Conway MT 2018 User manual

USER MANUAL
COVERING OPERATION, SETTINGS, MAINTENANCE AND SERVICING
DIN EN ISO 4210 / DIN EN 82079-1
MOUNTAIN BIKE
CROSS BIKE
CROSS BIKE
Sales:
Hermann Hartje KG
Tel: [phone]
[email protected]
www.hartje.de

Bicycle part terms
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1 Bicycle part terms
Note: The figure may vary depending on your bicycle model or the selected
configuration. Read the special notes regarding your configuration in the
respective chapters.
Frame:
1
Top tube
2
Head tube
3
Down tube
4
Rear frame chain stay
5
Rear frame seat stay
6
Seat tube Brake lever
Handlebars
Handlebar stem
Hydraulic lines
Suspension fork
Front brake
Quick-release
Front wheel
Spoke
Rim
Valve
1
2
3
4
5
6
Saddle
Seat post
Rear frame
suspension
Rear brake
Axle nut
Rear wheel
Rear derailleur
Chain guide
Pedal crank
Pedal
Rear frame seat stay
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Warranty (Guarantee specifications)
2 Warranty (Guarantee specifications)
With the purchase of this bicycle, you have purchased a high quality product. We are therefore able to offer you the following
guarantee which is effective from the purchase date:
On aluminium frames and unsprung aluminium forks: 5-year guarantee on frame and fork breakage
On steel frames and unsprung steel forks: 5-year guarantee on frame and fork breakage
On carbon frames and carbon forks without suspension: 3-year guarantee for frame and fork breakage
During the guarantee period, product defects are resolved by replacement or repair at no charge. Guarantee repair services may be
carried out only by a bicycle dealer specified by us.
The guarantee is only valid for the first owner and cannot be transferred to a subsequent owner.
Proof of purchase (invoice/dated sales document identifying the bicycle) is required for this.
The guarantee is invalidated if the bike is used for races and competitions.
This guarantee covers complete bikes, which have been fully assembled and adjusted by a dealer we have authorised.
This guarantee is voided if the bicycle is not used as specified, is inadequately maintained, incorrectly repaired, converted or modified.
Text: Copyright of Hermann Hartje KG, Hoya. Reproduction without our consent is prohibited.

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Table of contents
1 Bicycle part terms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
2 Warranty (Guarantee specifications) . . . . . . . . .4
3 Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
3.1 General notes and information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3.1.1 Reading the user manual. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3.1.2 Validity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3.1.3 Categorisation of warning notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3.2 Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3.3 Road traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3.3.1 Bicycle helmet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3.3.2 Bar ends. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3.3.3 Additional regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3.3.4 Carrying children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3.4 Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3.5 Residual risks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3.5.1 Proper use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
4 Basic information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
4.1 Symbols and terms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
4.1.1 Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
4.1.2 Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
4.1.3 Written labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
4.1.4 Units. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
4.2 Torques. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
4.2.1 Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
4.2.2 Screws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
4.3 Direction of rotation for screws. . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
4.4 Sitting position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
4.4.1 Changing components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
4.5 Wear. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
4.6 Carbon components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
4.6.1 Protection against theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
4.6.2 Permissible total weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
4.6.3 Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
4.7 Before you start riding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
4.7.1 Inspection instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
4.8 After an accident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
5 Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
5.1 Checking the condition of the brakes . . . . . . . . 27

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5.2 Brake lever configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
5.3 Rim brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
5.3.1 Basic information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
5.3.2 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
5.3.3 Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
5.4 Disc brakes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
5.4.1 Basic information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
5.4.2 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
5.4.3 Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
5.5 Coaster brakes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
5.5.1 Basic information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
5.5.2 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
5.5.3 Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
6 Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
6.1 Basic information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
6.2 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
6.2.1 Hub dynamo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
6.2.2 Sidewall dynamo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
6.3 Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
6.3.1 Headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
7 Gear shift system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
7.1 Derailleur gears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
7.1.1 Basic information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
7.1.2 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
7.1.3 Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
7.2 Gear hub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
7.2.1 Basic information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
7.2.2 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
7.2.3 Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
8 Drivetrain systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
8.1 Pedal drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
8.1.1 Basic information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
8.1.2 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
8.1.3 Checking the condition of the pedal drive . . . . . . 58
8.2 Chain drive system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
8.2.1 Basic information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
8.2.2 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
8.2.3 Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

