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ROAD BIKE | OWNER’S MANUAL 2016

OWNER’S MANUAL 2016 | ROAD BIKE

Tyre mounting

To mount a tubular tyre properly so that it durably stays in place you should

take your time and proceed stepwise. Some practice and experience with the

tyre adhesive used and the relevant model of tubular tyre can speed up the

work.

In general, mounting tubular tyres is a job for your BERGAMONT dealer. Read

the mounting instructions of the tyre manufacturer before you start mounting.

Tubular tyres can be glued either with liquid tyre glue or with adhesive tapes (a).

One advantage of using tape is that it can be done fairly quickly. However, this

may not always give a sufficiently firm bond of the tyre on the rim. If you have

a puncture while out riding, the tape often remains on the tyre that has been

removed and the reserve tyre no longer seats properly on the rim.

For that reason we recommend a solid bed made up of several layers of liquid

rim cement (tyre adhesive). Glue not only gives a firmer bond, it usually also

remains on the rim when dismounting the tyre.

However, back home again you should remove the spare tyre nevertheless. The

existing bed and the tyre (b) are then treated with rim cement once again and

the tyre is mounted again to ensure that it seats properly.

If you have wheels with very high rims, undo the valve insert with the special

mounting tool before the first mounting and take it out of the valve, and install a

valve extension in its place (c). Screw the valve insert back into the lengthened

valve. Now you can inflate and deflate the mounted tyre via the extended valve

in the usual way.

Inflate the tyre to a point where it starts to become round and then stick the

valve through the hole in the rim. Starting from the valve and working in both di-

rections press the tyre into the rim all the way round. If you are unable to mount

it completely on the rim or if this would require excessive force, leave off trying,

since it might not work with force alone.

After mounting the tubular tyre, spin the wheel and see whether the tyre runs

true. The area where the valve comes out of the tyre is often thickened which

leads to a vertical runout of the rim and makes the wheel jolt during the ride.

Remove the burrs from the valve hole of an aluminium rim or countersink it with

a big drill (d), a triangular scraper or a round file.

If you have carbon rims, be careful when removing the burrs from the hole edge

with a round file. Insert the file only from the outside to the inside and not vice

versa, otherwise the fibres of the synthetic matrix might fray out. Seal the area

with instant glue subsequently. This pretreatment will lead to an improved valve

fitting to the rim.

If time permits, you can leave the unglued tyre inflated on the rim for a few days

to make the final mounting easier.

Subsequently, clean the base of the rim from grease or oil by using a rag soaked

with acetone, spirit or benzine (e).

Wait for the solvent to evaporate completely before you start to glue the tyre

onto the rim. Gluing the tyre (f) is easiest with the wheel clamped in a truing

stand or mounted on an old fork clamped in a vice.

With liquid tyre glue you will need several layers to create a good adhesive bed.

Spread the tyre glue evenly and as thinly as possible around almost the entire

circumference of the rim.

b ca e fd

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