General Information; Brakes; Gear Shift; Frame And Fork - Cube MTB Bedienungsanleitung

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4.8

general information

4.8.1 Brakes

Your bicycle is equipped with one or two
independently-operated rim or disk brakes
(see chapter 4.1 - 4.7).
Risk of Personal injury and Material
damage!
incorrect operation of the brakes can
lead to dangerous riding conditions, falls,
accidents and material damage.
• Familiarise yourself with the operation of
the brakes.
•
Determine which brake lever operates the
front brake and which one operates the
back brake.
•
Operate the respective brake lever several
times in the static position. You can observe
an opening and closing action of the brake
blocks or brake calipers on the respective
disk or rim.

4.8.2 gear shift

your bicycle is equipped with
•
a derailleur gear and a crank set with one,
two or three chainwheels. This gear shift will
provide you with the optimal gear for every
speed speed and will, for example, enable
you to ride uphill more easily.
•
This is how you can determine the number
of gears: Derailleur gear: Multiply the
number of the front chainwheels with the
number of sprocket wheels in the back,
e. g. 2 chainwheels x 10 sprocket wheels =
20 gears.
•
Hub gear: Please take the indication on
the hub shell or on the gearshift lever into
account.

4.8.3 Frame and fork

Bicycle frames are available in the
following versions:
•
without suspension: rigid fork and rigid
frame, available for the following series
- Racing bike
- Cyclo-cross
- Fitness / urban
- Trekking (not all models)
•
semi-suspended ("hardtail"): with suspension
fork and rigid frame, available for the
following series
– Mountain bike
– Cross
– Trekking (not all models)
•
fully-suspended ("Fully" or "Full Suspension"):
with suspension fork and rear wheel
suspension.
There are different suspension systems with dif-
ferent numbers of joints for bicycles with full sus-
pension.
four-joint frame
You can easily count the number of joints. The support
for the spring element is not considered a join.
4.9 Frame material / information
on carbon material
Modern bicycle frames consist of aluminium alloys,
carbon, steel or titanium.
you can find your frame material under
point 16, in the handover certificate, or by
consulting your specialist retailer.
Risk of Personal injury and Material
damage!
Carbon is a modern material used in bi-
cycle and vehicle construction. However,
carbon components are highly sensitive.
errors in its assembly or use could lead
to breakages and therefore dangerous
driving conditions, falls, accidents and
material damage.
•
It is imperative that you observe all of the
following information regarding the use of
carbon parts.
•
Should you have any questions relating to
the use of carbon parts, please consult your
specialist retailer. Risk of personal injury and
material damage!
Risk of Personal injury and Material
damage!
Shock and impact loads which may occur
as a result of unintended use (see chapters
2.1.3 and 4.1) or stone-chipping, may lead
to inconspicuous damage in the carbon
fibres and/or delamination (= a dissoluti-
on of the bonded carbon layers).
Such damage, combined with the forces
arising from the operation of the bicycle
can suddenly break carbon parts and
therefore lead to dangerous driving
conditions, falls, accidents and material
damage
•
Your bicycle must be used solely for the in-
tended purpose (see chapters 2.1.3 and 4.1)
•
After falls or other major mechanical stresses
which are not prescribed under normal
biking operations, carbon frames and com-
ponents should no longer be used.
•
Please consult your authorised specialist
retailer immediately after a fall.
Carbon is a more commonly used term for carbon-
fibre reinforced plastic. This describes a fibre-plastic
composite material in which the carbon fibres are
embedded in several layers in a plastic matrix.
MTB/ Road Bike/ TRekking
4.9.1 information on frame
construction
These high-end products are produced by hand.
Deviations in finish may therefore occur, however,
this does not represent grounds for complaint.
4.9.2 How to use your carbon
parts correctly
1. do not, under any circumstances, mount
brackets, screws, clamps or other ele-
ments which exert mechanical pressure
on the carbon tube.
2. Clamping onto bike stands or other wall
brackets:
•
Never clamp your bicycle to a carbon tube
or carbon seat post in the clamping jaws of
a bike stand.
3. Please take care when using shackle
locks! These may, under certain circum-
stances, damage your frame.
•
When using shackle locks, please ensure
that these only touch the respective carbon
tube at very the most, and are not exerting
pressure.
4. Saddle clamp / seatpost:
•
The prescribed tightening torque of the
saddle clamp bolt is 5-6 Nm.
•
The seat tube must not be scoured or me-
chanically processed in any other way.
•
Please consult your authorised specialist
retailer immediately after a fall.
•
The seatposts and seat tubes must not be
lubricated. Only a carbon assembly paste
may be used.
•
Aluminium seatposts may only be mounted
using a carbon assembly paste.
•
The seat clamp may not be closed if the seat
post has been removed.
5.

Bottle holder:

•
The thread sets are provided for attaching
standard bottle holders. The maximum tigh-
tening torque of the screws for attaching the
bottle holder to the frame is 4 Nm.
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