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BASIC MAINTENANCE
The following procedures will help you maintain your bicycle for years of enjoyable riding.
• For painted frames, dust the surface and remove any loose dirt with a dry cloth. To clean, wipe with a damp cloth soaked in a mild
detergent mixture. Dry with a cloth and polish with car or furniture wax. Use soap and water to clean plasc parts and rubber res.
Chrome plated bikes should be wiped over with a rust preventave uid.
• Store your bicycle under shelter. Avoid leaving it in the rain or exposed to corrosive materials.
• Riding on the beach or in coastal areas exposes your bicycle to salt which is very corrosive. Wash your bicycle frequently and wipe or
spray all unpainted parts with an an-rust treatment. Make sure wheel rims are dry so braking performance is not aected. Aer rain,
dry your bicycle and apply an-rust treatment. If the hub and boom bracket bearings of your bicycle have been submerged in water,
they should be taken out and re-greased. This will prevent accelerated bearing deterioraon.
• If paint has become scratched or chipped to the metal, use touch up paint to prevent rust. Clear nail polish can also be used as
a preventave measure.
• Regularly clean and lubricate all moving parts, ghten components and make adjustments as required.
(Refer to Parts 4 and 5 of this manual for further details).
STORAGE
• Keep your bicycle in a dry locaon away from the weather and the sun.
Ultraviolet rays may cause paint to fade or rubber and plasc parts to crack.
• Before storing your bicycle for a long period of me, clean and lubricate all components and wax the frame.
• Deate the res to half pressure and hang the bicycle o the ground.
• Don’t store near electric motors as ozone emissions may eect the rubber and paint.
• Don’t cover with plasc as “sweang” will result which may cause rusng.
• Please noce that your bicycle warranty does not cover paint damage, rust, corrosion, dry rot or the.
BEFORE YOU RIDE
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