11.1 Fit and remove road wheels
Risk of Personal Injury and
Material Damage!
Incorrectly tted road wheels can lead
to dangerous riding situations, falling,
accidents and material damage.
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You must have your dealer demonstrate
tting and removing your road wheels.
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Practice this job at least once under his
supervision and control.
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Only remove and t the seat post and saddle
if you are sure you have mastered this job.
Risk of burns!
After long descents, the bicycle rims and
brake disks can get very hot.
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Do not touch the rims or brake disks imme-
diately after a descent.
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Let the rims and brake disks cool down befo-
re you touch them.
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In order to check the temperature, touch
the rims and brake disks very briey with
your bare nger. If they are hot, wait a few
minutes and repeat the test until the rims
and brake disks have cooled down.
Danger of material damage!
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Hydraulic brakes must under no circumstan-
ces be operated after removing the road
wheel!
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If your bike has a disk brake use the man-
datory transportation wedges supplied for
that purpose for transportation following
removal of the road wheel.
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Remove these immediately prior to retting
the road wheels.
Please comply with the accompanying
component instructions here.
Risk of Personal Injury and
Material Damage!
Rim brakes only:
When tting and removing the brake
blocks can get twisted.
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When tting the road wheels please note
that the brake blocks are correctly positi-
oned (see Chapter 7.8).
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If these are not correctly positions please
contact a specialist workshop.
For transportation you may remove and
later replace the road wheels on your
bike if these are tted with quick relea-
ses.
If your bike has rim brakes please note
that you do not change the position
of the brake blocks with the tyre.
This could happen especially in the case
of large-volume tyres. If the tyre do not
easily pass easily between the brake
caliper blocks let a sucient amount of
air out of them.
Then inate the tyres afterwards to the
correct pressure.
11.1.1 All categories/series except the
category racing bike/triathlon
1. Remove the front wheel rst
(continue with 3).
2. Switch to the smallest pinion of the rear
wheel’s sprocket cassette
(see chapter 8.6).