This manual explains the use and maintenance of your road bicycle .
A bicycle is smaller and less powerful than other vehicles, so bicycle safety cannot be over-emphasized. This manual explains how to ride your new bicycle safely, and how to maintain your bicycle to keep it operating safely. Chapter 1 contains information and suggestions that will help you ride as safely as possible. Read the entire chapter before you ride your new Trek bicycle.
Parents: explain Chapter 1 to a child, or anyone else who is otherwise not able to understand this information.
Chapter 1 covers safety and bicycle care. Understanding and following this information will help you and your Trek bicycle avoid injury or damage.
Chapter 2 gives a maintenance schedule for your bicycle under normal riding conditions.
Chapter 3 gives basic instructions for inspection, lubrication, and adjustment of the parts of your bicycle.
Connect to the internet and register your bicycle on-line at the Trek web site. Registration is required before we can process a warranty claim. The serial number, which is required for you to register, is attached to the underside of the down tube (Figure 1).
Figure 1:
Serial number on underside of the down tube, by crankset
This manual is considered a part of the bicycle that you have purchased. In the case of resale of the bike, please make sure this manual is transferred to the new owner as part of the sale.
If your bicycle is not described here, or your bicycle has parts of a different type, select a different bicycle type on the Welcome page.
A bicycle that has a "drop" handlebar, multiple gears, road caliper brakes, and 700c or 650c nominal wheel diameter with thin tires. Designed for Condition 1 riding as defined in the Conditions of Use.
Some bicycles are similar to Road bicycles, but with different features not covered here:
· Road bicycles with drop handlebars and direct-pull brakes are Touring bicycles.
· Road bicycles with drop handlebars and a single gear (one-speed) are Track bicycles.
· Road bicycles with drop bars, cantilever brakes, and knobby tires are Cyclocross bicycles.
· Road bicycles with disc brakes are Urban bicycles.
This owner's manual is not intended to function as a complete bicycle repair manual. For suggestions on how to find more detailed repair information, see Books, schools, and links.
In this manual, we frequently use the names of frame parts and bicycle components. If you are not familiar with these terms, you may find it useful to refer to the Names of Parts page before reading Chapter 1.
October 21, 2009