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// USER’S MANUAL
ENGLISH
PEDALLING TECHNIQUE
Place the front of the foot in the pedal centre.
When riding, make sure that your knees are parallel with the bicycle frame.
To reduce the impact, keep your elbows slightly bent.
Learn how to use the gears appropriately.
For more information see page 21 to 23.
MOUNTAIN TECHNIQUE
Place a lower gear before going up and continue to reduce the gears as necessary to maintain the ped-
alling speed.
If you are in the lowest gear and you are struggling, put your feet on the pedals. This will give you more
power each time you pedal.
In downhill, use the higher gears to avoid pedalling fast.
Do not exceed a comfortable speed, maintain control and be particularly careful.
CURVING TECHNIQUE
Slightly brake before making the curves and get ready to lean forward on the curve.
Keep the pedal on the inside of the curve in a 12 hours position, and place the knee of this leg slightly
turned in the direction you’re turning.
Keep the other leg right, not pedal fast or tight curves.
RULES FOR CHILDREN
To avoid accidents, teach children good riding skills with an emphasis on safety from an early age.
Children should be supervised by an adult.
1. Many states require that children wear a helmet while cycling. Always wear a properly fitted helmet.
2. Do not play in driveways or the road.
3. Do not ride on busy streets.
4. Do not ride at night.
5. Obey all the traffic laws, especially stop signs and red lights.
6. Be aware of other road vehicles behind and nearby.
7. Before entering a street: Stop, look left, right, and left again for traffic. If there’s no traffic, proceed
into the roadway.
8. If riding downhill, be extra careful. Slow down using the brakes and maintain control of the steering.
9. Never take your hands off the handlebars, or your feet off the pedals when riding downhill.
The Consumer Protection Safety Commission advises that the riding of small wheel diameter bicycles at
excessive speeds can lead to instability and is not recommended.
Children should be made aware of all possible riding hazards and correct riding behaviour before they
take to the streets.
Do not leave it up to trial and error.
GEAR OPERATION
The majority of existing multispeed bikes are equipped with what is known as gears or derailleur. Op-
erate using a system of levers and mechanisms to divert the drive chain and sprockets between gears
of different sizes. The purpose of speed gears is to allow you to maintain a regular and steady ride in
various conditions. This means that you will be less tired during cycling, without exerting undue pres-
sure or pedalling to quickly when descending a slope. Bikes have a wide variety of settings, speed gears
from 3 to 30 speeds. A bike with 5 or 6 speeds has only one front crankset (plate), a rear derailleur and
sprockets 5 or 6 in the rear hub.
BEFORE USING THE BICYCLE
