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For latest product information, please check out our website at trademarks belong to their respective owners. HP VELOTECHNIK Bleichstrasse 5 65830 Kriftel / Germany Tel. ++49 (0) 61 92 - 97 99 2-0 Fax ++49 (0) 61 92 - 91 02 18 HPVelotechnik - Introduction Dear customer, thank you for buying a recumbent bike designed by HP VELOTECHNIK and congratulations on the purchase of your new Street Machine GT! With the Street Machine GT, a high-quality touring bike, you will enjoy many years of exhilarating riding pleasure. Your safety and your satisfaction are our main concern. On the following pages, this manual will inform you about important safety issues as well as maintenance and care instructions. Even if you have many years of experience with bicycles please do take your time to read this manual carefully before the first ride.Your recumbent bike is designed with the latest bicycle technology by HP VELOTECHNIK that partly needs special treatment and care. In this manual you will find detailed instructions on how to optimize your Street Machine GT to meet your demands and riding style as well as your size and weight. In addition to this, we have put together a collection of information on care and maintenance as well as special technical advice from our engineers. This guide helps you to keep your Street Machine GT in perfect condition so that you will always have maximum fun, comfort and safety. Enjoy yourselves and have a great ride! Paul J.W. Hollants, Dipl.-Ing. Daniel Pulvermuller and the HP VELOTECHNIK team HP1 Velotechnik Introduction To this user manual also belong the original manuals of component manufacturers such as the brake manufacturer, the gear system manufacturer and the pedal manufacturer.These manuals tell you in detail how to operate and maintain those specific parts. Please do read the manuals of the part manufacturers as carefully as the manual on hand. Please have other users of your recumbent also read the manuals before using the bike. The maintenance and adjustment of this recumbent partly require special tools and skills. Do only work within your limits and, in the interests of your own safety, do not go beyond. Should you be uncertain at any point, get in contact with your local dealer. The instructions in this manual apply only to a completely assembled Street Machine GT with standard parts from the series production of HP VELOTECHNIK. On special demand HP VELOTECHNIK delivers frame kits with which a specialist dealer can assemble a bicycle individually. In this case the manuals on the operation and maintenance of the parts only represent a guideline, please do read every manual of every part manufacturer. The specialist dealer is responsible for the expert assembly, please contact him for detailed advice! A bicycle that has been assembled from a frame kit must always be tested and approved by a qualified bicycle mechanic before your first ride. Caution! The texts in the gray boxes are particularly important for your safety.Texts that begin with "Danger!" mark an immediate danger for your life and your health. Please do read them carefully. 2 HP Velotechnik General Safety Instructions Intended use Your Street Machine GT is a bicycle for the use on streets and surfaced roads. This bicycle is not designed for the use in racing and off-road riding, for jumping or acrobatics, and you must not ride across kerbs, stairs, etc. Damage through inappropriate use, assembly errors, accidents or similar activities and willful damage results in the loss of any warranty. The intended use also includes the precise observation of the prescribed usage and maintenance regulations and instructions. The first miles The first 300 km are an important phase in which you break in the bicycle. During the first use of a new bicycle the screws may bed in and come loose. Cables and spokes may stretch. Please be very attentive during that period. After 300 km or after two months at the latest you will have to take your bicycle to a bicycle mechanic for the first service. Please record this first service and the tasks performed in the warranty pass on page 57.This first service is the prerequisite for further use of the bicycle and for your warranty claims. Legal requirements When you ride your bike on the public road it must comply with national legislation and guidelines. These will vary from country to country. In general, there are minimum standards for brakes, reflectors and lighting systems, as well as usually a general duty to ensure that your vehicle is in roadworthy safe condition.There will also be a duty to ride in a safe and responsible manner. If you ride your HP VELOTECHNIK bike in traffic you should be sure to observe all the applicable laws and regulations. In most countries, including Germany and the UK, two independent braking systems are required. Do not ride with only one brake working! Please contact your local dealer to find out about your legal obligations. General...