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Safety
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Safety
3.1
General notes and information
3.1.1
Reading the user manual
Read all warnings and notes in this user manual with care
before you operate the bicycle for the first time.
Keep the manual to hand so that it is available at all times.
Include the user manual when passing the bicycle on to
third parties.
3.1.2
Validity
This user manual is valid for the 2018 and newer bicycle models.
Depending on the bicycle model, your bicycle or e-bike (pedelec)
may not be approved for use on public roads. To check if
your bicycle or e-bike is approved for road usage, consult
Fig.
“Road Traffic Licensing Regulation stickers”
or
“Lighting
equipment”
.
Bicycles or e-bikes that are not approved for road
usage under German Road Traffic Licensing Regu-
lations are labelled accordingly on the seat tube or
down tube (see Fig. “
Road Traffic Licensing Regulation stickers”
).
•
Use the diagrams
Road Traffic Licensing Regula-
tion stickers
or
Lighting equipment
to check if your
bicycle or e-bike model is approved for road usage
(see Chapter
“Road traffic” on page 13
).
E-bikes (pedelecs) also have a supplementary user manual for
the motor.
Fig.: Road Traffic Licensing Regulation stickers (example)
Dieses Rad ist für
die Nutzung von öffentli-
chen Verkehrswegen
nicht geeignet, da es
nicht entsprechend der
StVZO ausgestattet ist.
Fig.: Lighting equipment (example)
1 Headlight with reflector (white)
2 Reflective strips (white)
3 Reflectors on the pedal (yel-
low)
4 Side reflectors (yellow)
5 Rear light with
reflector (red)
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