Genesis Mountain - Foreword and Safety; Foreword

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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 benets
and avoid any possible risks. Please read this
instruction manual carefully and keep it for your
future reference.
Your bicycle has been handed over to you fully
assembled and adjusted. If this is not the case,
please contact your specialist retailer to ensure
that this important work is completed or make
sure you carefully read the enclosed assembly
instructions and follow all the directions given.
It is assumed that users of this product have
a basic and sufcient knowledge of how to use
bicycles.
Everyone that uses
• repairs or services
• cleans
• or disposes of
this bicycle 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 specic 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
national regulations in your spe-
cic country.
Firstly, here are a few important
pointers as to the rider’s person
which are also very important:
• Always wear a suit-
able bicycle hel-
met adjusted to t your head and wear
it for every ride!
• Read the instructions supplied by your hel-
met manufacturer relating to tting the helmet
properly.
• Always wear bright clothing or sportswear with
reective 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 “Be-
fore the rst ride” and then carry out all the impor-
tant checks from the chapter “Before each ride”!
Please note that as a bike rider, you are par-
ticularly 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.
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