Safety; The Basics; Riding Safety - Giant momentum Anleitung

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Safety

A. The Basics
WARNING: The area in which you ride may require specific safety devices. It is your responsibility to
familiarize yourself with the laws of the area where you ride and to comply with all applicable laws,
including properly equipping yourself and your bike as the law requires.
Observe all local bicycle laws and regulations. Observe regulations about bicycle lighting, licensing of
bicycles, riding on sidewalks, laws regulating bike path and trail use, helmet laws, child carrier laws,
special bicycle traffic laws. It's your responsibility to know and obey the laws.
1. Always wear a cycling helmet which meets the latest certification standards and is
appropriate for the type of riding you do. Always follow the helmet manufacturer's
instructions for fit, use and care of your helmet. Most serious bicycle injuries involve head
injuries which might have been avoided if the rider had worn an appropriate helmet. If you
have any questions regarding correct helmet fit, use or care please ask your dealer.
WARNING: Failure to wear a helmet when riding may result in serious injury or
death.
2. Always do the Mechanical Safety Check (Section 1.C) before you get on a bike.
3. Be thoroughly familiar with the controls of your bicycle: brakes (Section 4.C.); pedals (Section 4.E.); shifting
(Section 4.D.)
4. Be careful to keep body parts and other objects away from the sharp teeth of chainrings, the moving chain,
the turning pedals and cranks, and the spinning wheels of your bicycle.
5. Always wear:
 Shoes that will stay on your feet and will grip the pedals. Make sure that shoe laces cannot get into moving
parts, and never ride barefoot or in sandals.
 Bright, visible clothing that is not so loose that it can be tangled in the bicycle or snagged by objects at the
side of the road or trail.
 Protective eyewear, to protect against airborne dirt, dust and bugs — tinted when the sun is bright, clear
when it's not.
6. Don't jump with your bike. Jumping a bike, particularly a BMX or mountain bike, can be fun; but it can put
huge and unpredictable stress on the bicycle and its components. Riders who insist on jumping their bikes
risk serious damage, to their bicycles as well as to themselves. If, notwithstanding the risk, you intend to
jump your bike, do stunt riding or race with your bike, read and understand Section 2.F.
7. Ride at a speed appropriate for conditions. Higher speed means higher risk.
B. Riding Safety
1. Obey all Rules of the Road and all local traffic laws.
2. You are sharing the road or the path with others — motorists, pedestrians and other cyclists. Respect their
rights.
3. Ride defensively. Always assume that others do not see you.
4. Look ahead, and be ready to avoid:
 Vehicles slowing or turning, entering the road or your lane ahead of you, or coming up behind you.
 Parked car doors opening.
 Pedestrians stepping out.
 Children or pets playing near the road.
 Pot holes, sewer grating, railroad tracks, expansion joints, road or sidewalk construction, debris and other
obstructions that could cause you to swerve into traffic, catch your wheel or cause you to have an accident.
 The many other hazards and distractions which can occur on a bicycle ride.
5. Ride in designated bike lanes, on designated bike paths or as close to the edge of the road as possible, in
the direction of traffic flow or as directed by local governing laws.
6. Stop at stop signs and traffic lights, obey all other traffic signals and signs; slow down and look both ways at
street intersections. Remember that a bicycle always loses in a collision with a motor vehicle, so be prepared
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