TM Owner’s Manual 2007
TM Road speed
Big Cat HPV, LLC 720 Business Park BLVD, Unit 22 Winter Garden, FL 34787 email: info@catrike.
TM Contents 06 Introduction 07 Safety and riding tips 09 Maintenance tips 10 Assembly instructions 22 Specifications 23 Limited Warranty
Introduction Thank you for purchasing a Catrike! You made a great decision by buying a fine quality product that performs well and will bring you fun and good times for years to come. Please take a moment to read through this document, especially the sections on safety and riding tips.
TM Safety and riding tips Safety tips Riding safely depends on many things, from proper equipment to alertness to your attitude on the road. Above all, use common sense. The ideal place to ride your Catrike is bicycle trails & paths. The Catrikes are probably the best choice in that setting. You will enjoy the view, relax and socialize. You will have the most comfort, peace of mind and fun.
TM Riding tips If you don't have experience with recumbent tricycles, you may find that for the first few rides you experience noticeable pedal steer (pushing hard on the pedals makes the trike swerve) and brake steer (grabbing one brake harder than the other causes the trike to swerve). These two phenomena become much less noticeable as you gain experience. Pedal steer is minimized or eliminated by pedaling smoothly at a fairly high cadence, rather than mashing hard.
TM Maintenance tips Make it a habit to inspect your trike from time to time, especially when new. Fasteners have a habit of working loose at first and this can cause a safety hazard. Also, you'll find that the right front wheel tends to pick up debris from the edge of the road faster than the left front wheel, because it's running closer to the curb. The Catrike comes with Kevlar-belted tires for puncture resistance, but this does not mean they're immune to flats.
TM Assembly instructions Your Catrike should be fully assembled, tested and fine tuned by your Catrike dealer or local bike store. Here are the assembly instructions in order to show how this process is done. The first step is to inventory the parts: A complete trike includes: • Main frame with cups for headsets in place. The idler pulley and chain tube also are pre-assembled and installed on the frame. The quick-release boom clamp is also installed. •Boom. •Seat mesh.
TM Tools required To put your Catrike together, you'll need: • A set of metric Allen wrenches. • A set of English Allen wrenches. •A small adjustable wrench. We strongly recommend against the use of pliers to hold and turn nuts. It only serves to frustrate you and destroy the nut. •A bicycle chain tool. •A small screwdriver (to adjust the derailleurs). •A bicycle cable and housing cutter (ordinary wire snips tend to flatten and mangle the end of the cable). •Torx driver.
TM Begin assembly Prepare the wheels. • Attach the brake rotors to the front wheels using the screws provided with the brakes. Both the brake rotors and the tread on the tire are directional so attention must be paid to how they are mounted. The direction of the brake rotor and tire must match! Direction of rotation for the tires can be determined by looking at the tread. All treads have some form of “arrow” contour to them. The arrow is always pointing in the direction of rotation.
TM Install the front wheels. • Attach the front wheels to their respective spindle/steering arm assemblies. First, re-identify the left and right wheels and set them on the correct side of the trike. Loosen the brake caliper adjustment bolts. This will let the caliper float free while you're mounting the wheel. Unscrew the quick release bolts. Remove them and the retaining washer from the end of the axle tube. Now you can place the wheel in position, sliding the disc in between the brake pads.
TM Adjustable handlebars • Your new Catrike adjustable handlebars can be adjusted in many ways to give each Catrike owner a custom fit. The long, horizontal portion of the handlebar has a gentle incline to it. For those riders who prefer lower handlebars, this can be installed upside down to provide a gentle downward slope. The same holds true for the shorter grip portion of the handlebar. It has a gentle angle leaning forward, but can be reversed.
TM Bolt each rod end bearing to its spindle assembly, placing the ball of the rod-end bearing on top of the spindle plate. The bolt goes in from the top, and the nut goes on underneath the plate. Tighten everything snugly. TIP: This is one of the few places on the Catrike where a steel bolt is threaded into a steel nut. The caution about the ease of stripping threads does not apply here. ! IMPORTANT SAFETY NOTE ! The tie rod bolts should be kept tightened securely.
