L.L.Bean bike Assembly Instructions Manual - page 9
QUESTIONS: Should you have any questions during the final assembly of your new bicycle, please call our product 11/12/13
specialists at 800-226-7552 any day between 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. Eastern. pg.9
Custom Fitting your Handlebar (adjustable stems only)
Your stem angle comes pre-adjusted for the average rider and may be perfectly satisfactory where it is. However, some
bikes have an adjustable “riser” stem. You may be able to raise or lower it, as well as move it farther away from you. If
you’d like to be sitting more upright, you can move it up and back towards you. If you feel that your riding position is too
upright, you can move it lower and out away from you.
Moving the stem straight up and down is the simplest way to make minor height
adjustments. This was covered in the assembly instructions. (Remember not to
raise the stem over the “minimum insertion line.”)
Rotating the adjustable riser bar allows you to bring the handlebar further up and closer to you or lower and further away.
To adjust, loosen the riser “clamp” bolt at the front of the riser (A-B), holding the clamp away to disengage the teeth. You
may also need to loosen the riser “through” bolt (A-B) a few turns using hex wrenches (you might need two, one for each
side. Rotate the bar to the desired position and retighten, tightening the riser “clamp” bolt first, and then the riser “through”
bolt.
This space
should be equal
on both sides.
The stem
can be
moved up
and down.
Riser
“clamp” bolt
needs to be
loosened to
disengage
the teeth.
Riser “through” bolt
may need to be
loosened first. It may
take an Allen wrench
on each side to keep it
from spinning.
Handlebar
clamp bolts
A-A
A-C
A-B