Road Wheels And Tryes; After Falls Or Accidents; Transporting Your Bike - Cube MTB Bedienungsanleitung

MTB/ Road Bike/ TRekking
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9.5 Road wheels and tyres
Risk of Personal injury and
Material damage!
damage to road wheels and tyres may lead to dangerous riding situations, falling, accidents and
material damage.
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At the slightest malfunction, contact your dealer immediately.
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Only ride the bike again after it has been properly readjusted by the dealer.
Problem Possible causes
Road wheels "hopping" up and Tyre damage
down Defective spokes
Debris caught in wheel
Noises: Creaking, knocking,
grinding or other.
Damage to road wheel
Spongy handling Air pressure too low
Increasingly spongy handling
Very unusual rolling characteris-
Flat tyre
tics (you can feel every stone)
Corrective action
Contact a specialist workshop immediately.
Remove debris. Afterwards ride your bike
with particular care.
Have your bike checked by a specialist work-
shop for any consequential damage.
Contact a specialist workshop immediately.
Increase air pressure (see Chapter 7.1.3). If
the same handling occurs again shortly after
there is a slow puncture (see next line)
Replace tube and if necessary tyre and tape
on tubeless systems
Replacing tyres
Contact a specialist workshop
(*) immediately. The bike must not be used
until then.
(*): Changing the tube, tyre and rim tape
can only be undertaken given the required
experience.
Have your dealer demonstrate this procedu-
re to you and practise this job until you are
familiar with it.
For removing and refitting road wheels, see
Chapters 8.8 and 11.1.
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after falls or accidents

Risk of Personal injury and
Material damage!
damage after a fall or accident may lead
to dangerous riding situations, falling,
accidents and material damage.
•
After a fall or accident, contact your dealer
immediately.
• Only ride the bike again after it has been
properly readjusted by the dealer.
After a fall basically you must renew all damaged
bike components such as
• Handlebars
• Triathlon / time trial attachment
• Bar ends
• Handlebar stem
• Seat post (if made of carbon)
• Saddle (if saddle framework is made of
carbon)
• Rims (if made of carbon)
• Crank.
All other bike parts must be checked by your dealer
and, if necessary, replaced.
Risk of Personal injury and
Material damage!
More and more bikes are fitted with car-
bon fibre components
Carbon fibre components are very sensi-
tive and if incorrectly fitted and if slightly
damaged can lead to dangerous riding
situations, falling, accidents and material
damage.
• Please note all instructions regarding assem-
bly, care, maintenance and checking these
parts in accordance with the accompanying
parts instructions.
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Only have assembly work done on or of
carbon fibre parts carried out in a specialist
workshop.
MTB/ Road Bike/ TRekking
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After damage and falls. you must consult
your dealer.
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Only use your bike again after he has repla-
ced the damaged parts or assured you that
you can continue to use the bike without
any worries.
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Please also refer to the information provided
in chapter 4.8
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Transporting your bike

Risk of Personal injury and
Material damage!
an unsuitable transportation system
may damage parts of your bike which are
important for safety and lead to dange-
rous riding situations, falls, accidents and
material damage.
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Only transport this bicycle inside your car.
• Objects or items may not be placed on this
bicycle or its frame.
• Any bike carrier (e.g. roof, rear end) that
requires the frame or bicycle to be mounted
or clamped is not suitable for this bicycle.
This bike may only be transported inside a vehicle.
Please note during transportation that the bike is
secured and is not damaged by other packaging
items, for example.
For transportation you may remove the front and
rear wheels and the saddle stem with saddle if these
are fitted with quick releases. Only undertake this
disassembly if you are sure that you can reassemble
these parts correctly.
See Chapters 8.3, 8.8
If your road wheels are bolted to the frame (e.g. in
the case of hub gears), consult your dealer
danger of material damage!
if your bike is inside a vehicle, solar radia-
tion can cause the tyres to burst or come
away from the rim.
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Let the air out of the tyres prior to transpor-
tation and fill them again after transportati-
on (see Chapter 7.1.3)
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