Bicycle care / care products
Care products
When needed you should care for the bicycle with
standard commercially available preserving agents
and care products.
- Apply preventive treatments of preserving
products and care products to parts exposed to
corrosion, primarily and regularly in winter.
ATTENTION
Do not use care products containing silicone,
and paint polishing products on plastic parts.
- Clean thoroughly the frame and aluminium parts
after longer trips and apply a standard commer-
cially available corrosion protection agent.
Winter operation and corrosion protection
NOTE
For the sake of environment protection you should
use care products sparingly, and choose those
products that are identified to be environmentally
friendly (ecological).
If the bicycle is used during the winter months, con-
siderable degradation can be caused by road salt.
ATTENTION
Do not use warm water – this would increase
the salt action.
- Clean the bike with cold water immediately after
a trip.
- Dry the bicycle thoroughly.
- Apply wax based corrosion protection agents on
parts exposed to corrosion before using the bike,
and repeat eventually several times.
Repairing paint defects
Repair immediately small paint defects with a paint
stick.
Tyre care
If the bicycle is not used for an extended period of
time, we recommend to store the bike in such a way
that the tyres are not loaded.
Do not store the bicycle or the tyres for an extended
period of time in very hot rooms like a basement
boiler room.
ATTENTION
The tyre tread depth may not drop under 1 mm.
Driving over kerbstones, sharp edged obsta-
cles, ground depressions, potholes, etc. can
cause damages to the wheel rims (spoke break)
or to the tyres (wall cracks), whereas a too low
tyre pressure can also have the same causal
effect.
Warranty claims for these effects are not ac-
cepted.
CARE
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