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CRUZBIKE Silvio Assembly
CRUZBIKESilvioAssembly ...................................................................................................1
Generalnotesonassembly.............................................................................................1
FrameAssembly ..............................................................................................................1
Un‐boxandevaluatetheframeandmajorparts............................................................1
Preparation .................................................................................................................1
Group[1and8]:Fitthecushionsandprotectivestrip ...................................................2
Group[2and3]:PreparetheSeatStayassembly...........................................................3
Group[2‐3and1]:FittheRearTriangle .........................................................................4
Group[4]:PreparethePivotClampassembly................................................................5
Group[1,6and4]FittheFork........................................................................................6
Group[5]:PreparetheBoomAssembly .........................................................................7
Group[7and5]FittheFrontTriangle ............................................................................8
FittingandAdjustment ...................................................................................................8
ProperInstallationofyourFrontDerailleuronyourSilvio .............................................8
SuspensionAdjustment ..................................................................................................9
Ridinginstructions...........................................................................................................9
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General notes on assembly
ThegeneralorderofassemblyforSilvioisindicatedinthecontentstable.
ThisinstructionsetdescribesassemblyoftheSilvio451andSilvio559Cruzbikes.
Althoughthebikeshaveminordifferencesinspecification,assemblyisthesame.
WARNING
Ifyouareunsureaboutadjustingbrakesorgearingonabicycle,youshouldtake
yourSilviotoaprofessionalbicyclemechanicforadjustment.Improperlyadjusted
brakesordrivetraincomponentscouldcausesevereinjuryordeath.
Frame Assembly
AssemblingtheSilviocanbeeasierifyouhaveabikeworkstand,butthese
instructionsassumeyoudon’thaveone.Thebestplacetoclamptheframeisacross
thebottlecagebraze‐onsundertheseatpan.Besuretotightentheclamp
sufficientlythattheframewon’trotateout
oftheclamp.Toproperlyadjusttherear
brakes,youmayneedtoremovethebikefromtheworkstandtofreeuptherear
brakecable.
Un-box and evaluate the frame and major parts
TheSilvioFramesetcomesmostlyunassembled.Pleasetakethefollowingapproach
tocompletingtheassembly.TheseinstructionsmakereferencetotheSilvioParts
Diagram.
Preparation
Unpacktheitemsandunwrapthem,exceptfortubeprotectionwhichmaybe
retaineduntilthebikeisreadytoberidden.
Identifytheheadsetbearings,
donotunpackthem.Ifthedetailsofaheadsetsare
newtoyou,twoofmanyusefullinksexplainingthemareSheldonBrown's
authoritativeglossaryandthisgeneraldescriptionwithdiagramsthatdescribethe
IntegratedHeadsetasfoundonSilvio.