Apollo Radius manual Part 3 Before YOU Ride, Frame Size

PART 3 - BEFORE YOU RIDE

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FRAME SIZE

Choosing the appropriate frame and wheel size is imperative when purchasing a new bicycle. For safe riding the size of your bicycle should properly match your build. In the case of children, a bike should never be bought with aim of “growing into it”. Riding the appropriate sized bicycle enables the child to develop confidence, as they have the necessary co-ordination to control the bicycle. To accommodate the vast array of height and size variables in children, even within the same age groups, juvenile bicycles come in different wheel sizes and frame styles to best suit the rider’s size.

Ladies and gents’ bicycles are also available in a variety of frame sizes. Sizing is based on the distance between the centre of the bottom bracket and the top of the frame seat tube.

Female riders should take into account the slope of the top tube to determine frame size suitability.

WARNING:

For safe riding your bicycle should match your size correctly, otherwise you may loose control and fall. Ideally there should be a minimum clearance of 25mm between the crotch of the intended rider and the top frame tube of the bike, while the rider straddles the bicycle with both feet flat on the ground.

Clearance over the top of the frame ensures that the rider can safely stand astride the bike when forced out of the saddle, such as stopping at traffic lights. Clearance heights vary according to rider preference and between the different bicycle models.

RAOM0507 Apollo Bicycle Company Pty. Ltd. ABN: 60 001 914 469 Updated 23/05/07