11 . liAbility
6.— Liability
The manufacturin g company accept s no
liability for accident damage or con-
sequential loss. The us er bears the
risk in the event of personal injury an d
material damage. The manufacturin g
company accepts no liability for damage
or accident s caused by imp roper us e of
the frame and failure to comply with the
stipulations indicat ed here
Qualit y As surance and rigidity
testing
• Every carbon frame ready for de-
livery an d every set of (full) carbon
fork s are subjected to a rigidity
test. For each frame height and
each set of fork s a rigidity toler-
ance range is defined in pr elimi-
nary testing. Only frames and fork s
which come within this toleranc e
range leave the fact ory.
The rigidity test is us ed as a Quality
Assurance measure an d is performed
on the company’s own test rig. To do
this the frame to be measured is fixed
in plac e at the rear assembly and the
steering tu be. Then the gear crank area
is defl ect ed to one side using a defined
force deli vered by a pneumatic cylinder.
As a second step rigidity measurement
of the steering pipe occur s through tar-
geted torsion of the steering head to
the frame. The rigidity valu es aris e from
the ratio of the appl ied fo rce and the
resulting defl ect ion of the frame ar ea
and ar e documented on the test sticker
in the operating instructions enclosed.
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