Safekeeping And Storing Your Canyon; Servicing And Inspection - Canyon road bike Manual

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SAFEkEEPING AND STORING YOUR CANYON

If you regularly look after your Canyon during the
season, you will not need to take any special pre-
cautions when storing it for a short time, apart from
securing it against theft. It is advisable to store your
Canyon in a dry and airy place.
There are some things to bear in mind when putting
your Canyon away for the winter:
Inflated inner tubes tend to gradually lose air when
the bike is not used for a long time. If your Canyon
is left standing on flat tyres for an extended period,
this can cause damage to the structure of the tyres.
It is therefore better to hang the wheels or the entire
bike or to check the tyre pressure regularly.
Clean your Canyon and protect it against corrosion
as described above.
Dismount the saddle and allow for any moisture
that may have entered to dry away. Spray a little
finely atomized oil into the seat tube (except for
carbon frames).
Store your Canyon in a dry place.
Switch the gear to the smallest chainring and the
smallest sprocket. This relaxes the cables and
springs as much as possible.
Store the bike with the chain on outmost sprocket and smallest
chainring
Check the air pressure at regular intervals
Keep cleaning agents and chain oil away
from the brake pads and brake surfaces of
the rim! Otherwise the brake might fail throwing
you off your bike!
If your Canyon has carbon rims, do not
hang it on the rims! Risk of breakage!

SERVICING AND INSPECTION

First service:
A special maintenance schedule has been developed
by our experienced technicians. On the first kilome-
tres/miles, for example, the wheels may be subject
to a certain bedding in process or Bowden and brake
cables may stretch, making gear shifting 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 before-
hand.
Regular annual service:
following a long and challenging season we recom-
mend that you have your bike thoroughly checked.
Who could do this better than those who have built
your bike?
The annual service will be carried out by our skilled
staff according to a maintenance schedule tailored to
your bicycle type.
In case you pack your Canyon to send it in
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to the Canyon workshop, be sure to strictly
follow the packing instructions "How to pack your
road bike" enclosed with the BikeGuard.
In particular lightweight components may
have a reduced service life. for your own
safety make sure to have the components listed
in chapter "Service and maintenance schedule"
checked at the indicated intervals and replaced,
if necessary.
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The Canyon torque wrench
To be able to enjoy your Canyon for many
!
years it needs to be serviced regularly.
The schedule given in chapter "Service and main-
tenance schedule" is a rough guide for cyclists
who ride their bike between 1,000 and 2,500 km
(620 and 1,550 miles) a year. If your Canyon does
harder service, either because your mileage is
consistently greater or because you ride a great
deal on poor road surfaces or cross-country, it
will require correspondingly shorter maintenance
periods. This includes frequent rides in the rain or
generally in moist conditions, as well.