Finally, your smooth, new BODi Bike has arrived. Your sneakers are on tight, your towel and water bottle are shut at hand. You’re 100% able to expertise the superior, completely customized, studio-quality at-home biking expertise that solely the BODi Bike and BODi Bike Studio biking can ship.
However earlier than you hit the digital street, you’ll need to take a few minutes to ensure your new bike is correctly arrange and adjusted for you. This ensures you get a terrific exercise, most consolation, and decreased danger of damage.
Find out how to Set Up Your New MYX Bike
When you’re going to spend hours within the saddle every week, it’ll assist to ensure your bike’s seat and handlebars are positioned correctly. Right here’s the way to totally customise your bike so it’s the right match for you.
Seat top
The aim on this step is to set your seat to the peak of your hip bone.
- Stand subsequent to your bike seat together with your ft flat on the ground. Then, raise the knee that’s closest to the seat, and place your palm on the highest of your thigh, at your hip.
In case your seat is increased or decrease than your palm, you’ll need to alter your seat top accordingly.
To regulate seat top:
- Discover the pin positioned on the base of the slide bar, and switch the knob till the seat submit loosens. Be certain that to help the seat together with your different hand as you pull out the pin and alter the seat top.
- When you’ve discovered your required top, launch the pin so it engages within the right place gap, and tighten the knob till you hear a click on to safe it in place.
Seat depth
Place your elbow on the nostril of the seat (the half dealing with ahead) and prolong your forearm to the entrance — your fingertips ought to simply barely graze the bottom of your handlebars.
To regulate the seat ahead or backward:
- Find the knob beneath the seat and loosen it to maneuver the seat to your required depth.
- Repeat the fingertip check to ensure the seat is correctly adjusted, then retighten the knob to ensure your seat is safe.
Handlebar top
The handlebars ought to be at seat top or increased. When you desire a extra upright place (or in case you’re pregnant), you would possibly need to place your handlebars increased for larger consolation.
To regulate the handlebar top:
- Have one other particular person help the load of the handlebars from beneath, then loosen the knob and pull the pin outward to disengage it from the place gap.
- Increase or decrease the bars to a snug place, then launch the pin to have interaction within the place gap on the top of your alternative, and tighten the knob to safe it in place.
Handlebar depth
On your consolation, you might need to alter the depth of your handlebars utilizing the knob within the middle of the bars.
To regulate the handlebar depth:
- Loosen the knob and slide the handlebars into the place that feels greatest to you.
- As soon as you discover the best spot, flip the knob again to safe the handlebars in place.
Earlier than Getting on the Bike
One vital security reminder: Be certain that the realm round your bike is evident of any obstacles that would get in the best way. Maintain kids, pets, and any objects away from the bike. Whenever you’re pedaling, the wheels transfer quick and could be harmful if obstructed.
The BODi Bike’s pedals are twin entry. One aspect options cages, which can work with any train shoe, whereas the opposite aspect is embedded with SPD clips, that are made particularly for biking sneakers.
In relation to your footwear, we advocate biking sneakers for his or her improved stability and safety on the bike. Earlier than buying biking sneakers, be sure that they’re appropriate with SPD clips, and remember to observe the directions that got here with them to correctly set up the cleats to the underside of every shoe.
When you’re not carrying biking sneakers, stiff-soled sneakers strapped into the cages is an efficient various. When you’re carrying sneakers with laces, be sure that the laces are tied and tucked away. When all that’s performed, you’re able to get on the bike.
Find out how to Safely Clip or Strap Into Your BODi Bike
The BODi Bike helps the usage of both biking sneakers or regular exercise sneakers. Right here’s the way to safe your ft to the pedals.
Clipping in with biking sneakers
- Stand over the bike together with your ft on both aspect of it. Be certain that the pedal you’re clipping in to is in its lowest place, flat, and clip-side up.
- Together with your foot on the pedal, slide the lip of the cleat down into the pedal, till you hear a click on, then press your heel down.
- When you hear a second click on, you recognize the cleat is safe. As soon as that’s performed, have a seat and safe the opposite shoe the identical approach.
Strapping in with sneakers
- Stand over the bike together with your ft on both aspect of it.
- Place one foot within the pedal’s cage, with the widest a part of your foot over the axis of the pedal, then sit in your bike. Place the opposite foot within the different cage.
- Separately, slowly attain down and pull the straps to tighten the pedal’s cage. You’ll need a comfortable match, nevertheless it shouldn’t really feel uncomfortably tight.
- Thread the surplus strap via the clip and, if desired, tuck it away.
Testing Your Bike’s Settings
These are some cues to search for when figuring out the best really feel of your bike.
Seat top
As soon as your ft are safe, prolong one leg in order that that pedal is on the six o’clock place. What you’re on the lookout for is a slight bend within the knee of your prolonged leg.
- If the bend in your leg is simply too huge, you’ll want to boost the seat.
- In case your leg is straight with no bend in your knee, you’ll have to decrease the seat.
Seat depth
As soon as your ft are safe, convey one foot to a ahead, three o’clock place — your kneecap ought to be over the middle of your foot.
- In case your knee is in entrance of the ball of your foot, you’ll want to maneuver the seat again.
- If the ball of your foot is in entrance of your knee, you’ll want to maneuver the seat ahead.
Handlebar place
Place your arms on the surface corners of the handlebars and test to be sure you have a slight bend in your elbows.
- In case your arms are straight, increase the handlebars.
- In case your arms are too bent, decrease the handlebars.
When you’re tall and your seat is all the best way again and you’re feeling it’s worthwhile to transfer the handlebars farther away from you, you can also make that adjustment by loosening the knob on high of the handlebars and sliding them away from you to achieve your required depth. As soon as it’s in place, retighten the knob.
Getting off Your Bike
To get off your bike safely, unclip or uncage one foot at a time.
When you’re unclipping your biking sneakers:
- Be certain that one pedal is at its lowest place. Twist your heel outward, then pull your foot up and away from the pedal.
- Subsequent, pedal your different foot to the bottom place, inserting the primary foot flat on the bottom. From there, you’ll unclip your different foot.
When you’re carrying common sneakers,
- Be certain that one pedal is at its lowest place. Loosen the cage’s strap, then slowly slip your foot out and to the bottom.
- Repeat this on the opposite aspect.
Congratulations! That’s all the pieces it’s worthwhile to know to begin using your new BODi Bike! When you’re sharing this bike, we advocate noting your settings so you may rapidly and simply reset your bike earlier than use.
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