The Bicycling Guide to Complete Bicycle Maintenance & Repair: For Road & Mountain Bikes
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The fully revised and updated sixth edition of the best-selling guide to bike maintenance from the world's leading authority on cycling Whether they own the latest model or a classic with thousands of miles on it, beginner and experienced cyclists alike need a guide that will help them get their bikes out of the shop faster and keep them on the road longer. For more than 20 years, The Bicycling Guide to Complete Bicycle Maintenance & Repair by Todd Downs has done just that. With troubleshooting sections to quickly identify and correct common problems, 450 photographs and 40 drawings to clarify all the step-by-step directions so even the complete neophyte can get repairs right the first time, and Web sites and phone numbers of bicycle and parts manufacturers, this is truly the ultimate bicycle repair and maintenance manual. Now better than ever, the newest edition contains the latest information on component kits and carbon fork specifications. Read more
Publisher : Rodale Books
Publication date : September 28, 2010
Edition : Updated
Language : English
Print length : 416 pages
ISBN-10 : 160529487X
ISBN-13 : 72
Item Weight : 1.68 pounds
Dimensions : 8.4 x 0.9 x 10.78 inches
Part of series : Bicycling Guide to Complete Bicycle Maintenance & Repair for Road & Mountain Bikes
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Format: Paperback
I've been a Cyclist (notice I didn't say biker) for more than 40 years. And there are many types nowadays. I am a rough rider. I also consider myself a decent Bike Wrench (mechanic) and can trouble shoot most problems. This being said, who can't learn more? Every enthusiast should have books on their favorite subjects, reference guides of some sort. Well, here it is! Whether you are an old pro or a newbee, this is the book you want. Read it cover to cover or just look through it when you need it. It will help you maintain that Iron Pony or Thorobred between your legs and when it's sick, you can bring it back to health. You can save some money by doing it yourself or maybe you just want an idea of what's wrong before you take it to the bike doc. Whatever your reason, you won't go wrong here. It's informative, has excellent pictures and illustrations and covers lots of info you should know. Todd has experience due to years of mastering what he does and shares his vast knowledge with you. From road to mountain bikes and those in between you're covered because the book is up to date. Thank You Todd!
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Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2012 by RA!
This book is GREAT!! My husband has recently gotten into refurbishing vintage bikes and/or taking various parts from this bike and that bike and making hybrids. He has found this book to be insanely helpful - there are pix and clear directions to follow. It turns out that I'd mistakenly bought two of these books - the exact same one - so my husband sent the extra copy to the guy whose been mentoring him on this bike hobby... this man has been doing bikes for YEARS and said that this a wonderful book and even HE picked up a few pointers and some information and instruction. I don't honestly do the "bike thing", but these two guys, novice and expert, both say this is a wonderful book.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2014 by MKW
Format: Paperback
My story begins when my wife & I moved south for a warmer climate. Health issues seem to suggest riding a bicycle for therapy. After buying 2 cruisers, knee replacements made it difficult for my wife to get rolling or dismount when stopping. After a couple of spills, her Dr. suggested a three wheel adult trike. The search was on. Upon finding a used trike, one of the back wheels seemed to be bent and it wouldn't change gears. I'm a hands on person so I thought this can't be this difficult! Well, I took the wheel off and took it to a bike shop. Them being very helpful, they were going to have to order the wheel and when I told them about it not changing gears they suggested a tune-up? So, how much will that be?, and to my surprise more than I gave for the trike. WOW!!! My do it myself option was to research the problems online and even after reading some possible solutions I really didn't under-stand it. OH, what about an online manual that I might print off. Well, that didn,t work, however, as I continued my thought process it occurred that I just order the manual then I would have all the info I might ever need. This manual has been a great reference guide w/pictures. With its instructions I tightened the spokes on the wheel(truing) and adjusted the derailers(tuning-up)and the trike is doing fine.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2012 by P Simons
Format: Kindle
