Hyper Rip Rail Owner's Manual

B M X S C O O T E R O W N E R ’ S M A N U A L

The following manual is only a guide to assist you and is not a complete or comprehensive manual of all
aspects of maintaining and repairing your BMX Scooter. The BMX Scooter you have purchased is a complex object.
Ballard Pacific Resources Inc. recommends that you consult a BMX Scooter specialist if you have doubts or
concerns as to your experience or ability to properly assemble, repair, or maintain your BMX Scooter. You will
save time and the inconvenience of having to go back to the store if you choose to write or call us concerning
missing parts, service questions, operating advice, and/or assembly questions.

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410 S. Adele Avenue
Joplin, Mo 64801

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Safety Equipment 2
Mechanical Safety Check 3
Riding Safety 5
IMPORTANT NOTE TO PARENTS 5
Rules of the Road 7
Rules of the Trail 9
Wet Weather Riding 10
Night Riding 10
Bicycling in Traffic 11

Tools/Tech Support 13
Saddle 14
Handlebar and Stem 16
Front Wheel 19
Brakes 23
Tire Valves 29
Tires 30
Repair and Service 31

Warranty 36
Purchase Record 37

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Contents

ASSEMBLY, MAINTENANCE
AND ADJUSTMENT

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This manual contains important safety, performance
and maintenance information. Please read this manual
before taking your first ride on your new BMX Scooter,

and keep this manual handy for future reference.

If you have a problem, do not return to the store,

call 1-866-424-0500. Adult Supervision Required

when in use. For parts or repair service, call

Ballard Pacific Resources Inc. at 1-866-424-0500.

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1. HELMET

While not all states require bicyclists to wear approved protective headgear, common sense dictates that you should wear an
ANSI or Snell approved helmet whether the law requires it or not. Most serious BMX Scooter injuries involve head injuries which
might have been avoided if the rider had worn a helmet. Your dealer has a variety of attractive helmets, and can recommend
one to suit your needs. Your helmet must fit correctly, be worn correctly and be properly secured to do its real job. Ask your
dealer to help you with the fit and adjustment of your helmet.

WARNING: Always wear a helmet when riding your bike. Always keep the chin strap securely buckled. Failure to wear an
approved helmet may result in serious injury or death.

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GENERAL WARNINGS

1. Rider must be age 6 years or older. Maximum weight limit 220 lbs

2. Adults must assist children in the initial adjustment procedures to adjust handlebar and steering to height.

3. Always wear safety equipment such as helmet, knee pads and elbow pads. Always wear a helmet when riding your scooter

and keep the chin strap securely buckled. Always wear shoes.

4. Avoid sharp bumps, drainage grates, and sudden surface changes. Scooter may suddenly stop.

5. Ride on smooth, paved surfaces away from motor vehicles.

6. Avoid streets and surfaces with water, sand, gravel, dirt, leaves, and other debris. Wet weather impairs traction, braking,

and visibility.

7. Do not ride at night.

8. Brake will get hot from continuous use. Do not touch after braking.

9. Avoid excessive speed associated with downhill rides.

10. Obey all local traffic and scooter riding laws and regulations.

11. Watch out for pedestrians.

12. Check and secure all fasteners before every ride.

13. Replace worn or broken parts immediately

SAFETY EQUIPMENT

WARNING: Many states require specific safety devices. It is your
responsibility to familiarize yourself with the laws of the state where you
ride and to comply with all applicable laws, including properly equipping
yourself and your bike as the law requires.

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MECHANICAL SAFETY CHECK

Here is a simple, sixty-second mechanical safety
check which you should get in the habit of making
every time you’re about to get on a bike.

1. NUTS, BOLTS

Lift the front wheel off the ground by two or three
inches, then let it bounce on the ground. Anything
sound, feel or look loose? Do a quick visual and tactile
inspection of the whole bike. Any loose parts or
accessories? If so, secure them. If you’re not sure, ask
someone with experience to check.

2. TIRES & WHEELS

Tires correctly inflated? Check by putting one hand on
the saddle, one on the intersection of the handlebars
and stem, then bouncing your weight on the BMX Scooter while
looking at tire deflection. Compare what you see with
how it looks when you know the tires are correctly
inflated; and adjust if necessary. See Section 5.C.1 for
details and recommended tire pressures.

