User manual SHIMANO SI-8ED0A TECHNICAL INSTRUCTIONS

[. . . ] Consult your bicycle dealer and the bicycle's owners manual, and practice your riding and braking technique. · If the front brake is applied too strongly, the wheel may lock and the bicycle may fall forward, and serious injury may result. · Brakes designed for use as rear brakes should not be used as front brakes. [. . . ] Reduce your speed and apply the brakes early and gently. · If the road surface is wet, the tires will skid more easily. If the tires skid, you may fall off the bicycle. To avoid this, reduce your speed and apply the brakes early and gently. · Read these Technical Service Instructions carefully, and keep them in a safe place for later reference. Multi-Condition Brake System Multi-Condition Brake System By providing superior wet weather braking performance (control and modulation), braking performance will not vary in a multitude of conditions when using this brake system. 1 mm 5 mm Allen key Tightening torque: 6 ­ 8 N·m {52 ­ 69 in. lbs. } In order to realize the best performance, we recommend that the following combination be used. Series Brake lever V-BRAKE brake Brake cable DXR BL-MX70 BR-MX70 4. Pass the inner cable through the inner cable lead, and after setting so that the total of the clearances between the left and right shoes and the rim is 2 mm, tighten the cable fixing bolt. Inner cable lead 5 mm Allen key Installation of the brake lever Use a 5 mm Allen key to install the brake lever. Tightening torque: 6 ­ 8 N·m {52 ­ 69 in. lbs. } 5 mm Allen key Tightening torque: 6 ­ 8 N·m {52 ­ 69 in. lbs. } Use a handlebar grip with a maximum outer diameter of 32 mm. BL-MX70 JAPAN 22. 2 BC B + C = 2 mm 5. Adjust the balance with the spring tension adjustment Shimano BR-MX70 Safety Information WARNING ­ To avoid serious injuries: When installing the components to carbon frame/handle bar surfaces, verify with the manufacturer of the carbon frame/parts for their recommendation on tightening torque in order to prevent over tightening that can cause damage to the carbon material and/or under tightening that can cause lack of fixing strength for the components. screws. 2 1 Use the BR-MX70 V-BRAKE brake with V-BRAKE brakecompatible brake levers such as the BL-MX70 brake levers. Note · The BR-MX70 V-BRAKE brake can only be used as a rear brake. · The optimum efficiency of the Multi-Condition Brake System can be realized by using the brakes and brake levers in the recommended set. · If the brake shoes have worn down until the grooves are no longer visible, they should be replaced. · Different brake shoes have their own characteristics. Ask the place of purchase for details when purchasing the brake shoes. [. . . ] There are two different types of shoe and shoe holder to A be used in the left and right positions respectively. Slide the new shoes into the grooves on the shoe holders while taking note of the correct directions and pin hole positions. For the left FORWARD For the right Front Shoe Shoe holder Front Shoe Shoe holder R FORWARD FORWARD One Holland, Irvine, California 92618, U. S. A. Phone: +1-949-951-5003 Industrieweg 24, 8071 CT Nunspeet, The Netherlands Phone: +31-341-272222 FORWARD Washer B (thick) Washer B (thin) Shoe fixing nut Shoe fixing pin 3-77 Oimatsu-cho, Sakai-ku, Sakai-shi, Osaka 590-8577, Japan R Shoe insertion direction R Shoe fixing pin * Service Instructions in further languages are available at : http://techdocs. shimano. com Please note: specifications are subject to change for improvement without notice. [. . . ]