IDEAL Bikes Trekking Series Guide de l'utilisateur
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Contents
Bicycle parts/city and touring bikes C2
Bicycle parts/mountain bike C3
Bicycle parts/road bike C4
Contents 1
Foreword 2
Safety information 3
Before the rst ride 4
Before each ride 5
If you have fallen 5
Legal regulations 6
Intended use 6
Adjusting the bicycle to the rider 10
Using quick releases 10
Quick-release axles 11
Installing pedals 12
Setting up the seating position 13
Setting up the angle of the seat 13
Setting up the position of the
handlebars/stem 14
Setting up the brake levers 15
Back pedal brakes 16
Children 16
Children’s bicycle / training wheels 16
Transporting children/child bike trailers 17
Frame 18
Loose accessories 19
Loose luggage rack 19
Bar ends 19
Attached accessories 19
Accessories/ maintenance/ spare parts 19
Light system 19
Mudguard 21
Rack 21
Suspension 22
Maintenance/upkeep 23
Chain 24
Belt drive 25
Wheels 25
Rims/tyres 25
Tyres and tyres pressure 26
Tubeless tyres 27
Tubular tyres 27
Dealing with a at tyre 28
Brakes 29
Gear system 32
Inspection plan 34
Lubrication 36
Bolted connections 37
Specials at TT and Triathlon Bikes 38
Triathlon/TT bike 38
Disc wheels, special wheels 38
Electrical/electronic gear shifting
system 38
When you have purchased a BMX bicycle 39
How to use carbon components 40
Transporting the bicycle 41
Liability for material defects (warranty) 42
Environmental protection tips 42
What aspects are particularly important to
consider when riding a pedelec? 43
Introduction 43
General safety information 43
Different versions of motors and batteries 44
Legal regulations 45
Before the rst ride 46
Notes on electrical and electronic compo-
nents 46
Charging process 47
Storage of the battery 49
Initial operation 50
Functionality 50
Range 51
Recuperation 51
Riding without motor support 51
Maintenance and care 52
Trailer operation 52
Transporting a Pedelec 53
Liability for material defects and service life
53
Imprint 53
Inspections 54
Hand-over documentation C5
Bicycle identication C6
Notes C7
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Dear Customer,
to start with, we’d like to provide you with some
important information about your new bicycle.
This will help you make the most of its benets
and avoid any possible risks. Please read this
instruction manual carefully and keep it for your
future reference.
Your bicycle was fully assembled and set up
before you received it. If this was not the case
then please contact your specialist retailer to en-
sure that this important work is completed.
It is assumed that users of this product have
a basic and sufcient knowledge of how to use
bicycles.
Everyone that uses
• repairs or services
• cleans
• or disposes of
this bicycles has to understand and take note of
the content and purpose of this operating manual.
If you have any further questions or have not quite
understood certain points, you should contact a
specialist bicycle retailer for your own safety.
All information contained in this operating man-
ual relates to the design, technology as well as
care and maintenance of your bicycle. Please take
note of this information, as much of it is relevant
to safety. Failure to consider this information can
cause accidents, falls and damage to property.
As modern bicycle technology is highly com-
plex, we have chosen to only describe the most
important points.
As modern bicycle technology is highly com-
plex, we have chosen to only describe the most
important points.
For more specic technical details, please re-
fer to the enclosed notes and instructions from
the respective manufacturers of the individual
components used. If you are unsure about a
particular point, please contact your specialist
retailer.
Before riding your bicycle on public roads, you
should inform yourself about the applicable na-
tional regulations in your specic country.
Firstly, here are a few important pointers as to the
rider’s person which are also
very important:
• Always wear a suitable bi-
cycle helmet adjusted to t
your head and wear it for
every ride!
• Read the instructions sup-
plied by your helmet manufacturer relating to
tting the helmet properly.
• Always wear bright clothing or sportswear with
reective elements when you ride. This is vital
so that other people can SEE YOU.
