Servicing And Inspection - Canyon Pedelec Manual

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A much gentler way of cleaning your Canyon is
with a soft water jet and/or with a bucket of water
and a sponge or large brush. Cleaning your Canyon
by hand has another positive side-effect: in that
it enables you to discover defects in the paint or
worn or defective components at an early stage.
After drying your pedelec you should polish its
coating and metal surfaces with hard wax (except
for the rotors). Apply the hard wax also to spokes,
hubs, bolts and nuts etc. Use a hand-held atom-
izer for parts with small surfaces. Polish waxed
surfaces with a soft cloth to give them a nice
shine and make them water-repellent.
Inspect the chain after you have finished clean-
ing and grease it, if necessary. For more infor-
mation read the chapter "Chain maintenance" in
your comprehensive world-specific Canyon bicycle
manual.
While cleaning, look for cracks, scratch-
es, dents as well as bent or discoloured
material. If you are in doubt, contact our ser-
vice hotline. Have defective components re-
placed immediately and touch up paint de-
fects.
Before applying any hard wax on the
frame of your pedelec, be sure to test it
in a less visible spot first!
Remove tough oil or grease stains from
paint and carbon surfaces by using pe-
troleum based solvents. Do not use degreasing
agents containing acetone, methyl chloride
etc., non-neutral, chemical or solvent-contain-
ing cleaning agents. They could attack the sur-
face!
Pedelec chains wear down faster than
usual. Therefore, check for wear regu-
larly.
Keep the brake pads and the rotor free
of cleaning agents and chain oil! This
could render the brake ineffective (see the
chapter "The brake system" in your compre-
hensive world-specific Canyon bicycle manu-
al)! Keep carbon clamping areas, such as han-
dlebars, stem, seat post and seat tube, free of
grease and oil.

SERVICING AND INSPECTION

First service:
A special maintenance schedule has been devel-
oped by our experienced technicians. On the first
kilometres/miles, for example, the wheels may be
subject to a certain bedding-in process or bowden
and brake cables may stretch, making gear shift-
ing imprecise. Depending on how much you cycle,
the repair of worn-down parts may be necessary
already. In this case you will be contacted by a
service technician beforehand.
Regular annual service:
Following a long and challenging season we rec-
ommend that you have your pedelec thoroughly
checked. Who could do this better than those who
built your pedelec?
The annual service will be carried out by our
skilled staff according to a maintenance schedule
tailored to your bicycle type.
Remove the rechargeable battery or the
display before doing any work on your
pedelec (e.g. servicing, repairs, assembly,
maintenance, work on your drive etc.). Activat-
ing the drive systems unintentionally bears the
risk of injury!
For more information on how to use the
battery's performance to the maximum,
see the chapter "Proper handling of the re-
chargeable battery".
More detailed information about service
and inspection is provided in the chap-
ter "Service and maintenance schedule" in your
comprehensive world-specific Canyon bicycle
manual.
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