For Your Safety - Kettler SIMBA Montageanleitung Und Handhabungshinweise

Assembly Instructions
GB
Please read these instructions carefully before the assembly and first use. You will get important
information on your safety as well as the use and maintenance of the child's seat. Retain these
instructions for information and for maintenance works as well as orders for spare parts.
KETTLER´s child's seat was designed incompliance with applicable safety regulations and manufactured under per-
manent quality control. The knowledge gained in this process is used to constantly improve and develope our pro-
ducts. In order to offer our customers the very best in quality, we reserve the right to make technical changes at
any time. Should you have the need of assistance, please conntact your dealer.

For Your Safety

Only use this bicycle child's seat for its intended purpose, i.e. only mount it above the bike's rear axle by means
of the included mounting parts and only use it for the transport of children.
The child's seat can be used for bicycles whose minimum diameter of the wheels is 26 inch; the diameter of the
frame tube must be 28, 30, 32, 35 or 40 mm.
Any other exploitation is inadmissible may may even be dangerous. The manufacturer cannot be held liable for
damage caused by unauthorized use.
The bicycle used must be safe and correspond with the Road Traffic Licensing Regulations (StVZO). According
to § 21 of Road Traffic Regulations (StVO) and/or §§ 4 and 7 of StVO only children under the age of 7 years
may be carried by persons who are at least 16 years old. The seat may be loaded with max. 22 kg (weight of
child plus additional luggage). Moreover, children who cannot sit alone (up to about 9 months) should not be
carried.
If you have a special bicycle structure please ask your dealer as to whether your bike is suitable for the use of
a child's seat.
The bicycle must be suited for accepting such additional loads. Furthermore, the admissible total weight of the
bicycle including child and child's seat must not be exceeded. If necessary, ask your bicycle manufacturer or
supplier for the bicycle's carrying capacity.
Do not attach additional luggage to the child's seat. If necessary, use a luggage carrier for the front axle in order
to obtain a load balance. Please, note that the carrying capacity of bicycle and child's seat are not exceeded.
If you transport your bicycle on a luggage rail on your car, by all means dismount the child's seat from your
bicycle since with growing velocities the air resistance increases which may lead to a higher fuel consumption
and to exceeding the carrying capacity of the luggage rail.
The child's seat for bicycles meets all safety regulations. Repair works done by non-experts and alterations to the
construction (dismounting original parts, attachment of parts without approval) may cause harm to the user.
Damaged components may jeopardize your or the child's safety. Therefore, before beginning a ride, you should
check all components for potential damage and loose connections (screws, connections, safety belts etc.).
Damaged or worn components have to be replaced immediately. Exclusively use original KETTLER spare parts.
When attaching the seat to a bicycle that has a saddle stem with suspension please take into account the
distance between the seat and the suspension spring. You should ensure that the child's fingers cannot reach the
spring thus avoiding the possibility of injury.
Assembly
The child's seat must be positioned such that it is not in contact with the luggage carrier. The distance between
luggage carrier and tube shackle must be min. 25 mm.
Fix the tube shackle parallel to the ground. This results in a seat which is slightly inclined towards the rear such
that the child may not slide out of the seat. The seat back is slighty inclined to the rear.
The load centre (marked by a red point) may only be within 10 cm behind the wheel hub (explained in detail
below).
In case of saddles with uncovered springs the latter have to be covered as a protection against bruises (e. g.
art. nr. 8947-690).
Further to that the rear wheel is provided with an additional cover on the spokes or a protective device to pre-
vent dresses from getting mingled with the spokes.
Handling and security of riding
Please observe that the riding behaviour of the bicycle changes when the child's seat is used (irrespective of
child being present or not). Owing to the increased centre of gravity the bicycle's behaviour may unfavourable
change and the bicycle's dirigibility may be impaired. For this reason, ride carefully – in particular with regard
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