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OWNER’S MANUAL 2021
| GENERAL MANUAL
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WARNING
If carbon components on your SCOTT bike produce any creaking or cracking
noises or show any external sign of damage, such as gouges, cracks, dents,
discolorations etc., do not use the SCOTT bike any longer. Contact your
SCOTT dealer immediately; he will check the component thoroughly.
Do not combine carbon handlebars with bar ends or an aero bar, unless they
are specifically approved. Do not shorten carbon handlebars or clamp the
brake levers and shifters more in the middle than indicated or needed. Risk of
breakage!
Make sure all carbon clamping areas are absolutely free of grease and other
lubricants! Grease will penetrate the surface of the carbon material, thereby
reducing the coefficient of friction. This will no longer provide reliable clamp-
ing within the prescribed torque values. Once greased, carbon components
may never again ensure reliable clamping! Use a special carbon assembly
paste instead as offered by various manufacturers.
NOTICE
Most clamps of bike carrier systems are potential sources of damage to
large-diameter frame tubes! As a result thereof carbon frames can fail during
use without previous warning. Suitable, special-purpose models are, how-
ever, available in the car accessory trade. Inform yourself there or ask your
SCOTT dealer for advice.
Do not clamp a carbon frame or seat post in the holding jaws of a workstand
(a)! The components may sustain damage. Mount a sturdy (aluminium) seat
post instead and use it to clamp the frame, or choose a work stand that holds
the frame at three points inside the frame triangle or which clamps the fork
and bottom bracket shell.
Protect the exposed areas of your carbon frame (e.g. the head tube and the
underside of the down tube) against rubbing cables or stone chips with spe-
cial pads (b) your SCOTT dealer keeps for sale.
The use of third-party bike shields / protective film is prohibited.
