Hitching Trailer to Your Bicycle Note: The Burley F orged Standard Hitch is used
for bicycles with either nutted axles F IGURE 5 or
quick release assemblies FIG URES 6 & 7
1. Remove axl e nut or rear quick release lever
assembly from bike.
2. Match hole on f lat side of hitch upper arm to left
(non-chain ring side) rear dropout hole, and place hitch flat
against the dropout.
3. Loosely rea ssemble axle nut or quick release assembly
through hitch, dropout and wheel. Racks, bags, or fit tings
should not interfere with hitch.
4. Slide flex co nnector between hitch side arms, and
match holes.
5. Open ret aining pin and insert through hitch and flex
connector holes from above. Close retaining pin.
6. Tighten a xle nut or tighten and close quick release lever,
with lever pointing to rear of bike. A properly adjusted
quick release lever should leave an imprint on your palm
when the lever is rotated to the closed position. Verify that
hitch is secure and cannot be rotated by hand.
7. Wrap safety st rap twice around inside of chain stay. Fasten
hook to D-ring on underside of tow bar end. FIGURE 7
8. To remove trailer from bicycle , unfasten clip from D-ring
and remove retaining pin.
FIGURE 7: Quick rele ase ass embly sho wn
FIGURE 6: Quick re lease as sembly
FIGURE 5: Nutte d axle as sembly
BURLEY TAIL WAGON OWNER’S INSTRUCTION AND SAFETY MANUAL 9
QUICK RELEASE LEVER MU ST BE IN CLOSED POSITION AND
HITCH SAFETY ST RAP PROPERLY INSTALLED. NU TTED AXLES
MUST BE TIGHTENED SECURELY. HITCH MU ST NOT INTERFERE
WITH RACKS, BAGS OR FI TTINGS. INSPECT HITCH A ND TOW BAR
FREQUENTLY FOR DAMAGE OR L OOSE FASTENERS. DAMAGED OR
IMPROPERLY INSTALLED HITCHE S OR INTERFERING PARTS CA N
CAUSE ACCIDENTS RESULTING IN SE RIOUS INJURY.
WARNIN G
Quick Release L ever
Hitch Upper Arm
Retaining Pin
Flex Connecto r
Hook fastened to
D-ring under to w bar
Hitch
Nut
Hitch
Quick Release
Nut
Safety str ap
wrapped twic e
around chains tay