Owner`s manual
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Front Wheel
Check the wheel hub before attaching it to the fork by rotating the
threaded axle. It should be smooth with no lateral movement. Insert
the front wheel into the fork dropouts. Tighten the wheel nuts using
the appropriate 14mm or 15mm wrench. Spin the wheel checking for
trueness. Some bicycles have wheel axles that incorporate a Quick
Release (QR) mechanism. This allows easy wheel removal without the
need for tools. The mechanism uses a long bolt with an adjusting nut
on one end, and a lever operating a cam-action tensioner on the other.
If the wheel is fitted with a Quick Release type axle, turn the adjusting
nut so that the locking lever is moved to the closed position with a firm
action. At the halfway closed position of the quick release lever, you
should start to feel some resistance to this motion. Do not tighten the
quick release by using the quick release lever like a wing nut. If the
quick release lever is moved to the closed position with no resistance,
clamping strength is insufficient. Move the quick release lever to the
open position, tighten the quick release adjusting nut, and return the
quick release lever to the closed position.
Correct Quick Release Axle Setting (if equipped)
To set, turn the lever to the open position so that the curved 1.
part faces away from the bicycle.
While holding the lever in one hand, tighten the adjusting nut until 2.
it stops.
Pivot the lever towards the closed position. When the lever is 3.
halfway closed, there must be firm resistance to turn it beyond
that point. If resistance is not firm, open the lever and tighten the
adjusting nut in a clockwise direction.
Continue to pivot the lever all the way to the closed position 4.
so that the curved part of the lever faces the bicycle.
Closed Position
Open Position
Hub
Hub
Axle
Quick Release
Axle
Adjusting
Nut
Quick
Release
Lever
Spring
The quick release must be very tight in its closed position and
unable to vibrate loose while riding.
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