This bicycle manual and this Welcome section provide information about the use and the ownership of your new bicycle. This page explains how to use the manual, including viewing it on your computer monitor, finding the information you seek, and printing.
The pages of this manual appear in your computer's web browser, the software your computer uses to view internet web pages: Internet Explorer, Safari, Netscape, Opera, etc.
The browser window is split into two "frames," or columns (Figure 1). The left-hand frame is the navigation column, a way to get around in the manual and to know where you are in the manual. The right-hand frame is the content column where reading material is displayed- you are reading the content column now.
Figure 1:
Frames or columns
There are two sections to this information: the Welcome section (this is the Welcome section) and the Owner's Manual section. To read the Owner's Manual, you must choose a bicycle type.
The owner's manual is divided into three major chapters. The chapters are shown as "Books" (Figure 2). When you click on a closed book, the book opens and information pages appear below the book. Information pages are denoted by the "arrow" icon. If you click an arrow, the page opens in the right-hand frame, or content column, for you to read.
Closed book
Open book
Information page
Figure 2:
Icons for chapters and content pages
In many of the information pages, you will see blue underlined text. These are Links, and they work just like when you are viewing pages on the Internet; click a Link and you will go to a new information page.
Most of the links take you to information pages within the manual, but some links go to web pages on the internet. To access web pages, your computer must be connected to the internet. These internet links replace the manual page in the content column with an actual internet web page, but leave the manual's left-hand navigation column. To return to the manual, click on your web browser's Back button, or click a Topic in the left-hand frame.
Figure 3:
Trek web site displayed in the information column
Adobe Acrobat Reader
This manual includes PDF (Portable Document Format) files which require Adobe Acrobat Reader. To get the free program, connect to the internet and click on the icon.
QuickTime
This manual includes QuickTime movies which require the QuickTime movie viewer. To get the free program, connect to the internet and click on the icon.
At the bottom of every page, you'll find either a link to the next suggested page for reading or a grey button titled "Related topics." The related topics provide additional or related information.
At the top left of the window (Figure 1) you will see three buttons that offer different ways to find information. Click on one of these:
· Contents shows the books and information pages, functioning as a table of contents.
· Index lists keywords that are organized alphabetically and with related terms. Select a letter from the top to jump to that section. Then scroll through until you find the word you seek, then click on it.
· Search shows a list of all words alphabetically. Select a letter from the top to jump to that section. Then scroll through until you find the word you seek, then click on it.
Figure 4:
Buttons for Contents, Index, and Search
The safety alert symbol and a grey screen are used to alert you to potential personal injury hazards. This symbol is always accompanied by a safety message.
Obey all safety messages to avoid possible injury or death:
Caution indicates a potentially hazardous situation or unsafe practice which, if not avoided, could result in minor or moderate injury.
Warning indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could result in death or serious injury.
As with any web page, your browser can change the size of the text on pages to make it easier for you to read. The method for changing text size is different in different browsers, but here are several methods for you to try:
· Click on the "Increase font size" button
· From the pull-down menu, select View>Text Zoom
· From the pull-down menu, select View>Make Text Bigger
For your convenience, you can print pages from this manual. Depending on which browser you use, you may be offered a printing choice similar to "Print Current Frame." If your computer offers you this choice, make sure you have placed the cursor on the frame you want to print; otherwise you might print only the left frame, the navigation column.
This manual meets the requirements of these standards:
· ANSI Z535.6
· BSI 6102 : Part 1 : 1992
· CEN 14764, 14765, 14766, 14781, 15194
· CPSC 1512.19
This manual covers many models, with a variety of equipment, so this manual may contain some information that does not apply to your bicycle. Some illustrations may vary from the actual bicycles.