2. LIGHTS

We strongly recommend that children not ride after
dusk or before daylight. If you must ride your BMX Scooter
after dusk or before full daylight, your BMX Scooter must be
equipped with lights so that you can see the road and
avoid road hazards; and so that others can see you.
Vehicle laws treat BMX Scooters like any other vehicle. That
means you must have a white front and a red rear light
operating if you are riding after dusk or before full
daylight. Your bike dealer can recommend a battery or
generator powered lighting system appropriate to
your needs.

WARNING: Reflectors are not a substitute for
proper lights. It is your responsibility to equip
your BMX Scooter with all state and locally mandated
lights. Riding at dawn, at dusk, at night or at other
times of poor visibility without a BMX Scooter lighting system
which meets local and state laws and without reflectors
Is dangerous and may result in serious injury or death.

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4. WHEEL NUTS

Are the front and rear wheels straight and secure in
the dropouts? Are the wheel nuts properly tightened?

WARNING: Riding with an improperly installed or
insufficiently tightened wheel can cause the wheel to
wobble or disengage from the BMX Scooter, which can cause
damage to the BMX Scooter and serious injury or death.

5. HANDLEBAR AND SADDLE ALIGNMENT

Are the saddle and handlebar stem correctly parallel
to the bike’s top tube and tight enough so that you
can’t twist them out of alignment?

6. HANDLEBAR ENDS

Are the handlebar grips secure and in good condition?
If not, replace them. Are the handlebar ends plugged?
If not, plug them before you ride.

WARNING: Loose or damaged handlebar grips can
cause you to lose control and fall. Unplugged
handlebars can act like a cookie cutter on your body,
and cause serious injury in an otherwise minor accident.

Tires in good shape? Spin each wheel slowly and look
for cuts in the tread and sidewall. Replace damaged
tires before riding the bike.

Wheels true? Spin each wheel and check for brake
clearance and side-to-side wobble. If a wheel wobbles
side to side or hits the brake pads, take the bike to a
qualified bike shop to have the wheel trued.

CAUTION: Wheels must be true for hand brakes
to work effectively. Wheel truing is a skill which
requires special tools and experience. Do not attempt to
true a wheel unless you have the knowledge and tools
needed to do the job correctly.

3. BRAKES

If your BMX Scooter has hand-operated brakes, squeeze the
brake levers. Are the brake shoes contacting the wheel
rim within an inch of brake lever movement? Can you
apply full braking force at the levers without having
them touch the handlebar? If not, your brakes need
adjustment. Do not ride the bike until the brakes are

properly adjusted.

WARNING: Riding with improperly adjusted and

secured brakes or worn brake shoes is dangerous
and can result in serious injury or death.

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2. LESSONS

The lessons that follow relate to some of the most
common real situations that children encounter when
riding their bikes. Go over these situations with your
child and make sure the lesson objective is
accomplished.

Driveway Ride Out: When a youngster rides out
of the driveway and is struck by a car, that is called a
ride out accident.

What can you do?

First, realize the danger of your own driveway.
If there are obstructions to the view of passing
motorists (like bushes or trees), trim them back.
You might park your car in front of the driveway, if
local ordinance permits. This way, your child can’t
use the driveway as a launching pad.

But the most important thing you can do is teach
your child about driveway safety. Take your child
outside to the driveway and have him / her practice
riding down the drive way and stopping prior to
reaching the street.

Running the Stop Sign: Car/bike crashes can
happen when a cyclist runs a stop sign. Most cyclists
who get hit riding through stop signs know that they
were supposed to stop.

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RIDING SAFELY AND RESPONSIBLY

The RIP RAIL BMX Scooter is not designed or
intended for use on public streets. DO NOT
OPERATE YOUR RIP RAIL ON THE STREET OR
IN CLOSE PROXIMITY OF MOTOR VEHICLES!

NOTE: Like any sport, BMX Scooter riding involves risk of injury
and damage. By choosing to ride a BMX Scooter, you assume
the responsibility for that risk. Not the people who sold you the
bike. Not the people who made it. Not the people who
distribute it. Not the people who manage or maintain the roads
or trails you ride on. So you need to know and practice the
rules of safe and responsible riding.

AN IMPORTANT NOTE TO PARENTS

I addition to The Basics (page 7), the Rules of the
Road (page 7), the Rules of the Trail (page 9), Wet
Weather Riding (page 10), Night Riding (page 10)

kids need to be taught the following rules and lessons which
adults are already expected to know and have them frequently
reinforced. We urge you to take the time to familiarize yourself
with these rules and to teach them to your child before you let
your child ride unsupervised.

