Canyon ROAD BIKE Manual page 8

12 ASSEMBLY FROM THE BIKEGUARD
ASSEMBLY FROM THE
BIKEGUARD
Assembling the bike from the BikeGuard is no witch-
craft, but you should proceed with care and deliber-
ation. Unprofessional assembly can render the bike
unsafe.
First we should like to make you familiar with the var-
ious components of your Canyon.
Unfold the front cover of your bicycle manual road
bike. Here you will find the illustration of a Canyon
road bike showing all the essential components.
Keep this page folded out while you are reading. This
means that you can quickly find in the text the com-
ponent that is being referred to.
The illustration shows an arbitrary Canyon road bike
– this is not what every bike will look like.
First, open the BikeGuard.
To do this, only use a box cutter or a similar knife with
a very short blade. Never use any kind of knife on the
bicycle itself.
CHECKING THE CONTENTS OF THE BIKEGUARD
The BikeGuard contains the assembled frameset with
the rear wheel mounted and all add-on parts as well
as the front wheel that is sometimes packed sepa-
rately in a wheel bag, the saddle with seat post, a box
with small parts (e.g. quick-releases, reflectors and
pedals, as the case may be) and the toolcase with
Canyon Torque Wrench incl. bits, Canyon mounting
paste as well as the bicycle manual road bike with
enclosed CD.
When using a box cutter make sure nei-
therto damage the component nor to hurt
yourself. Make it a rule to cut away from you and
the component!
Share the pleasure that your new Canyon
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brings and ask a helper to assist you in un-
packing it from the BikeGuard and in assembling
it.
The easiest and safest way to assemble
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the bike is when you use a workstand or
ask someone to help you.
GENERAL INFORMATION ON ROAD BIKE ASSEMBLY
Your Canyon had been fully assembled at the factory
and given a test run. The bicycle should be fully func-
tional without any further adjustments being made
once the assembly steps explained below have been
completed.
The following section gives you a concise description
of the assembly. In the event that you are neither
skilled nor experienced in that kind of work, please
read the more detailed chapters in your bicycle man-
ual road bike; also observe the instructions of the
component manufacturers on the enclosed CD. Be-
fore your first ride, carry out the checks described in
chapter "Before every ride".
Do not clamp a frame tube or a carbon seat
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post of your Canyon in the holding jaws of
the workstand! Be sure to only use a suitable alu-
minium seat post for clamping. It is best to use a
workstand that holds the frame from inside at
three points or else ask someone to help while you
assemble your bike.
ASSEMBLY FROM THE BIKEGUARD
USING THE CANYON TORQUE WRENCH
We regard the use of a torque wrench as essential so
as to ensure the two parts can be fixed together se-
curely and safely.
Exceeding the maximum torque at the clamping bolts
(e.g. at the stem, steerer tube, handlebars or seat
post) leads to an excessively high clamping force.
This can cause the component to fail and hence there
is a high associated risk of accidents. In addition, the
product guarantee would be null and void in such a
case. Screws or bolts that are too loose or are done
up too tightly can cause a failure and hence lead to an
accident. Always follow exactly the tightening torque
details from Canyon.
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