNER’S INFO
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RESPO
NSIBILI
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PROBLEM POSSIBLE CAUSE REMEDY
Frequent punctures
Inner tube old or faulty Replace inner tube
Tyre tread / casing worn
Replace tyre
Tyre unsuited to rim Replace with correct tyre
Tyre not checked after previous puncture Remove sharp object embedded in tyre
Tyre pressure too low Correct tyre pressure
Spoke protruding into rim File down spoke
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