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1 Welcome.
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Imprint.
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1.1 General Notes on this Manual.
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1.2 Before Your First Ride.
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1.3 Before Every Ride.
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1.4 After an Accident.
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1.5 How to Use Quick-Releases and Thru Axles.
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1.5.1 Quick-Releases.
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1.5.2 Thru Axles.
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2 Intended Use.
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2.1 General Overview.
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2.1.1 Cruise Bike.
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2.1.2 Touring Bike.
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2.1.3 Mountain Bike Cross Country and Enduro.
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3 legal Requirements for Riding on public Roads.
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4 Useful Tips for cycling in Town and country.
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4.1 Safe Cycling on Public Roads.
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4.2 Environment - Cycling Off-Road.
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5 Brake System.
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5.1 General Information.
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5.1.1 Brakes – How They Work and What to Do about Wear.
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5.2 Rim Brakes.
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5.2.1 V-Brakes.
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5.2.1.1 Functional Check.
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5.2.1.2 Power Modulator.
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5.2.1.3 Synchronising and Readjusting.
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5.3 Disc Brakes.
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5.3.1 Checking Hydraulic Disc Brakes.
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5.4 Roller, Drum and Back-Pedal Brakes.
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5.4.1 Checking and Readjusting Hand-Operated Brakes.
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5.4.2 Checking and Readjusting Back-Pedal Brakes.
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6 Drive System.
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6.1 Gears.
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6.1.1 Bottom Bracket - Crankset.
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6.2 Derailleur Gears.
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6.2.1 Derailleur Gears – How They Work and How to Operate
Them on Mountain, Cruise and Touring Bikes.
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6.3 Checking and Readjusting Derailleur Gears.
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6.3.1 Rear Derailleur.
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6.3.2 Checking the Limit Stops.
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6.3.3 Front Derailleur.
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6.4 Multi-Speed Hubs (Internal Gear Hubs).
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6.4.1 Multi-Speed Hubs - How They Work and How to Use Them. 33
6.4.2 Checking and Readjusting.
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6.5 Combined Derailleur/Hub Gears.
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6.5.1 Combined Derailleur/Hub Gears - How They Work and
How to Use Them.
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6.5.2 Readjusting.
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6.6 Crank System.
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6.7 Chain.
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6.7.1 Chain Maintenance.
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6.7.2 Chain Wear.
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6.7.3 Adjusting the Chain Tension of Single Speed Bicycles and
Multi-Speed Hubs.
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7 Wheels and Tyres.
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7.1 Tyres, Tubes, Rim Tape, Valves, Inflation Pressure.
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7.2 Rim Trueness, Spoke Tension.
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7.3 Wheel Fastening with Quick-Releases.
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7.4 Wheel Fastening with Thru Axle Systems.
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7.5 Puncture.
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7.5.1 Wheel Removal.
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7.5.2 Tyre Removal (Clincher, Folding Tyres).
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7.5.3 Tyre Mounting (Clincher, Folding Tyres).
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7.5.4 Removal of Tubeless Tyres.
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7.5.5 Repair of Tubeless Tyres.
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7.5.6 Mounting Tubeless Tyres.
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7.5.7 Wheel Mounting.
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