3 INSTALLING THE FORK AND HANDLEBAR
TOOLS AND MATERIALS REQUIRED
• Frame
• Tape
• Fork
• Compression Ring
• Upper headset bearing
• Lower headset bearing
• Handlebar (with levers installed)
• Non-drive side bearing top cap
• Drive side bearing top cap
• Shaped spacers
• Expander
Guiding the housings to the cutouts
NOTE
Support the handlebar on the
workbench while you install
the housings in the frame.
1. Apply tape to the end of the
derailleur housings, and write on the
tape to indicate front and rear.
2. Install the derailleur housings and front brake
housing through the compression ring, then through
the upper headset bearing. Slide the compression
ring and upper bearing toward the stem.
COMPRESSION RING
REAR
BRAKE
COMPRESSION RING
UPPER HEADSET
BEARING
REAR
DERAILLEUR
FRONT
DERAILLEUR
FRONT
BRAKE
IMPORTANT
The middle notch in the compression ring
points towards the front of the bike.
3. Pass the derailleur housings through the
down tube cutout. Do not cross the cables.
4. Pass the front brake housing through the
head tube cutout.
3.
4.
DOWN TUBE
CUTOUT
HEAD TUBE
CUTOUT
5. Install the lower headset bearing on the fork.
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