1. Rules

• No playing in the road or in the street

• No riding on busy streets

• No riding at night

• Stop for all STOP signs

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What can you do?

Of course, you ought to teach your child not to ride
across busy streets - at least until the child has had
some advanced training and is old enough to
understand traffic. But in the meantime, for
residential street riding, you can teach your child to
always look and signal before turning left. A big
part of this lesson is teaching the child how to look
to the rear without swerving.

Take your child to a playground to practice riding
along a straight line while looking behind. Stand
alongside and hold up a different number of fingers
on your hand after the child rides by. Call his/her
name. After 15 minutes of practice, a ten year old
should be able to look behind his/herself and
identify how many fingers you are holding up ­without swerving.

Night Time Riding (See also page 10).
Most car/BMX Scooter accidents happen at night
where an overtaking car hits a bike. (An overtaking
car is one that comes up from behind and passes the
cyclist on the left.) These overtaking accidents can
be very serious.

What can you do?

First, you should keep your youngster from riding
at night. It requires special skills and equipment.
Few children have either. Secondly, make sure your
child understands that if he/she gets caught out
after dark on a bike, the thing to do is to call you
for a ride home. One suggestions is to tape “phone

They just thought it would be OK this time; or they may have
been distracted. The thing to impress upon your child is that
while he/she may not get hit every time, running stop signs will
eventually result in an accident.

What can you do?

Take your child to a stop sign near home. Explain
what it means by emphasizing the following points:

1). Stop at all stop signs, regardless of what is

happening.

2). Look in all directions for traffic.

3). Watch for oncoming cars making left turns.

4). Watch for cars behind you making right turns.

5). Wait for any cross traffic to clear.

6). Proceed when safe.

In order to make this lesson stick, you may have to
change your own driving habits. If you creep
through intersections controlled by stop signs, you
are showing your child that you don’t really believe
what you preach. For your child’s sake, stop at stop
signs.

Turning Without Warning: Another major
accident type involves cyclists who make unexpected
left turns. They neither look behind for traffic, nor do
they signal. The key factor here is neglecting to look
to the rear: If the cyclist had looked, he/she would
have seen the danger coming up from behind.

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The RIP RAIL BMX Scooter is not designed or intended for use on public streets. DO NOT
OPERATE YOUR RIP RAIL ON THE STREET OR IN CLOSE PROXIMITY OF MOTOR VEHICLES!

2. Be thoroughly familiar with the controls of your
BMX Scooter.

3. Be careful to keep body parts and other objects
away
from the spinning wheels of your BMX Scooter.

4. Always wear a cycling helmet which meets the
latest Snell or ANSI standard.

5. Always wear shoes that will stay on your feet and
will grip the pedals. Never ride barefoot or wearing
sandals.

6. Wear bright, visible clothing that is not
so loose that is can catch on moving
parts of the BMX Scooter or be snagged by
objects at the side of the road or trail.

7. Don’t jump with your bmx scooter. Jumping a
bmx scooter can be fun but it puts incredible stress
on everything from your spokes to your frame. The
most dangerous risk to jumping a bmx scooter is the
risk of serious injury to the rider or serious damage
to the bmx scooter.

C. RULES OF THE ROAD

1. Learn the local BMX Scooter laws and regulations.

Communities may have regulations about where you
can ride your Scooter and safety equipment that
may be required. It’s your responsibility to know and
obey the laws.

money” to the bike so that, in an emergency, the
child will be able to call home.

Following the Leader: There is increased risk of
car/bike collision if children are following each other,
because if the first one does something dangerous,
those following may do it too.

What can you do?

Teach your child to always assess the traffic
situation for him/herself. When a group is riding
around, each cyclist should stop for stop signs;
each cyclist should look to the rear before making
left turns; and so on. One way to get the message
across is to play a game with the chld similar to
‘Simon Says’. In this game, however, the emphasis
should not be on doing what ‘Simon Says’, but
rather have the child make a decision based on the
situation. The child should learn to ignore what
‘Simon Says’. Children need to learn to think for
themselves to ride safely.

SUMMARY: Teach your child early - the earlier the
better. Learning skills such as looking and avoiding
hazards takes time. Be prepared to repeat lessons
until your child understands what you’re trying to
get across. Be patient. Your efforts will be rewarded,
knowing that your child is aware of safe riding skills.

