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090194 HASZNÁLATI +GAR GEPIDA ANGOL Egyben .Cdr 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Saddle Handlebar Seatpost Stem Seatpost clamp Headset Carrier Frame Rear light Front light V-brake Fork Rear reflector prism Disc brakes Cassette Fender Disc brake Front derailleur Quick-release Hub dynamo Rear derailleur Quick-release Chain Pedals Wheels Wheels Drive train Wheel rim Wheel rim Tire with reflective strip Tire with reflective strip 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ENGLISH 1 General advice regarding the user guide and warranty booklet 03 Cantilevered brake, V-brake 18 Legislative provisions and information 04 Hydraulic brakes 18 Personalised bicycle settings 5 Disc brakes 19 General safety advice 05 Rim brakes 29 Technical inspection procedure 06 Maintenance and replacement of brake pads 20 Maintenance overview 70 Headset 20 0 Traditional headset 20 Checking the play and free rotation of the headset 21 Adjusting a traditional headset 21 2 “A-head” headset 21 General guidance on assembly and safety 8 Steering 8 Adjusting the height of a quill stem 8 3 Adjusting the height of an “A-Head” stem 9 Wheels 22 Stems with adjustable angle 10 Spokes 22 Saddle and seatpost 10 Rims 23 Saddle 11 Hubs 23 Adjusting the height of the saddle 11 Rubber tire, inner tube, air pressure 24 Spring seatpost 11 Valve types 24 Pedals 12 Drivetrain system 12 Derailleurs 13 4 External derailleur gear systems 13 Frame and fork 25 Derailleur gear systems: control and readjustment 14 Frame 25 Checking and adjusting the stopping points on shifters 15 Fork 25 Front derailleur 15 Telescopic forks 25 Fine-tuning 15 Setting the telescopic forks 26 Hub gear 16 Rear shock 26 Chain 17 Brakes 18 3 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 2 5 7 What to do in case of a puncture? 27 List of wearing parts 40 Patching 27 Proper use and description of bicycle types 41 Quick-release skewers (or clamps) and their use 28 8 Quick-release skewer 28 Lighting 29 Pedelec,What else needs to be considered in connection Locating malfunctions of the lighting system 30 with a pedelec? 42 Luggage rack and carrying luggage 30 Notes regarding the electrical system 43 Carrying luggage on a full-suspension bicycle 30 Charging device 43 Transporting children on a bicycle 30 Maintenance and care 43 Child trailers for bicycles 31 Wear and liability 43 Laws relating to child trailers 31 Special regulations for S-pedelecs 44 Fender 32 Riding an S-pedelec on cycle paths 44 Accessories and other equipment 32 Replacing parts of an S-pedelec 45 The proper cycling helmet 32 Environmental protection tips 45 Software 45 Cycling gloves and clipless pedals 32 General description of Pedelec system 46 Proper clothing 32 Uselage of Pedelec 46 Cycling in bad weather 33 Service 47 Accessories 33 Transport by car 47 The proper bicycle lock 33 Riding safely on the road 33 Bicycle care 34 Cleaning and caring for your bicycle 34 Storing your bicycle 34 6 Technical data 35 Correct tire pressures by bicycle type 35 Correct tire pressure: conversion from PSI to bar 35 Tightening torques for screw bindings 36 Bolt assemblies important for safety 37 Tightening torques for Shimano parts 38 Lighting equipment 39 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 3 Dear Buyer, Congratulations on your purchase of a new bicycle! This user guide and warranty booklet will help you to learn about the technical aspects of today's bicycles and will ease the use and handling of your bicycle. In addition, you If you see the above symbol in the user guide, please pay will find key information here about the care, maintenance, particular attention to that section as it contains important and safe use of your bicycle. information. Given the large number of parts used in bicycle manufacturing, the present user guide covers only the most important subassemblies. You will find more detailed information about individual parts in the attached presentations prepared by their manufacturers. Before setting out on your first trip, we recommend that If you see the above symbol in the user guide, the given you take time to read the user guide and presentation section concerns a subject related to your personal safety. prepared by the parts' manufacturers carefully. If you do not follow the instructions found there, you could be risking your safety, or even your life. 5 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Legislative provisions and information Provisions relating to bicycle lighting (2) The bicycle may be equipped with According to the rules of the international highway code: - on its front a white light reflector, bicycles must