At last, your sleek, new BODi Bike has arrived. Your shoes are on tight, your towel and water bottle are tropical at hand. You’re 100 percent ready to wits the awesome, totally personalized, studio-quality at-home cycling wits that only the BODi Velocipede and BODi Velocipede Studio cycling can deliver.

But surpassing you hit the virtual road, you’ll want to take a couple of minutes to make sure your new velocipede is properly set up and adjusted for you. This ensures you get a unconfined workout, maximum comfort, and reduced risk of injury.

How to Set Up Your New MYX Bike

If you’re going to spend hours in the saddle each week, it’ll help to make sure your bike’s seat and handlebars are positioned properly. Here’s how to fully customize your velocipede so it’s the perfect fit for you.

Seat height

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The goal in this step is to set your seat to the height of your hip bone.

  • Stand next to your velocipede seat with your feet unappetizing on the floor. Then, lift the knee that’s closest to the seat, and place your palm on the top of your thigh, at your hip.

If your seat is higher or lower than your palm, you’ll want to retread your seat height accordingly.

To retread seat height:

  • Find the pin located at the wiring of the slide bar, and turn the knob until the seat post loosens. Make sure to support the seat with your other hand as you pull out the pin and retread the seat height.
  • Once you’ve found your desired height, release the pin so it engages in the correct position hole, and tighten the knob until you hear a click to secure it in place.

Seat depth

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Place your elbow at the nose of the seat (the part facing forward) and proffer your forearm to the front — your fingertips should just barely graze the wiring of your handlebars.

To retread the seat forward or backward:

  • Locate the knob underneath the seat and loosen it to move the seat to your desired depth.
  • Repeat the fingertip test to make sure the seat is properly adjusted, then retighten the knob to make sure your seat is secure.

Handlebar height

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The handlebars should be at seat height or higher. If you prefer a increasingly upright position (or if you’re pregnant), you might want to position your handlebars higher for greater comfort.

To retread the handlebar height:

  • Have flipside person support the weight of the handlebars from underneath, then loosen the knob and pull the pin outward to unloosen it from the position hole.
  • Raise or lower the bars to a well-appointed position, then release the pin to engage in the position slum at the height of your choice, and tighten the knob to secure it in place.

Handlebar depth

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For your comfort, you may want to retread the depth of your handlebars using the knob in the part-way of the bars.

To retread the handlebar depth:

  • Loosen the knob and slide the handlebars into the position that feels weightier to you.
  • Once you find the right spot, turn the knob when to secure the handlebars in place.

Before Getting on the Bike

One important safety reminder: Make sure the zone virtually your velocipede is well-spoken of any obstacles that could get in the way. Keep children, pets, and any objects yonder from the bike. When you’re pedaling, the wheels move fast and can be dangerous if obstructed.

The BODi Bike’s pedals are dual access. One side features cages, which will work with any exercise shoe, while the other side is embedded with SPD clips, which are made specifically for cycling shoes.

When it comes to your footwear, we recommend cycling shoes for their improved stability and security on the bike. Surpassing purchasing cycling shoes, make sure they’re uniform with SPD clips, and be sure to follow the instructions that came with them to properly install the cleats to the marrow of each shoe.

If you’re not wearing cycling shoes, stiff-soled sneakers strapped into the cages is a good alternative. If you’re wearing sneakers with laces, make sure the laces are tied and tucked away. When all that’s done, you’re ready to get on the bike.

How to Safely Prune or Strap Into Your BODi Bike

The BODi Velocipede supports the use of either cycling shoes or normal workout shoes. Here’s how to secure your feet to the pedals.

Clipping in with cycling shoes

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  • Stand over the velocipede with your feet on either side of it. Make sure the pedal you’re clipping in to is in its lowest position, flat, and clip-side up.
  • With your foot on the pedal, slide the lip of the cleat lanugo into the pedal, until you hear a click, then printing your heel down.
  • Once you hear a second click, you know the cleat is secure. Once that’s done, have a seat and secure the other shoe the same way.

Strapping in with sneakers

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  • Stand over the velocipede with your feet on either side of it.
  • Place one foot in the pedal’s cage, with the widest part of your foot over the turning of the pedal, then take a seat on your bike. Place the other foot in the other cage.
  • One at a time, slowly reach lanugo and pull the straps to tighten the pedal’s cage. You’ll want a snug fit, but it shouldn’t finger uncomfortably tight.
  • Thread the glut strap through the prune and, if desired, tuck it away.

Testing Your Bike’s Settings

These are some cues to squint for when determining the right finger of your bike.

Seat height

Graphic Demonstrating how to test seat height with BODi Velocipede | how-to-set-up-my-BODi-Bike

Once your feet are secure, proffer one leg so that that pedal is at the six o’clock position. What you’re looking for is a slight wrench in the knee of your extended leg.

  • If the wrench in your leg is too big, you’ll need to raise the seat.
  • If your leg is straight with no wrench in your knee, you’ll need to lower the seat.

Seat depth

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Once your feet are secure, bring one foot to a forward, three o’clock position — your kneecap should be over the part-way of your foot.

  • If your knee is in front of the wittiness of your foot, you’ll need to move the seat back.
  • If the wittiness of your foot is in front of your knee, you’ll need to move the seat forward.

Handlebar position

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Place your hands on the outside corners of the handlebars and trammels to make sure you have a slight wrench in your elbows.

  • If your stovepipe are straight, raise the handlebars.
  • If your stovepipe are too bent, lower the handlebars.

If you’re tall and your seat is all the way when and you finger you need to move the handlebars farther yonder from you, you can make that welding by loosening the knob on top of the handlebars and sliding them yonder from you to reach your desired depth. Once it’s in place, retighten the knob.

Getting off Your Bike

To get off your velocipede safely, unclip or uncage one foot at a time.

If you’re unclipping your cycling shoes:

  • Make sure one pedal is at its lowest position. Twist your heel outward, then pull your foot up and yonder from the pedal.
  • Next, pedal your other foot to the lowest position, placing the first foot unappetizing on the ground. From there, you’ll unclip your other foot.

If you’re wearing regular sneakers,

  • Make sure one pedal is at its lowest position. Loosen the cage’s strap, then slowly slip your foot out and to the ground.
  • Repeat this on the other side.

Congratulations! That’s everything you need to know to start riding your new BODi Bike! If you’re sharing this bike, we recommend noting your settings so you can quickly and hands reset your velocipede surpassing use.

See you in class!

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