TM Install the boom on the main frame tube. There is a boom shim glued inside of the main frame tube. The boom will fit very snug inside your frame. First insert the boom clamp on the boom with the indexing tab in the channel of the boom (make sure the indexing tab is toward the bottom bracket). Slide the boom clamp about half way up then insert the boom into the main frame.
TM Install Clipless Pedals. We strongly recommend that you use clipless pedals. They're not only safer; they're far more convenient and comfortable than using plain pedals. ! IMPORTANT NOTE ! The left pedal is reverse threaded. Make sure you don't try to install the pedals backwards, or you might strip the crank threads. Your pedals will be clearly marked so you can tell which is which.
TM Install the chain. • Start at the chain rings in the front of the trike. Run the chain through the front derailleur; between the main cross member and the tie rod; through the upper chain tube; under the idler wheel; over the rear cassette; through the rear derailleur and back through the lower chain tube. Now you can use the MasterLink to connect the chain together. Note the chain routing above there is a chain guide tube (return) running beneath the cross member.
TM Adjust the derailleurs. • Your Catrike should have shipped with information sheets for both the front and rear derailleurs that describe this process. It will also be described in any bicycle maintenance book. Air the tires. • Fill the tires to the recommended pressure (you can find this on the sidewall of the tire). Adjust the toe. •Any vehicle with left and right wheels has a setting called “toe.” This refers to the extent to which the front wheels point towards one another.
TM Install Mirror • Your Catrike comes with a mirror. Remove the bar-end cap from the left handlebar and install mirror in the end of the handlebar. Attach the flag Your Catrike comes with a flag mount. Using the M5x16 socket head cap screw provided, attach it to the rear threaded hole of the left drop out. Place the flag in the mount and use a zip tie to secure it. ! IMPORTANT NOTE ! It is normal for cables and assembled parts to settle and “bed in” during the first several days of riding.
TM Remove the screws from the seat bar clamps to mount the clamps on the top horizontal seat bar. Center the space neck rest and barely snug up the clamp bolts. You'll likely be moving this clamp as you adjust the neck rest. You can now adjust the space neck rest height and angle to fit you. Loosen the bottom adjusting bolts to slide the side plates up and down to adjust height. Loosen the top adjusting bolts to adjust the angle of the top of the space neck rest.
TM 2007 PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS CATRIKE MODEL (2007) DESCRIPTION WHEELS FRONT/REAR GEOMETRY SEAT ANGLE TRACK WHEEL BASE SEAT HEIGHT GROUND CLEARANCE WEIGHT TOTAL WIDTH TOTAL HEIGHT TOTAL LENGTH BB HEIGHT TURNING CIRCLE TURNING RADIUS Road speed 406/406 349/406 406/406 349/451 406/559 349/700c 45° 29" (737mm) 36" (914mm) 9.25" (235mm) 3.5" (89mm) 32 lbs (14.5kg) 33" (838mm) 23.5" (597mm) 71" (1803mm) 14.5" (368mm) 14' 4" (4.37m) 86" (2184mm) 45° 27.5" (699mm) 35" (889mm) 8.
TM Catrike Limited Warranty Big Cat HPV, LLC warrants Catrike tricycle frames and steering components against defects in materials or manufacturing for the life of the tricycle, while owned by the original retail purchaser. The limited lifetime warranty on the frame and steering components does not apply to the paint/finish; this is covered under the limited 1-year warranty.
TM Big Cat HPV shall in no event be liable for incidental or consequential losses, damages or expenses in connection with its tricycle products. Big Cat HPV's liability hereunder is expressly limited to the replacement of goods not complying with this warranty. Some states do not permit the exclusion or limitation of implied warranties or consequential damages, so the preceding limitations and exclusions may not apply to you.
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