Veloretti BIKVEL001GRE-UK, Assembly Manual

General riding information

Always conduct a pre-ride check (detailed information can be found further in this 
manual). Never ride the bicycle if you observe any technical problems or have any doubts 
about the proper functioning of any elements in the bicycle. Keep the bicycle clean and 
well maintained. Make sure that your parts of the body as well as any other objects do 
not touch the sharp teeth of the chainrings, chain wheels, sprockets, chain, cranks, or 
spinning wheels of your bicycle. Your first rides on the bicycle should start slowly in un-
complicated terrain so you can develop your skills gradually. 

In case of an accident or impact: first take care of your own situation - check yourself 
for injuries, and take the best possible care of them. Get medical help if necessary. Then, 
check your bicycle for damage. After a crash of any kind, you should have your bicycle 
thoroughly checked by us or your local bike store. The bicycle components can undergo 
unusual stress due to a crash or impact of other kind, causing their premature fatigue. 
Components suffering from stress fatigue can break suddenly and catastrophically, 
which may result in your losing control, serious injury or death. 

On bicycles sold in UK, Japan, Australia and other left-hand drive countries, the right 
lever should operate the front brake and left lever should operate the rear brake. In 
countries with right-hand drive traffic systems, it will be the opposite. However the user 
must check and make sure which lever is connected to which brake before the first ride 
because it is possible that the bicycle was imported from a country where brakes are set 
up differently to the standards applying in the country where the bicycle will be used. 

WARNING: Reflectors are not to be used as a substitute for required lights. You should 
abide by the local bicycle lighting regulations. Riding at times of poor visibility such as 
dawn, dusk, night or others, without a proper bicycle lighting system and reflectors con-
stitutes a hazard and may cause serious injury or death. 

WARNING: Wet weather conditions dramatically increase the risk of an accident as they 
impair traction, braking and visibility, both for the cyclist and for other road users. Wet 
conditions dramatically reduce the stopping power of your brakes (especially rim brakes) 
as well as of the brakes of other vehicles sharing the road, and your tyres can lose their 
grip. Therefore, it is more difficult to control your speed and you may lose control easily in 
such conditions. To make sure that you are able to reduce speed and come to a stop safe-
ly in wet conditions, try to ride more slowly and start braking earlier and more gradually 
than you would under normal dry conditions. 

Brakes 
There are three general types of bicycle brakes: rim brakes, which work by squeezing the 
wheel rim between two brake pads, disc-brakes and internal hub brakes. These first two 
can be operated by way of a handlebar mounted lever or levers. On most of our bikes, the 
internal hub brake is operated by pedaling backwards. This is called a Coaster Brake. 

WARNING: Before riding, make sure that the brakes are working properly. If in any doubt, 
have the bicycle checked by your dealer before you ride it. 

Acquaint yourself with the setup of your brakes by alternately squeezing the left and 
right brake lever and observing which brake lever activates the front brake, and which 
one activates the rear brake. You should be able to reach the brake levers with your 
hands and squeeze them easily. If you find out that your hands are too small to do so, you 
should consult us or your local bike shop before riding the bicycle. In some models the 
lever reach may be adjusted, or you may need a different brake lever design. On bicycles 
with coaster brakes, the rear brake is controlled by the cranks, and there is usually one 
lever on the handlebar which controls the front brake.