How to assemble your bike

How to assemble
your bike
A manual by Beachbruiser.de, written for an Electra 3-speed Cruiser.
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Step 1: Get
prepared
This is how your bike is delivered:
Hopefully, there is a partly assembled bike inside:
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You will need a few tools to make your bike roadworthy:
• hex keys, sizes 4mm, 5mm and 6mm
• open-end wrenches, sizes: 8mm, 10 mm, 14mm, 15mm, 32mm
• a flat open-end wrench (15mm)
• Screwdrivers (Phillips and flat)
• Pincer and wire cutting pliers
• (lighter) fuel
• Greasing creme
• a brush
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Step 2: Saddle
Connect saddle and seatpost:
Tighten the screw nut with an open-end wrench:
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Grease the seat tube with a brush:
Place saddle and seat post into the tube:
Tighten the clamp of the seat post with a hex key:
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Step 3: Wheels
Adjust the headset with a 32mm open-end wrench:
The head set has to have no play, but free movement:
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Find the screw nuts of the axis and the washers:
Position the front wheel in the fork:
Place the washers on both sides:
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Now, tighten the screw nuts:
Do that at the rear wheel as well:
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Step 4: Handlebar
Grease the headset:
Place the stem with the handlebar into the tube:
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Tighten the hex screw of the stem:
Loosen the screw of the handlebar, adjust the handlebar and tighten
the screw again:
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Step 5: Brakes &
Shifter, Part I
Place the brake lever onto the handlebar:
Now the shifter:
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Dribble lighter fuel into the grip:
Place the grips onto the handlebar:
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Fix the shift cable on the frame:
Find the contact pin of the (3-speed) hub and grease it:
Slide the contact pin into the hub:
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Place the gear box part onto the screw nut of the axis and tighten it:
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Step 6: Pedals
Grease the thread:
Screw the pedals on the crank:
Tighten the pedal with a flat open-end wrench (15mm):
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Step 7: Brakes &
Shifter, Part II
Pump up the tires:
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Choose position 2 on the gearshift:
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Look at the gearbox: In case the yellow dot doesn’t appear between the
yellow lines, loosen the screw nut:
For adjustment move the little screw...
...until the yellow dot is lying right inbetween the yellow lines:
Now you can tighten the screw nut again.
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Now, the brakes…
Position the brake blocks close to the rim:
Tighten the screw nuts of the brake blocks:
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Now the brake cable:
Place the head of the brake cable in the brake lever
!Tighten the brake cable with the brake lever screw:
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Now, look for the little U-tube and pull the brake cable through it:
Now hook the U-tube in the brake:
Now look for the grommet and pull the brake cable through it:
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Slide the brake cable through the clamp screw:
Pull the cable to adjust the V-brake:
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Tighten the clamp screw:
Adjust the brake by turning the screws on the brake:
Shorten the brake cable, put on the little nipple on the end and
tighten it with a pincer:
Place the brake cable end behind the brake:
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Step 8: Final
adjustments
Adjust the height of the saddle…
…and the handlebar. Also adjust its position: !
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Congratulations,
you are done!!!
Enjoy your new
biking
experience!
These instructions look way too complicated? If you live in Germany,
Austria and the Netherlands you can also order our bikes fully
assembled. You will only have to assemble the handlebar and the
pedals.
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