User Guide
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Burley d’Lite Owner’s Instruction and Safety Manual
refl ective clothing, use a bright headlight and a red blinking taillight on your
bike. Similarly, put a red blinking light in the light-holder tab sewn onto the back
of your cover so you can be more easily seen. Do not operate without properly
attached re fl ec tors; replace cracked or missing refl ectors.
Always Use Your Cover
Affi x your Big Screen 2-in-1 Cover to protect your child from fl ying debris when
pulling your trailer. Never leave a child unattended in direct sunlight because
heat buildup in the trailer can cause serious harm. Open or close the vinyl cover
depending on the weather, to help keep your child cooler or warmer. Check pe ri -
od i cal ly to ensure that they are comfortable.
Cool Weather Use
When the temperature is 60-70˚ or colder you may be com fort able without
heavy clothing because your pedaling effort helps keep you warm. How ev er,
when you consider the child’s inactivity sitting in the trailer—coupled with a
potential windchill factor—an extra sweater or jacket may be needed for them to
keep from getting too cold.
Wear Helmets
Numerous studies have shown that:
• Head injury is the leading cause of bicycling fatalities; and,
• Helmets prevent or reduce bi cy clists’ head injuries.
For safety, it is essential that both cyclist and passengers use approved bicycling
helmets at all times. Don’t take chances.
Proper Wheels and Tires are Essential
Use only the factory-sup plied wheels, and keep them properly main tained. Infl ate
tires to 30–35 P.S.I. and check pressure before each use. Do not use higher-pres-
sure tires, as the trailer will be bouncy and prone to tip over with light loads. We
only recommend tires with street tread. Do not use knobbies. For stability, dished
wheels must be offset to the out side of the trailer (with tires close to the outer
frame, providing a wider track).
Know Your Trailer Hitch
Clamp the hitch securely to the bicycle frame, and check for a tight attachment
each time you use the trailer. Refer to sections “IX. Hitching the Burley d’Lite to
Your Bicycle” and “X. Trailer Main te nance and Care” of this man u al for proper
in stal la tion, use and main te nance of your hitch.