It covers every bike part in detail. It tells you how every bike part works and how to service it, its history, the tools you need to service any part of the bike, it even gives you time intervals to do bike maintainance and to service some bike parts. I only wish that it had more pictures when explaining procedures to service the bike. But even then the book deserves five stars for being so informative.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2018 by MafiaInspiring
Format: Paperback
Good book. I am getting started with in depth bicycle repair and conversions so I refer to this book a great deal. All the reference you need and more. Easy to follow, step by step instructions. Pictures are bigger and easier to follow than the Blue Book. Both are good. Wish these types of books addressed hard to remove parts from rust, a common problem for all who works on bikes. I would recommend this book.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2015 by David George
Format: Paperback
The product(s) arrived on time, as described by Amazon & manufacturer, it was shipped without issue, arrived within prescribed estimates, the packaging was undamaged, and the product itself was unmolested and made with quality materials. Description, photograph, website presentation, and what arrived are the same-size, shape, color, and it matched my expectations. A comprehensive book detailing all of the normal issues one might have with a bicycle and the language, diagrams or pictures etc., they're set up and explained in common vernacular. A novice user or more experienced repairman would benefit from this book and I recommend it to anyone wanting to cut their costs when it comes to bicycle repair...it's getting as outrageous as a car!
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Reviewed in the United States on May 12, 2016 by 007
Format: Kindle
This is much more up-to-date than my Clymer "Fix Your Bicycle" manual, but that was written in the '70s, and the technology has advanced some since then... though not a lot. Be that as it may, the proofreading for this Kindle edition (maybe even the printed ed.) is far inferior. I started to make "notes" to try to explain (to myself & others) that 181/4" actually means 18x1/4" or eighteen 1/4 inch ball bearings, rather than 181/4", which would be about 45.25". Sloppiness like that may be forgivable in a romance paperback, but it makes life difficult when trying to understand a repair manual. Yes, I can make allowances for missing "spaces", and I have... but, I don't like it, especially when they happen as often as they do in this manual. I gave up "making notes". As I suggested, this is just sloppy editing. I'm pretty sure that there is "NO EDITING" in this day and age, as we all fall into the morass of "blogging", "texting", and "Instant Messaging" with their attendant shortened (mis)spellings and general lack of grammar and punctuation. That's all cool, especially the entertaining abbreviations like IMHO, ROTFLMAO, etc., but it does not belong in a repair manual. But, I digress. Standard Disclaimers Apply; I haven't read the whole manual, but I am, so far, disappointed in its lack of professionalism. The author may know how to wrench on a bike (He seems to "know his stuff"), but he ain't no Shakespeare (bad analogy... I can't understand Shakespeare, either). You need to know that this is a poorly edited manual with many "typos" and other problems. Is it worth $10? We-e-l-l-l... I kinda' agree with the reviewer that said you can get better info online... for free... but be careful... you can get much worse info online, too. I like Sheldon Brown's website [...], too, though it's a bit difficult to find what you want there. Wha-a-a-t? Vietnamese women? WTF? Lor'nce (aka Buellist, aka Konservativ Anarkist)
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Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2013 by Konservativ Anarkist
Format: Kindle
The Bicycling Guide to Complete Bicycle Maintenance & Repair for Road & Mountain Bikes [Kindle Edition] by Todd Downs is the best bicycle maintenance book or manual I have found and purchased. I own several bicycles and want to do my own maintenance and if one does, this is in my view the book to own. I also own a Motorcycle and much of the information and knowledge based skills utilized in this book are also good for a thorough maintenance approach to the mechanical maintenancre of a motorcycle. From the basic introduction of the book to the tool recommendations you read at the first of the book, you know you are getting a book that avoids the fluff and gets right to solid information about bicycle maintenance. I love this book and recommend it to the person needing some guidance to working on their bikes and optimization of the setup of your ride.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2013 by CDP's Onceagain habit of purchasing