Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product Tubeless Ready Tire Bontrager
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© Copyright T rek Bicycle Corporation 2004 All rights reserved Part Number 253 511 BONTR AGER TUBELESS READ Y TIRE OWNER' S MANU AL T able of cont ents Important: About Tubeless Ready tires .......................................................
2 Tire and rim compatibility The following chart shows which tires are compatible with which rims, and any parts that are needed to make the tires compatible with the rims. T ubeless Ready tires do not hold air without either an inner tube or liquid sealant inside the tire.
3 tir e man ufac ture r t, so som e ti res a re m ore dif cult to mount tha n oth ers. Car eful ly fo llow the ins talla tion ins truct ions , an d you shou ld b e ab le t o eas ily moun t an y tub eles s ti re.
4 Inst allation R emoving a Bontr ager T ubeles s R eady or UST tubele ss tire If the tire has sealant installed, be careful not to spill it as you remove the tire. It is best to remove the old sealant and replace it. If you have to reuse the sealant, carefully pour the pool of uid into a container .
5 Option 2 – Adding the sealant befor e the tire is completely mounted W ork carefully to avoid spilling any sealant. 1. Hold the wheel perpendicular to the ground and rotate the unmounted portion of the tire so that it is at the 6 o’clock position.
6 5. Continue mounting the tire- check the location and orientation of the tire beads in the rim (Figure 4). The beads must fit uniformly into the central channel of the rim without twisting. The beads must straddle the valve wher e it projects thr ough the rim strip, and make good contact with the rim strip surface in order to seal in that ar ea.
7 T r oubleshooting Che ck th e ti re p ress ure o n yo ur b ike bef ore ever y rid e; a ll t ires los e air pre ssur e du e to air leak ing throu gh t he i nner tube or tire casi ng s idew all. F ollow the se tr oubl esho otin g ste ps i n ord er to min imiz e th e tim e it tak es to r epai r a leaki ng t ire.
8 area around the valve seal or between the tire bead and rim strip. The leaking air can be detected at the spoke holes, but the location of the actual leak will not necessarily be close to the leaking spoke hole. There are two ways to nd and elimi- nate leaks like these: P artially immerse the wheel into a tub of water .
An important point after buying a device Bontrager Tubeless Ready Tire (or even before the purchase) is to read its user manual. We should do this for several simple reasons:
If you have not bought Bontrager Tubeless Ready Tire yet, this is a good time to familiarize yourself with the basic data on the product. First of all view first pages of the manual, you can find above. You should find there the most important technical data Bontrager Tubeless Ready Tire - thus you can check whether the hardware meets your expectations. When delving into next pages of the user manual, Bontrager Tubeless Ready Tire you will learn all the available features of the product, as well as information on its operation. The information that you get Bontrager Tubeless Ready Tire will certainly help you make a decision on the purchase.
If you already are a holder of Bontrager Tubeless Ready Tire, but have not read the manual yet, you should do it for the reasons described above. You will learn then if you properly used the available features, and whether you have not made any mistakes, which can shorten the lifetime Bontrager Tubeless Ready Tire.
However, one of the most important roles played by the user manual is to help in solving problems with Bontrager Tubeless Ready Tire. Almost always you will find there Troubleshooting, which are the most frequently occurring failures and malfunctions of the device Bontrager Tubeless Ready Tire along with tips on how to solve them. Even if you fail to solve the problem, the manual will show you a further procedure – contact to the customer service center or the nearest service center
