Hybrid bike lane sweeper, instructions

Setup:

1. Attach the remote control to your handlebar.
2. Attach the hitch to the bike. This requires removing the rear axle or left wheel nut and resinstalling with the hitch.
3. Attach the sweeper to the hitch.
4. Adjust the coupler on the sweeper (the part with multiple holes) so that in pick-up mode, the rubber lip at the front of the sweeper lightly contacts the ground. Different bike wheel diameters require different coupler height settings (there are settings for wheel sizes from 20 to 29 inches).
5. To switch the sweeper from pick-up mode to push-aside mode or vice versa, loosen the wing nuts that are on both sides of the sweeper (on the black side panels), adjust the position of the front guard, and re-tighten the wing nuts. Be sure to adequately tighten the wing nuts so that they don’t come loose in operation.
6. In pick-up mode, the bins will need to be regularly emptied. To empty the bins, slide them out (one at a time), dump them, and slide them back into place.
7. The towing bike needs to have a kickstand. Also, in hilly terrain, e-bikes are helpful.

Operation:

• When storing the sweeper, make sure that it’s in the vertical storage mode (or horizontal storage mode) to avoid permanently deforming the brush bristles. Please watch the video above to see how to set up the horizontal and vertical storage modes.
• To avoid flat tires, check the tire pressure every few weeks (should be 2 bar or 28 psi). Refer to the video above for instructions about flat repairs.
• When you finish sweeping, turn off the battery. The light should turn off.
• In dry conditions, the sweepers can kick up dust. Be mindful of local residents and people in the sweeper’s wake. For more urban environments, sweeping in the early morning or at night is one solution, and sweeping after rain is another solution.
• The recommended towing speed is 7 to 15 km/h (5 to 10 mph).
• Wear long pants and closed-toe shoes (some pebbles bounce toward the operator’s legs). Also, we recommend wearing a high-vis vest to further increase visibility even though the sweeper has a high-vis flag and a light.
  
• Here are examples of how to manage the debris in the bins from pick-up sweeping:
  • dump the debris in designated dumping spots
  • dump the debris in garbage cans
  • put bags in the sweeper’s bins with the operator leaving filled bags off to the side of the bike lanes, with a narrow-body electric truck or some other utility vehicle later going along the same route to pick up the bags (this approach minimizes the operator’s exposure to dust because the bags can be tied up before removal from the sweeper’s bins); example compostable bags with a size of 28x30in (71x76cm)
  • using a cargo bike to pull the sweeper, with a box or bag of debris in the cargo compartment, to allow for greater sweeping distances between dumping