• Always wear tight clothing on your lower body,
and trouser clips if required. Your shoes should
be grippy and have stiff soles.
• Never ride with your hands off the handlebars
Even if you are an experienced bicycle user,
please take the time to rst read the chapter
“Before the rst ride” and then carry out all the
important checks from the chapter “Before each
ride”!
Please note that as a bike rider, you are particu-
larly at risk on public roads.
Ensure that you protect yourself and others with
responsible and safe riding!
Note for parents and legal guardians:
As your child’s legal guardian, you are respon-
sible for your child’s actions and safety. This in-
cludes responsibility for the technical condition
of your child’s bicycle and adjusting it to t your
child’s body size.
Please read the ‘’Children’s bicycles’’ section for
aspects which you and your child should always
consider.
In addition, you should also ensure that your
child has learnt how to use the bicycle safely. The
child should know how to ride the bicycle prop-
erly and responsibly in the environment in which
it will be used.
• Note that children un-
der eight years of age
have to ride on the
pavement. Children
between eight and ten
years of age may use
the pavement.
• Children must dismount from their bicycle
when they have to cross a cycle lane.
Foreword
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Safety information
Please carefully read all warnings and notes in
this operating manual before using the bicycle.
We recommend keeping the manual close to
your bicycle, so that it is always at hand.
Please ensure you read the chapters “Be-
fore the rst ride” “Before each ride” before
using the bicycle for the rst time!
If you lend your bicycle to a third party, please
give them this operating manual with the bicycle.
This operating manual contains different types
of pointers – one providing important informa-
tion about your new bicycle and how to use it, a
second referring to possible damage to property
and the environment, and a third type warning
against potential falls and serious damage, in-
cluding physical injury. If you see this symbol,
there is always a risk that the danger described
can occur! The text which the warning covers al-
ways has a grey background.
The warnings break down as follows:
Information: This symbol provides
information about how to use the
product or highlights specic parts
of the operating manual that are
particularly important.
Warning: This symbol is aimed
at warning you against improper
use that could result in damage to
property or the environment.
Danger: This symbol indicates
possible dangers to your health
and life that could arise if specif-
ic actions are not taken or corre-
sponding regulations adhered to.
Important bolted connection!
Please adhere to the exact recom-
mended torque when tightening
this connection. The correct mount-
ing torque is either displayed on the
component or listed in the table of torques on
page 37. A torque wrench has to be used to
achieve the precise prescribed torque. If you
don’t own a torque wrench then you should
always leave this work up to a specialist retail-
er! Parts which do not have the correct torque
could fall off or break! This can result in seri-
ous accidents!
Check that all quick releases are safe and se-
cure every time you ride after your bicycle was
unused, even for a short period of time! Regularly
check that all bolts and components are secure.
Note that components made of composite
materials, i.e. carbon bre, often require a lower
tightening torque. See page 37. Common parts
made of carbon bre include the handlebars,
stems, seat posts and saddle rails, frames, forks
and cranks. Ask your specialist retailer to instruct
you on how to properly use and maintain these
materials.
These operating instructions are based on the
assumption that you can ride a bicycle. These
are not instructions to learn how to ride a bicycle.
They are also not intended to provide information
on how to assemble or repair the bicycle.
Please be aware that riding a bicycle involves
some basic risks. You, the bicycle rider, are ex-
posed to particular risk. Always remain aware that
you are not as protected as you are, for example,
in a motorcar. You have no airbag and there is
no car body. You are nevertheless moving faster
and in other parts of the road than a pedestrian.
You should therefore pay special attention to oth-
er road users.
Never use headphones or a mobile phone
while riding a bicycle. Never ride when you are
not able to keep full control. This applies, in par-
ticular, after taking medication or consuming al-
cohol or drugs.
• Please adapt your riding
style to the conditions
when the road is wet or
slippery. Ride more slowly
and brake earlier, as the
braking distance will be
signicantly increased.
