Electra Bicycle User Manual

Page 22

Advertising
background image

38

39

riding more difficult terrain. Freeride bikes are heavier and harder to ride uphill

than All-Mountain bikes.

MAXIMUM WEIGHT LIMIT

RIDER

LUGGAGE*

TOTAL

lbs / kg

lbs / kg

lbs / kg

300 / 136

5 / 2.3

305 / 138

* Seat Bag Only

Dirt Jump

CONDITION 5

Bikes designed for jumping, hucking, high speeds, or

aggressive riding on rougher surfaces, or landing on flat

surfaces. However, this type of riding is extremely hazardous

and puts unpredictable forces on a bicycle which may overload

the frame, fork, or parts. If you choose to ride in Condition 5

terrain, you should take appropriate safety precautions such as

more frequent bike inspections and replacement of equipment.

You should also wear comprehensive safety equipment such as a full-face

helmet, pads, and body armor.

INTENDED For man-made dirt jumps, ramps, skate parks other predictable

obstacles and terrain where riders need and use skill and bike control, rather

than suspension. Dirt Jumping bikes are used much like heavy duty BMX bikes.

A Dirt Jumping bike does not give you skills to jump. Read Section 2. F, p. 10.

NOT INTENDED For terrain, drop offs or landings where large amounts of

suspension travel are needed to help absorb the shock of landing and help

maintain control.

TRADE OFF Dirt Jumping bikes are lighter and more nimble than Freeride

bikes, but they have no rear suspension and the suspension travel in the front is

much shorter.

MAXIMUM WEIGHT LIMIT

RIDER

LUGGAGE

TOTAL

lbs / kg

lbs / kg

lbs / kg

300 / 136

0

300 / 136

Talk to your retailer about your needs and these models.

NOT INTENDED For use in extreme forms of jumping/riding such as hardcore

mountain, Freeriding, Downhill, North Shore, Dirt Jumping, Hucking etc. No large

drop offs, jumps or launches (wooden structures, dirt embankments) requiring

long suspension travel or heavy duty components; and no spending time in the

air landing hard and hammering through obstacles.

TRADE OFF All-Mountain bikes are more rugged than cross country bikes,

for riding more difficult terrain. All-Mountain bikes are heavier and harder to ride

uphill than cross country bikes. All-Mountain bikes are lighter, more nimble and

easier to ride uphill than Freeride bikes. All-Mountain bikes are not as rugged as

Freeride bikes and must not be used for more extreme riding and terrain.

MAXIMUM WEIGHT LIMIT

RIDER

LUGGAGE*

TOTAL

lbs / kg

lbs / kg

lbs / kg

300 / 136

5 / 2.3

305 / 138

* Seat Bag Only

Gravity, Freeride, and Downhill

CONDITION 5

Bikes designed for jumping, hucking, high speeds, or

aggressive riding on rougher surfaces, or landing on flat

surfaces. However, this type of riding is extremely hazardous

and puts unpredictable forces on a bicycle which may overload

the frame, fork, or parts. If you choose to ride in Condition 5

terrain, you should take appropriate safety precautions such as

more frequent bike inspections and replacement of equipment.

You should also wear comprehensive safety equipment such as a full-face

helmet, pads, and body armor.

INTENDED For riding that includes the most difficult terrain that only very

skilled riders should attempt.

Gravity, Freeride, and Downhill are terms which describe hardcore mountain,

north shore, slopestyle. This is “extreme” riding and the terms describing it are

constantly evolving.

Gravity, Freeride, and Downhill bikes are: (1) heavier and have more

suspension travel than All-Mountain bikes, allowing them to be ridden in more

difficult terrain, over larger obstacles and larger jumps, (2) the longest in

suspension travel and use components that fit heavy duty intended use. While

all that is true, there is no guarantee that extreme riding will not break a Freeride

bike.

The terrain and type of riding that Freeride bikes are designed for is inherently

dangerous. Appropriate equipment, such as a Freeride bike, does not change

this reality. In this kind of riding, bad judgment, bad luck, or riding beyond your

capabilities can easily result in an accident, where you could be seriously injured,

paralyzed or killed.

NOT INTENDED To be an excuse to try anything. Read Section 2. F, p. 10.

TRADE OFF Freeride bikes are more rugged than All-Mountain bikes, for

Advertising