Finally, your smooth, new BODi Bike has arrived. Your sneakers are on tight, your towel and water bottle are shut at hand. You’re one hundred pc able to expertise the superior, completely personalised, 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 highway, you’ll wish to take a few minutes to ensure your new bike is correctly arrange and adjusted for you. This ensures you get a fantastic exercise, most consolation, and decreased danger of damage.

Tips on how to Set Up Your New MYX Bike

If you happen to’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 how one can absolutely customise your bike so it’s the proper 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 wish to modify your seat top accordingly.

To regulate seat top:

• Discover the pin situated on the base of the slide bar, and switch the knob till the seat submit loosens. Be certain that to assist the seat together with your different hand as you pull out the pin and modify 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 take a look at to ensure the seat is correctly adjusted, then retighten the knob to ensure your seat is safe.

Handlebar top

The handlebars must be at seat top or increased. If you happen to choose a extra upright place (or in the event you’re pregnant), you may wish to place your handlebars increased for better consolation.

To regulate the handlebar top:

• Have one other individual assist the burden 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 interact within the place gap on the top of your selection, and tighten the knob to safe it in place.

Handlebar depth

On your consolation, it’s possible you’ll wish to modify the depth of your handlebars utilizing the knob within the heart of the bars.

To regulate the handlebar depth:

• Loosen the knob and slide the handlebars into the place that feels finest to you.
• As soon as you discover the fitting 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 obvious of any obstacles that would get in the best way. Maintain kids, pets, and any objects away from the bike. While you’re pedaling, the wheels transfer quick and might 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.

On the subject of your footwear, we advocate biking sneakers for his or her improved stability and safety on the bike. Earlier than buying biking sneakers, ensure they’re suitable with SPD clips, and make sure to observe the directions that got here with them to correctly set up the cleats to the underside of every shoe.

If you happen to’re not carrying biking sneakers, stiff-soled sneakers strapped into the cages is an effective different. If you happen to’re carrying sneakers with laces, ensure the laces are tied and tucked away. When all that’s performed, you’re able to get on the bike.

Tips on how to Safely Clip or Strap Into Your BODi Bike

The BODi Bike helps using both biking sneakers or regular exercise sneakers. Right here’s how one can 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.
• Along 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 realize the cleat is safe. As soon as that’s performed, have a seat and safe the opposite shoe the identical manner.

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 down in your bike. Place the opposite foot within the different cage.
• One by one, slowly attain down and pull the straps to tighten the pedal’s cage. You’ll need a comfortable match, but it surely shouldn’t really feel uncomfortably tight.
• Thread the surplus strap by the clip and, if desired, tuck it away.

Testing Your Bike’s Settings

These are some cues to search for when figuring out the fitting 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 large, you’ll want to boost the seat.
• In case your leg is straight with no bend in your knee, you’ll must decrease the seat.

Seat depth

As soon as your ft are safe, carry one foot to a ahead, three o’clock place — your kneecap must 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 examine to be sure to 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.

If you happen to’re tall and your seat is all the best way again and you’re feeling it’s essential 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.

If you happen to’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, putting the primary foot flat on the bottom. From there, you’ll unclip your different foot.

If you happen to’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 every thing it’s essential to know to start out driving your new BODi Bike! If you happen to’re sharing this bike, we advocate noting your settings so you may shortly and simply reset your bike earlier than use.

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