Burley CUB User Manual

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Burley Cub Owner’s Instruction and Safety Manual

not react to it appropriately. If you must ride at night, wear bright, refl ective clothing,

use a bright headlight and a red blinking taillight on your bike. Similarly, put a red

blinking light in the light-holder tab sewn onto the back of your cover so you can

be more easily seen. Do not operate without properly attached re fl ec tors; replace

cracked or missing refl ectors.

Always Use Your Cover

Affi x your Big Screen 2-in-1 Cover to protect your child from fl ying debris when

pulling your trailer. Never leave a child unattended in direct sunlight because heat

buildup in the trailer can cause serious harm. Open or close the vinyl cover depend-

ing on the weather, to help keep your child cooler or warmer. Check pe ri od i cal ly to

ensure that they are comfortable.

Cool Weather Use

When the temperature is 60-70˚ or colder you may be com fort able without heavy

clothing because your pedaling effort helps keep you warm. How ev er, when you

consider the child’s inactivity sitting in the trailer—coupled with a potential wind-

chill factor—an extra sweater or jacket may be needed for them to keep from

getting too cold.

Wear Helmets

Numerous studies have shown that:

• Head injury is the leading cause of bicycling fatalities; and,

• Helmets prevent or reduce bi cy clists’ head injuries.

For safety, it is essential that both cyclist and passengers use approved bicycling

helmets at all times. Don’t take chances.

Proper Wheels and Tires are Essential

Use only the factory-sup plied wheels, and keep them properly main tained. Infl ate

tires to 30–35 P.S.I. and check pressure before each use. Do not use higher-pressure

tires, as the trailer will be bouncy and prone to tip over with light loads. We only

recommend tires with street tread. Do not use knobbies. For stability, dished wheels

must be offset to the out side of the trailer (with tires close to the outer frame, provid-

ing a wider track).

Know Your Trailer Hitch

Clamp the hitch securely to the bicycle frame, and check for a tight attachment each

time you use the trailer. Refer to sections “VII. Hitching the Burley Cub to Your Bicycle”

and “VIII. Trailer Main te nance and Care” of this man u al for proper in stal la tion, use and

main te nance of your hitch.