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Your BMW partner will have assembled and adjusted your bicycle ready
for use when you come to collect it. Nevertheless, your bicycle needs
regular servicing. Have your BMW partner or a bicycle specialist shop of
your trust do the scheduled maintenance work. This is the only way to
ensure that all components function safely and reliably for many miles.
The bicycle will be due for its first maintenance after 100 to 300 kilome
-
tres (60 to 180 miles), 5 to 15 hours of initial use or four to six weeks. The
bedding in phase typically involves spokes slightly losing tension, cables
stretching, gears becoming out of adjustment and bearings settling,
so there is every reason to have your dealer service the bicycle at this
stage. This bedding and settling in process is unavoidable. Therefore,
remember to make an appointment with your BMW partner for the first
inspection of your new bicycle. The first inspection is very important for
both functioning and durability of your bicycle.
For your own safety, bring your bicycle to your BMW partner for
its first inspection after 100 to 300 kilometres (60 to 180 miles),
5 to 15 hours of initial use or four to six weeks, at the very latest
however after three months.
It is advisable to have your bicycle serviced regularly by your BMW
parter or at a bicycle specialist shop of your trust after the bedding in
phase. If your bicycle does harder service, because you ride a great deal
on poor road surfaces or cross-country, it will require correspondingly
shorter maintenance periods. The off-season during the winter months
is a very good time to take your bicycle to your BMW partner for the an-
nual inspection.
Servicing and repairs are jobs best left to your BMW partner or
a bicycle specialist shop of your trust. If you have your bicycle
serviced by anyone else than an expert, you run the risk that
parts of your bicycle will fail. This may
lead to an accident
!
When working on your bicycle restrict yourself to jobs for which
you are equipped e.g. with a torque wrench
(a)
and have the
necessary knowledge.
If a component needs to be replaced, make it a rule to only use
original spare parts
(b)
.