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Abstract
Specifies safety requirements for the design, assembly, and performance of all types of pedal bicycles and subassemblies of pedal bicycles having a wheelbase of 640 mm or greater, including power-assisted bicycles with engines up to 0.2 kW, but excludes track racers and one-of-a-kind bicycles. It also specifies requirements for the instructions to be given in a manual on use and maintenance, and for the instructions for the assembly of bicycles offered for sale in a partially assembled state.
Scope
This Standard specifies safety requirements for the design, assembly, and performance of all types of pedal bicycles and subassemblies of pedal bicycles having a wheelbase of 640 mm or greater, but excludes track racers and one-of-a-kind bicycles.
It also specifies requirements for the instructions to be given in a manual on use and maintenance, and for the instructions for the assembly of bicycles offered for supply in a partially assembled state.
NOTE: Bicycles having a wheelbase of less than 640 mm are covered by AS 1647.2 and NZS 5820.
History
First published in Australia as AS 1927-1976.
Second edition 1978.
Third edition 1985.
Fourth edition 1989.
First published in New Zealand as NZS/AS 1927:1989.
Jointly revised and designated AS/NZS 1927:1998.