• Adapt your speed to the
terrain and your riding skills.
• Never ride with your hands off the handlebars.
Modern bicycle technology is high
tech! Working on bicycle parts there-
fore requires special knowledge, ex-
perience and specialist tools! Please do not
attempt to work on the bicycle yourself! Give
your bicycle to a specialist retailer for repair,
servicing and maintenance!
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Please also consult the additional operating man-
uals of the individual component manufacturers,
which were supplied with your bicycle or avail-
able online.
Your specialist bicycle retailer will be happy
to answer any further questions you have after
reading this manual.
Please ensure that your bicycle is ready for
use and is adjusted to t your body.
These include:
• Setting the position and xture of the seat and
handlebars
• Checking the assembly and settings of the
brakes
• Securing the wheels into the frame and fork
To ensure that you enjoy a safe and comfortable
riding position, please allow your specialist deal-
er to set up your handlebars and stem.
Adjust the seat to a safe and comfortable posi-
tion for you (see page 13).
Allow your specialist retailer to set up the
brakes so that the brake levers are always with-
in easy reach. Ensure that you know which lever
operates which brake (right/left)!
For bikes with two brake levers, it is a general
rule for the left brake lever to brake the front tire
and right brake lever to brake the back tire. De-
spite this, however, you should still check if the
same rule applies to your bike’s levers before rid-
ing it for the rst time, as this can sometimes vary.
Modern braking systems might be
more powerful or have a different
functionality than those that you are
used to. Please get to know the brakes on a
safe piece of land before setting off on your
rst ride with the bicycle!
If you use a bicycle with carbon bre rims,
please note that this material provides a sig-
nicantly weaker braking effect in combina-
tion with rim brakes than aluminium rims do!
Also remember that the effectiveness of
brakes can be different, often worse, than you
are used to in wet conditions or on slippery
surfaces. Please take the possibility of longer
braking distances and slippery surfaces into
account when riding!
If you are riding a single speed or a “xie”,
please familiarise yourself with its behaviour
under braking before your rst ride! Single
speed wheels with just one brake are not per-
mitted on public roads. Fixie bicycles cannot
freewheel, which means that the pedals AL-
WAYS turn with bicycle’s wheels.
Get familiar with the grip of your bicy-
cle pedals when they have a rubber
or plastic cage. Rubber and plastic
pedals become very slippery under wet con-
ditions!
Ensure that the wheels are securely fastened in
the frame and fork. Check that all quick release
skewers, through axles and all important nuts
and bolts are secure (see page 10 and 37).
Lift your bicycle up slightly and drop it onto the
ground from about 10 cm in the air. If it rattles or
makes another unusual noise, ask a specialist re-
tailer to identify and x the problem before you ride.
Push the wheels forwards with the brakes ap-
plied. The back brake should completely prevent
the back wheel from moving, while the front brake
should lift the back wheel off the ground with its
braking effect. Please take an initial test ride in
a safe place where you can familiarise yourself
with the new brakes! Modern brakes can behave
completely differently under braking than those
that you are perhaps used to. The bicycle’s steer-
ing should not rattle under braking or exhibit any
play.
Check the air pressure in the tyres. You will nd
instructions as to the correct tyre pressures on
the sides of the tyres. Please adhere to the re-
quired minimum and maximum pressure! If you
cannot nd any recommended pressures, 2.5
bar/36 psi is a suitable pressure for most tyres.
If the wheels are thinner than 30 mm or 11/8’’,
the tyre pressure should be lled to 4 bar/58 psi.
As a general rule of thumb when you are out
on a ride, you can check the tyre pressure by
doing the following: If you place your thumb on
a pumped up tyre, you should not be able to sig-
nicantly change its shape by applying pressure.
Check the tyres and rims. Scan them for any
damage, cracks or deformations, as well as em-
bedded particles, e.g shards of glass or sharp
stones.
Before the rst ride
Suspension
fork
Gear system
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