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At regular intervals, check that the brake pads are free from grease, oil or other contamination. In
addition, the brake pad thickness and the brake disc thickness must be sufficient enough.
Do not drive if your brake system is faulty in one of the previously listed points. Contact your
Varibike mechanic immediately to arrange maintenance.
Tires
Use only tires of these type:
Schwalbe Big Apple 20x2.00
Other tires have not been tested by us. The tire pressure should be about 2,5-3,5 bar.
Front wheel (only with option Rohloff gear unit)
The front wheel is mounted with a quick release skewer. Before you mount the quick release skewer of the hub axle,
insert a whasher on both ends of the hub axle.
Seat and seat frame
The seat and the seat frame a heavily loaded part. Externally they should not show any scratches, nicks or cuts,
because this can cause breakage. Regularly check these parts for external damage.
In case of doubt a replacement is needed.
Note that the screws and quick releases (including quick release skewers) of the seat and the seat frame must be
tightened to the specified torque. Is always preferred the manufacturer specifications. Otherwise it would be possible
that the screwed connections and quick releases can loosen. This can lead to serious accidents.
Drive system
The drive system has the task to optimally implement the resulting pedaling forces into forward motion. Therefore the
bottom bracket (BB), crankset, drive chain, synchron chain, freewheel and freewheel sprocket (cassette) are perfectly
coordinated at your Varibike trike. If parts are to be replaced, they must be compatible with the rest, otherwise
malfunction may occur. Your dealer can advise you. In the following, we give advice to individual drive components.
Freewheels
The Varibike trike has 3 freewheels:
2 arm crank freewheels
1 freewheel between the right leg crank and the chainwheels.
All freewheels are maintenance free.
Whasher
Frame bracket left side
Frame bracket
right side
Whasher
Hub axle
Hub axle
