User manual BIKE FRIDAY POCKET BIKE

[. . . ] Using Your Bike Friday®: · Pocket RocketTM · Pocket Rocket ProTM · Pocket PilotTM · Pocket TouristTM · Pocket LlamaTM · Pocket GnuTM · New World TouristTM · Pocket CrusoeTM Pocket Llama owners Nina Tartakoff & Richard Kemnitz escape the winter freeze of hometown Fairbanks, AK and head for Mexico. 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. All of our bikes are manufactured in our Eugene, Oregon factory by real cyclists who care about our products and our customers. [. . . ] Fold the bike as far as it will go, with the rear wheel swinging past the fork. 17. Trailer Axle Bag Place the shorter yellow trailer axle bag behind the mono-tube in the boom of the case. You will have to partially li out the bike again as you slip in the trailer bag. Fig. 17 Add trailer axle bag. 26 www. bikefriday. com 800-777-0258 · +1-541-687-0487 800-777-0258 · +1-541-687-0487 www. bikefriday. com 27 Packing: Handlebars 18. Place Saddle Put the saddle in the front right corner of the case, with the nose pointing up to 12 o'clock and the large end of the saddle against the front of the case. The seat post should slide under the Saddle Seat Post rear wheel, pointing at the cassee cogs. First Trailer Wheel If you have a TravelTrailer system, place one of the trailer wheels on top of the rear wheel in the le rear corner of the case. If you have drop bars, the trailer wheel will slip between the drop bar and the rear wheel. Fig. Place Handlebars If you have flat bars or Hbars, nest the bars next to each other (with the reinforcing sleeve pointing in the same direction) on top of the rear wheel towards the front le corner of the case. Pack Front Wheel Lay your front wheel on top of everything so that the tire rests against the rear and right sides of the case. Watch that the hub's axle does not rub against part of the rear end of your frame, reposition if necessary. Note: Although it is not necessary to deflate tires prior to air travel, large MTB tires may need to have some air let out for easier packing. 20. Drop Bar Position If you have drop bars, set them into the case with the right brake lever at the rear of the case and the le brake lever at the front of the case. The drop bar ends will need to be hooked under the rear wheel (le bar), and under/behind the mono-tube (right bar). Figure 20 also shows the future placement of one of the trailer wheels. Fig. Second Trailer Wheel Now place the other trailer wheel on top of the front wheel, in the right rear corner of your case. The trailer wheel should not be resting on top of the front wheel's axle, but just to the side of it. Fig. 23 Second trailer wheel placement. 28 www. bikefriday. com 800-777-0258 · +1-541-687-0487 800-777-0258 · +1-541-687-0487 www. bikefriday. com 29 Packing: Accessories 24. Pack Stem Place your stem along the rear of the case, under the front wheel (it should be in a red felt bag). Although this position generally works well, feel free to put the stem in any open spot in the case. Fig. Insert Crush Protector You should have placed one of the crush protector flanges into the boom of the case soon aer the bike was set in place. Thread the crush protector dowel through the front wheel, rear wheel, Fig. [. . . ] By asking to be present, you may be able to give some repacking tips to a very busy agent. · 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. [. . . ]