DAHON BIOLOGIC Owner's Manual

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important safety information

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Prior to AssemblyPlease read this Owner’s Manual and itssafety instructions completely before as-sembling or operating this product.Important Safety InformationWARNING: It is your responsibility tofamiliarize yourself with the lawswhere you ride and to comply with allapplicable laws, including properlyequipping yourself and your bike as the lawrequires. Observe all local bicycle laws andregulations. Observe regulations aboutbicycle lighting, licensing of bicycles, ridingon sidewalks, laws regulating bike path andtrail use, helmet laws, child carrier laws,and special bicycle traffic laws. It’s yourresponsibility to know and obey yourcountry’s laws.Basic Riding InstructionsAlways do check the safety of your bike•before you ride it.Be thoroughly familiar with the controls of•your bicycle: brakes (Section 4.B); pedals(Section G); shifting (Section 4.C).Be careful to keep body parts and other•objects away from the sharp teeth of chainrings, the moving chain, the turning pedalsand cranks, and the spinning wheels of yourbicycle.Riding SafetyYou are sharing the road or the path with•others — motorists, pedestrians and othercyclists. Respect their rights.Ride defensively. Always assume that others•do not see you.Look ahead, and be ready to avoid:•Vehicles slowing or turning, entering the»road or your lane ahead of you, or com-ing up behind you.Parked car doors opening.»Pedestrians stepping out.»Children or pets playing near the road.»Potholes, sewer grating, railroad tracks,»expansion joints, road or sidewalk con-struction, debris and other.The many other hazards and distractions»which can occur on a bicycle ride.Ride in designated bike lanes, on desig-•nated bike paths or as close to the edge ofthe road as possible, in the direction of thetraffic flow or as directed by local governinglaws.Stop at stop signs and traffic lights; slow•down and look both ways at street intersec-tions. Remember that a bicycle always losesin a collision with a motor vehicle.Use approved hand signals for turning and•stopping.Never ride with headphones.•Never carry a passenger.•Never hitch a ride by holding on to another•vehicle.Don’t weave through traffic or make unex-•pected moves.Observe and yield the right of way.•Never ride your bicycle while under the influ-•ence of alcohol or drugs.If possible, avoid riding in bad weather,•when visibility is obscured, at dawn, dusk orin the dark, or when extremely tired. Eachof these conditions increases the risk ofaccident.Wet Weather RidingWARNING: Wet weather impairstraction, braking and visibility, bothfor the bicyclist and for other vehiclessharing the road. The risk of an accident isdramatically increased in wet conditions.Under wet conditions, the stopping power ofyour brakes (as well as the brakes of other ve-hicles sharing the road) is dramatically reducedand your tires don’t grip nearly as well. Thismakes it harder to control speed and easier tolose control. To make sure that you can slowSafety5