Focus Paralane 9.7 - Setup / assembly problems
 

Hi,

I just received a new bike, Focus Paralane 9.7. First road bike ever. First carbon bike ever. First.. well, let's say that I'd like to keep good care of this one ;)

But I'm having small problems right at the beginning. Mostly due to the fact that I'm.. newbie?


1) I need mudguards, and they came with the bike. Allways do, with Paralane. But manual says there ought to be 3 protective stickers , which are missing. Even the places of the stickers on the frame are given with 1 mm accuracy, so they must be important ;)

Could someone, who has (or has access to) "mudguarded Paralane", measure what is the size of the stickers I should have. Maybe I could buy some clear 3M tape and make ones myself.


2) I did got 3 stickers with the bike! One clear, 55 x 4,5 cm. One clear, tapered, 20 x 2,5 -> 1,8 cm and one black weird shaped, about 7 x 5,5 - 4,5 one. Manual doesn't even mention these, but they must be for bike / frame protection. Any idea where I should glue these (sorry, I really have not had any bike worth protecting before).


3) According to the manual one should be able to adjust the positions of R.A.T. axles levers. Manual seems to indicate that the opposote side of the lever consist of 2 parts. One that is fixed to the frame with a screw and then insert that you use to position the lever. My bike does not have insert, the whole "opposite side" is made of one solid piece. Do you have the option to position the lever where you want to only on even more expensive bikes, but the manual is the same for "poorer models" also? :)

Position of the rear lever is OK, but the front really should be adjusted.

I'd like to keep this bike as scratchless as possible (will be doing some gravelroad cycling).. would it make sense to buy some clear protective stuff (3M tape?), and what are all the parts / places on the bike / frame that should be protected?

I tried to attach some pictures about the "problems", but since I just joined, it's not possible. So to bend the rules a little, this is the link to the album where they can be seen: imgur.com/a/gkSB7cv

Thank you, so much!

P.S. Sorry for any and all typos.. english is my third language ;)