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8.3 Belt drive system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
8.3.1 Basic information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
8.3.2 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
8.3.3 Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
9 Other components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
9.1 Handlebars. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
9.1.1 Basic information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
9.1.2 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
9.1.3 Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
9.2 Saddle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
9.2.1 Basic information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
9.2.2 Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
9.3 Pannier rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
9.3.1 Basic information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
9.3.2 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
9.4 Baggage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
9.5 Bell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
9.5.1 Basic information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
9.5.2 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
9.5.3 Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
9.6 Stand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
9.6.1 Basic information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
9.6.2 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
9.6.3 Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
9.7 Quick-release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
9.7.1 Basic information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
9.7.2 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
9.7.3 Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
9.8 Suspension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
9.8.1 Suspension fork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
9.8.2 Rear frame suspension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
10 Wheels and tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
10.1 Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
10.1.1 Basic information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
10.1.2 Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
10.2 Tyres and valves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
10.2.1 Basic information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
10.2.2 Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

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11 Storage and disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
11.1 Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
11.2 Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
11.2.1 Disposing of the packaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
11.2.2 Disposing of lubricants and cleaning products. . 89
11.2.3 Disposing of tyres and inner tubes. . . . . . . . . . . 89
11.2.4 Disposing of the bicycle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
12 Inspection report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
13 Bicycle passport. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
14 Handover document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95
14.1 Dealer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
14.2 Customer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
15 Legal notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96
16 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97

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Safety
3 Safety
3.1 General notes and information
3.1.1 Reading the user manual
Read all warnings and notes in this user manual with
care before you operate the bicycle for the first time.
Keep the manual at hand so that it is available at all times.
Include the user manual when passing the bicycle on to
third parties.
3.1.2 Validity
This user manual is valid for the 2018 bicycle models:
Depending on the bicycle model, your bicycle or pedelec may not
be authorised for road usage according to German Road Traffic
Licensing Regulations; compare Figures “Road Traffic Licensing
Regulation stickers” or “Lighting equipment” to see if it is allowed to
use your bicycle or e-bike on the road.
Bicycles or e-bikes that are not approved for road usage according
to German Road Traffic Licensing Regulations are labelled
accordingly on the seat post or down tube (see Fig. “Road Traffic
Licensing Regulation stickers”).
• Use the diagrams Road Traffic Licensing Regulation
stickers or Lighting equipment to check if your bicycle or
e-bike model is approved for road usage (see Chapter “Road
traffic” on page 12).
E-bikes (pedelecs) also have a supplementary user manual for
the motor.
Fig.: Road Traffic Licensing Regulation stickers (example)
Dieses Rad ist für
die Nutzung von öffentli-
chen Verkehrswegen
nicht geeignet, da es
nicht entsprechend der
StVZO ausgestattet ist.
Fig.: Lighting equipment (example)
1 Rear reflector (red)
2 Headlight with reflector
(white)
3 Reflective strips (white)
4 Reflectors on the pedal (yel-
low)
5 Side reflectors (yellow)
6 Rear light with reflector (red)
6
2
3
5
4
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Safety
3.1.3 Categorisation of warning notes
The sense of the warning notes is to draw your attention to potential
hazards.
Your complete attention is required for the warning notes;
the statements must be understood completely. Failure to follow a
warning note may result in injury to yourself or other persons. The
warning notes alone cannot prevent dangers. Follow all warning
notes to avoid risks when using the bicycle.
There are warning notes in the following categories:
WARNING
This key word designates a hazard with a moderate
degree of risk which may lead to death or severe injury
if unheeded.
CAUTION
This key word designates hazard with a low degree
of risk, which may result in minor or moderate injury
if unheeded.
NOTICE
This key word warns of possible damage to property.
3.2 Use
WARNING
Danger for children or for individuals with insufficient
knowledge or abilities!
Risk of accident and injury!
• You should only use the bicycle if you are fully acquainted
with the operation of the bicycle and all of its functions.
• Do not allow persons with reduced physical,
sensory or mental abilities or a lack of experience or
knowledge to use the bicycle.
• Do not allow children to play with the bicycle.
• Do not allow children to clean, maintain or service the
bicycle.
WARNING
Children have insufficient knowledge and skills.
Risk of suffocation!
• Do not allow children to play with the packaging
wrapper. Children may get caught in it when playing
and suffocate.