be equipped with a dynamo, and one front and one rear light - on its sides and on the front and rear of both pedals amber light reflectors, as providing active lighting. well as a width indicator positioned on the left side of the bicycle, containing a white light reflector towards the front and a red one towards the rear. Obligatory bicycle accessories prescribed by the relevant decree of the Ministry (3) The light reflectors mounted on the bicycle must be visible in clear weather in of Transport, Communications, and Energy of Hungary: the dark from 150 meters from a vehicle whose main beam is illuminating them. 1. White or amber front light. (4) Bicycles with more than two wheels and wider than 0.80 m must be equipped 2. Red rear light. on both sides with the lighting and light reflecting devices listed in items d)-f) of 3. Red rear prism reflector Article 1. These devices may not be more than 0.15 m from the widest point of 4. Two independent brakes. the vehicle or closer than 0.60 m to each other. 5. Bell (5) A child seat may only be mounted on a bicycle in such as a way that the seat 6. Amber prism reflector across the spokes of at least the front wheel. and the child sitting on it do not obstruct the visibility and control of the rider, and If any of these accessories are missing, the authorities may impose a fine! do not cover the lighting and light reflecting devices of the bicycle. The seat must Recommended bicycle accessories according to the decree of the Ministry of also be fitted with hand- and footrests. The seat and its hand- and footrests may Transport, Communications, and Energy of Hungary: not be connected with the steered wheel or the structure that turns with it. a. Amber prism reflectors on the pedal and between the spokes (6) A two-track single-axle trailer max. 0.70 m wide and of max. 70 kg total b. Width indicating prism reflector mounted on an arm weight may be attached to the bicycle (bicycle trailer). c. Rear-view mirror (7) The bicycle trailer must be equipped with d. Fender a) on its rear a red, triangular light reflector (light reflector prescribed for trailers) positioned on or to the left of the median plane of the trailer, at a height of min. You can find the exact text of the regulation below: 0.35 m and max. 0.60 m from the road surface, Technical criteria for operating a bicycle b) a rear position lamp identical to that prescribed for the bicycle. The electric Decree no. 6/1990 (IV. 12.) of the Ministry of Transport, Communications, and switching of the rear position lamp of the bicycle trailer must ensure that Energy switching it on causes the position lamp of the bicycle to switch off. On the technical criteria of bringing into and maintaining in circulation road (8) The electric switching of the bicycle's lighting must ensure that all lights are transport vehicles switched on/off together. Section 116 (1) The bicycle must be equipped with: (9) The lighting and light reflecting devices of the bicycle must be positioned as a) an easy-to-handle and reliable steering system (handlebar), follows: b) two brake systems that can be operated independently of each other, and one a) With regard to Article 1, of which acts on the front, the other on the rear wheel, - the light mentioned in item d), c) an audible warning device, which may only be a bell, - the rear (red) position light mentioned in item e), and d) a front lamp emitting white or cadmium yellow light, - the rear (red) light reflector(s) mentioned in item f) and the front (white) light e) a rear position lamp emitting red light visible from at least 150 meters in the reflector mentioned in Article (2) must be positioned on the longitudinal vertical dark in clear weather, median plane of the bicycle in such a way that: f) one or two red, symmetrically positioned light reflectors that are not triangular - none of them is closer than 0.35 m to the road surface, in shape, - the lights are not farther than 0.90 m from the road surface, g) one amber lateral reflector prism, reflective on both sides, placed on at least - the light reflectors are not farther than 0.60 m from the road surface. the front wheel (spoke reflector). b) The (amber) lateral reflector prism (spoke reflector) mentioned in item g) of The light reflector prescribed in item g) must be fitted onto bicycles by December Article (1) mounted on the wheel must be positioned at a distance of 0.10-0.15 m 31, 1991. from the tire. c) The width indicator mentioned in Article (2) must be positioned 0.30-0.40 meters to the left of the longitudinal vertical median plane of the bicycle, at a height of 0.35-0.60 m from the road surface.
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