MTB/ ROAD BIKE/ TREKKING
6 Before using for the rst time
Risk of Personal Injury and Material
Damage!
An unroadworthy bike can lead to dange-
rous riding situations, falling, accidents
and material damage this same danger
exists if you are not yet familiar with your
new bike and its controls.
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Make a check of your bike after item 7
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Familiarise yourself with this bicycle before
you rst ride it. In particular check with bra-
ke lever operates the front brake and which
the rear – see Section 4.8.1
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Modern brakes have a very powerful
braking eect. Excessively strong operation
of the brake levers can cause the respective
wheel to lock and can therefore lead to a fall.
Familiarise yourself slowly with the braking
eect on your bike in a safe area of land.
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In a safe location, slowly test and become
accustomed to your bicycle’s braking
response
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With new rim brakes and after replacing
brake blocks the full braking eect only
develops after a certain run-in period. Please
note therefore your initially greater braking
distances.
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Disk brakes need to be initially run in.
Full braking eciency only develops after
the running-in process. Please note the
enclosed brake manufacturer‘s running-in
instructions.
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If your bike is tted with optional click-in
pedals which rmly connect the shoe with
the pedal: Practice using them by mounting
and dismounting. Click-in pedals are not
safety pedals.
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If after purchasing you remove the saddle
support and front and/or rear wheel for
transportation please follow the appropriate
instructions in Chapter 11.
1. Have your dealer conrm proper nal
assembly and the roadworthiness of your
bike. Have your dealer adjust the correct
saddle position.
You can make ne adjustments and
minor changes yourself as described in
Chapter 8.2-8.3 „Adjusting the saddle
position“.
2. Only use this bike when your dealer has
familiarised you with your bike‘s techni-
cal features in a brieng.
3. Seal you bike with aerosol wax polish,
see Chapter 11.
4. Before using read Chapter 8.
7 Before every trip
Risk of Personal Injury and Material
Damage!
An unroadworthy bike can lead to dange-
rous riding situations, falling, accidents
and material damage
Also consider the possibility that your
bike may have fallen over when unatten-
ded or that someone might have tam-
pered with it.
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Check that your bike is roadworthy before
every trip.
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Memorise your bike‘s correct condition
when new so that you will later be able to
recognise deviations from the correct condi-
tion (photos you take yourself can be
a valuable aid).
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Immediately contact your specialist dealer
if you discover that the actual state of the
bicycle deviates from its specied condition.
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Only ride your bicycle again, if it has been
properly repaired by the specialist dealer.
The parts described in the next subchap-
ters are not built into all bicycles. Some
parts may also have been retrotted.
Determine the equipment of your bike
with the help of the information in chap-
ter 4 and the following pictures. Carry
out the corresponding inspections.