User manual BIKE FRIDAY AIR BIKE

[. . . ] Using Your Bike Friday®: · Air FridayTM · Air LlamaTM · Air GlideTM · Air TridayTM Griff Goehring heading out of Dubois, Wyoming on a national tour. Read more about their adventures at www. pedal2paradise. com. 3364 W 11th Ave. Eugene, OR 97402 800-777-0258 USA & Canada +1-541-687-0487 Int'l · +1-541-687-0403 Fax www. bikefriday. com · info@bikefriday. com 4/28/04 Green Gear Cycling, Inc. Table of Contents Congratulations! You have just purchased the finest travel bicycle available today. Your bike has been carefully designed and constructed for your personal travel needs. [. . . ] Remove Click Box With the black buon down, the click box should just slide off of the axle end. The click box will remain connected to the shi cable. Loosen to remove stem. Fig. Remove the quick release and store it in the tool pouch, and then put the rear wheel aside. Removing Rear Wheel With the click box removed, loosen the two axle nuts with a 15mm wrench. 15 Axle washer, bottom view. 28 www. bikefriday. com 800-777-0258 · +1-541-687-0487 800-777-0258 · +1-541-687-0487 www. bikefriday. com 29 Packing: Crank Arm 16. Remove Right Crank If you received your bike with the right crank arm removed, you will need to remove it to pack the bike. This is common to combinations of large frame sizes and/or large chain ringss. Fig. Packing Materials At this point you should add the packing protection pieces to the frame. Because each bike is custom made and outfied, there is some variation in the selection of packing materials. Common pieces include: · Crankarm cover (blue vinyl sleeve, if crank is not removed). Generally, there is extra room in the case to accommodate some accessories such as shoes, clothing, and perhaps a helmet. As you travel with your bike and gain experience in your own customized packing process, you may discover that some of the original pieces are unnecessary. You may also feel that you may need some extra protection with new accessories. Loosen Crank Arm Use your folding tool to loosen the crank arm bolt counter-clockwise. At first the bolt will rapidly become loose, but then get tight again as you continue to turn the bolt. Cover Chain Stay Cover the right chain stay with the medium grey felt sleeve. Tuck any loose cables, click box (DualDrive only) and excess chain into the sleeve. Remove Thumb Screw Loosen and remove the thumb screw holding the frame together. Partially fold the frame and then reinstall the thumb screw to keep from misplacing it. Fig. 20 Remove thumb screw. 30 www. bikefriday. com 800-777-0258 · +1-541-687-0487 800-777-0258 · +1-541-687-0487 www. bikefriday. com 31 Packing: Fold Frame 21. If you have the fork installed (Air Friday bikes) turn the fork legs sideways so that the front brake faces the rear end. Packing: Handlebars & Trailer 24. Place Handlebars Nest the handlebars together and set them into the boom le side of the case under the rear wheel. [. . . ] · When traveling by air, you might consider not over packing your TravelCase. With some practice it is quite possible to get a tremendous amount of gear into your TravelCase; however this only obscures the inspectors view and they will deconstruct your carefully packed case. · Consider using extra straps, bungee cords, or toe straps to bundle the packed bike. This way an inspector can remove the bike as once piece, look it over, and replace it into the case quickly and accurately. [. . . ]