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Safety checked the overall bike before ride:

• Seat and tires – tire pressure

• Pedals

• Straps/harness

• Footrest

• Coupling Unit

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Gear stuff (check off as rider completes each skill):

• Gear shifter, multi speed >>>> Keep pedaling without effort as you

• change. Gear will not engage immediately >>>> Stop pedaling for a

• moment. Before going up a hill >>>> Downshift to at least a 3

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Brakes (check off as rider completes each skill):

• For normal conditions >>>> Lightly use front and back pedal brakes.

• Front drum brake >>>> Use slowly to make sure passenger isn’t getting thrown forward.

• Parking brake application and release >>>> Always apply when loading/unloading.

• Adjustable seat >>>> Note 3 positions for passenger.

• Saddle >>>> Adjustable for the pedaler.

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Boarding the passenger – a 2-person job!:

• Activate the parking brake.

• Tilt seat forward by opening coupling unit.

• Footrest >>>> Loossen the quick release levers, remove footrest, or detach one side and swing

• open. Transfer the wheeler >>>> Use a transfer belt, if you need to.

• Volunteer #1 lifts the legs/feet of the passenger, while volunteer #2 puts the footrest back in place.

• Ask passenger to put on the safety harness and helmet (assist, if needed).

• Inform the passenger you’re going to tilt seat back. Lock Coupling Unit with parking brake set to

• lock bike and wheelchair together.

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Separating / Connecting the wheelchair from/to the bike:

 

• SET THE PARKING BRAKE.

• SET THE KICKSTAND.

• DISCONNECT THE BATTERY CORD.

• HAND ON WHEELCHAIR HANDBAR.

• Open the coupling unit, then lower the wheelchair slowly.

• Pull up on BIKE SEAT and frame of bike, and detach the bike from the chair.

• Using 2 PEOPLE, one on each side of the bike, re-attach the bike to the wheelchair.

• KICKSTAND IS SET! One person lifts bike seat. The other person guides male receiver into the
  female bracket.

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Before taking anyone but a fellow volunteer for a ride, you must log 8 total hours of training, including 6 hours on the Duet trike divided between riding as a passenger and riding as a pedaler.

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Riding Tips:

1. This is a 3-wheeled bike and handles differently than a 2-wheeled bike.

2. The bike has a wide turning radius, so plan ahead.

3. Never ride the bike without a passenger – it is balanced for loaded operation only.

4. Never stand on the pedals to enter or exit off the bike.