INSTALLATION OF THE VIBE FREEFLOW FOOT BRACES
Installing the Freeflow Foot Braces is easy and requires no tools!
Instructions:
If your kayak had Vibe toe-control foot braces installed, first untie the steering cables, then remove those by pushing on the black lever, and sliding them off the tracks
If your cables are not yet run, feed them through the rudder control line guide near the foot brace track
Once the cable comes out at the rudder, tie them off to the rudder with a barrel knot
Take the foot brace, and run the cable through the plastic guide on the side of the brace, and then tie the cable off on the red adjustment knob with just a simple overhand knot, so it does not slide back through
Sitting in the seat, slide the braces until you like the positioning of them, turning the red adjustment knob to take up all slack in the line as you do
You can now slide the braces for and aft, and it should move the rudder smoothly as you do. If you want to adjust the positioning further, just turn the adjustment knob accordingly
To lock out the Freeflow Foot Braces so they not longer control the rudder, but instead act as a brace, just push the black latch into one of the holes on the track, locking out the movement in the pedals.
Regaining control is as simple as pushing that lever to pull the latch out of the hole
And that’s all there is to it! The Freeflow Foot Braces add just another aspect to the versatility that the Shearwater was built around.