B. THE BASICS

1. Always do the Mechanical Safety Check Before

you get on a bike.

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5. Ride in designated bike lanes, on designated bike
paths or on the right side of the road, in the same
direction as car traffic and as close to the edge of the
road as possible.

6. Stop at stop signs and traffic lights; slow down and
look both ways at street intersections. Remember
that a BMX Scooter always loses in a collision with a
motor vehicle, so be prepared to yield even if you
have the right of way.

7. Use hand signals for turning and stopping. Learn
the local vehicle code for the correct signals.

8. Never ride with headphones. They mask traffic
sounds and emergency vehicle sirens, distract you
from concentrating on what’s going on around you,
and their wires can tangle in the moving parts of the
BMX Scooter, causing you to lose control.

9. Never carry a passenger.

10. Never carry anything which obstructs your vision or

your complete control of the BMX Scooter, or which could
become entangled in the moving parts of the BMX Scooter.

11. Never hitch a ride by holding on to another vehicle.

12. Don’t do stunts, wheelies or jumps. They can cause

you injury and damage your bike.

13. Don’t weave through traffic or make any moves that
may surprise people with whom you are sharing the road.

14. Observe and yield the right of way.

2. You are sharing the road or the path with others ­motorists, pedestrians and other cyclists. Respect
their rights, and be tolerant if they infringe on yours.

3. Ride defensively. Assume that the people with whom
you are sharing the road are so absorbed with what
they are doing and where they are going that they
are oblivious to you.

4. Look ahead of where you’re going, and be ready to
avoid:

!Vehicles slowing or turning in front of you,

entering the road or your lane ahead of you,
or coming up behind.

!Parked car doors opening in front of you.

!Pedestrians stepping out in front of you.

!Children playing near the road.

!Pot holes, sewer grating, railroad tracks,

expansions joints, road or sidewalk construction,
debris and other obstructions that could cause
you to swerve into traffic, catch your wheel or
otherwise cause you to lose control and have an
accident.

!The many other hazards and distractions which

can occur on a BMX Scooter ride.

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5. Yield right of way to pedestrians and animals. Ride in

a way that does not frighten or endanger them, and
stay far enough away so that their unexpected moves
don’t endanger you.

6. You may be riding in sensitive habitat, so stay on the
designated trail. Don’t contribute to erosion by riding in
mud or with unnecessary sliding. Don’t disturb wildlife
or livestock; and don’t disturb the ecosystem by cutting
your own trail through vegetation or streams.

7. It is your responsibility to minimize your impact on the
environment. Ride accordingly. Leave things as you
found them; and always take out everything you
brought in.

8. If you crash: First, check yourself for injuries, and
take care of them as best you can.

Next, check your bmx scooter for damage, and fix what you can.

Then, when you get home, carefully perform the maintenance
proceedure described this manual and check for any other
damaged parts. All bent, scored or discolored parts are
suspect and should be replaced.

WARNING: A crash can put extraordinary stress
on BMX Scooter components, causing them to fatigue
prematurely. Components suffering from stress fatigue
can fail suddenly and catastrophically, causing loss of
control, serious injury or death.

CAUTION: If you have any doubt about the
condition of the BMX Scooter or any of its parts, take it
to your dealer for a thorough check.

15. Never ride your BMX Scooter while under the
influence of alcohol or drugs.

16. If possible, avoid riding in bad weather, when
visibility is obscured, at dusk or in the dark, or
when extremely tired. Each of these conditions
increases the risk of accident.

RULES OF THE TRAIL

1. We recommend that children not ride off-road

without the accompaniment of an adult. In any
event, never ride alone in remote areas. Even
when riding with others, make sure that someone
knows where you’re going and when you expect to
be back. Always take along some kind of
identification, so that people know who you are in
case of an accident; and take a couple of dollars in
cash for a candy bar, a cool drink or an emergency
phone call.

2. Surface hazards make off-road riding much more
difficult and therefore more dangerous than riding
on paved roads. Start slowly and build up your skills
on easier terrain before tackling the more difficult.

3. Learn and obey the local laws regulating where and
how you can ride off-road, and respect private
property. Don’t ride where you are not welcome or
where you are not allowed.

4. You are sharing the trail with others - hikers,
equestrians, other cyclists. Respect their rights, and
be tolerant if they inconvenience you.

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