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Zinn & the Art of Road Bike Maintenance: The World's Best-Selling Bicycle Repair and Maintenance Guide

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Zinn & the Art of Road Bike Maintenance is the world's best-selling guide to bicycle repair and maintenance. From basic repairs like how to fix a flat tire to advanced overhauls of drivetrains and brakes, Zinn's clearly illustrated guide makes every bicycle repair and maintenance job easy for everyone. Zinn's friendly step-by-step guide explains the tools you'll need and how to know you've done the job right. The two-color interior is easy to read—even in a dimly-lit garage or workshop. Hundreds of hand-drawn illustrations and exploded parts diagrams show just the right level of detail to lead you through every bicycle repair task. This smartly organized guide shows how to repair new and old bicycles from top to bottom. In 520 pages, Zinn's guide includes simple instructions for hundreds of bike maintenance and repair jobs: • Basics: How to fix a flat tire, lube a bicycle chain, adjust the brakes • Emergency repairs: How to fix a broken chain, tighten loose spokes, repair a bent derailleur • Easy shifting: How to clean, lube, and adjust shifters and cables for smooth shifting • Wheels: How to install a new tire, change a cassette, true a wheel, replace broken spokes, build your own wheels •Overhauls: How to repair pedals, chains and chainrings, saddles, handlebars, stems, headsets, forks • New tech: How to maintain 11-speed systems, electronic shifters, disc brakes • Cyclocross: How to set up a ‘cross bike for racing, select the right components, and make quick repairs • Troubleshooting: How to figure out what's wrong with any bike and fix it Zinn & the Art of Road Bike Maintenance makes bicycle repair and maintenance easy, quick, affordable, and fun. With Zinn at your side, you'll know how to keep your bicycling running smoothly for years. Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ VeloPress; Fourth Edition, New edition (February 1, 2013)


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Paperback ‏ : ‎ 520 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1934030988


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 81


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3 pounds


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.51 x 1.23 x 10.8 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #1,092,325 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #60 in Bike Repair


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Customer Reviews: 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 523 ratings


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    • Great Maintenance Book for all ability levels (Review of February 2013 4th Edition)
I have had many years of wrenching on cars and bikes alike. I felt that this book was a great all-in-one general maintenance book for Road Bike Maintenance. It does not give every single detail that is possible for all parts (e.g. shimano brakes, it doesn't tell give you a parts breakdown like one would if you went to the manufacture site and downloaded their technical documents). ***TIP for specific instructions for bike parts: most manufactures will post up online detailed technical specifications for each part and some will even post a parts breakdown document as well. Many of my opinions are also formed based upon my maintenance use and owner ship of the Park Tool Big Blue Book 2nd Edition (which should be the current edition). Hands down, this book is much better than the Park Tools book, for it is much more detailed in many areas that the Park Tools book lacks. This book covers most of the popular designs and manufactures (e.g. different shifting systems including campagnolo, shimano, and sram). It also details the differences between the companies as well on certain parts that need attention because of the unique design by the company. The book does a great job at sorting the different repair tasks by three different levels, which most takes I feel are generally level 2. Not only that, it also gives an overview of different type of maintenance tool sets one should have from level 1, the basic level tool kit for the beginner, to level 3 + tools that a shop should own. Zinn also explains each of the parts for every kit level as well. I feel they do a pretty good job overall on giving a easy to follow guideline as to what common tools are needed for each of the different levels of repair difficulties. For the new bike maintenance person, this book provides a comprehensive view of what it takes to wrench on a road bike (which I believe just about everyone can manage (if they proceed carefully and slowly). Also, the writing style is extremely simple to follow and believe or not written in an encouraging manner that it makes a person feel they can repair anything on their road bike. This book does not give advise onto which brands to get for all the tools (although they do have some recommendations for certain tools interspersed throughout the book). But it gives enough advise to pretty much get most things and help guide a person onto which tools to look for and which ones may be avoided. This is a great book for those who do not have an all-in-one reference book. It is cheap and affordable and definitely worth the small amount you pay for it. I don't know right now if it is offered as a digital book, but if it ever does, I'd personally continue to pick up the paper version, since having a physical book in the workshop is much better than digital! Happy Wrenching! ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2013 by A. Hua
    • Intimidating or not? Not.
To be fair, I'm handy with tools, and have worked on my own cars, etc. for years. I've torn broken things apart, say a toaster, and tried to fix them. More than often I was able to fix things I'd never seen before, but I've also failed. And that's where this amazing book comes in. Many of you may own a Haynes manual for your car, and if you do you know that it assumes you have some skills already. Thus their manual for cars typically runs 200 or so pages. Thus, is it surprising that the Zinn manual for bicycles runs close to 600? Sure is, but here's why: First, it covers a wide range of road bikes, not just one or two, and their many different parts and methods. Second, it is written for BOTH newbies and for the experienced. The amount of information in this book is astounding and I rather doubt that anyone who needs to read this review will find this book exactly and completely what he/she needs. The only thing missing - but only in part - is how to do things without special bike tools. Example: removing an old, three piece bottom bracket - this can be done with a large, adjustable wrench but you'd better be strong, careful and lucky. And perhaps that's why he doesn't tell you about that one. OTOH, where common methods can be done - like cleaning your rear gears with an old t-shirt, he does. Not to mention that you can always do a search on "How to XXXX with ordinary tools" and you'll find all manner of videos, etc. The important thing is that you will do so having been very well informed by Zinn, a considerable advantage over the youtube geniuses. A tour de force, a must buy. With the knowledge in this book, I was able to rebuild a worn out Chinese Schwinn Hybird which had a good frame but not much else, with good Shimano crank, gear sets, bottom bracket, brakes and cables, top quality 40-spoke rims and 28mm Continental tires for around $200. My ride is now every bit the equivalent of bikes commonly selling for $600 to $700 and best yet since I put it together I now know how to maintain it. My advice: buy it. Rather than going to the bike shop, if you do just one repair you will more than pay for the trivial cost of this book, learn something and feel good about it. Free at last! ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2014 by Cappy Jimbo
    • $65/hr for a shop or learn to do it yourself?
I haven't ridden in years. I bought a NIB bike off Ebay for a steal and decided to try my hand at assembly. I bought this book along with a few tools with the understanding that if I took the bike to the shop they wanted $50 on average and I'd have to return for adjustments after the first 100 or so miles...so another $40. I figured I could at least be able to learn how to do basic/regular maintenance from this book to pay for the few tools. So far so good. This is a pretty thorough book covering all areas of the bike, tools, maintenance, overhaul and different part manufacturers. I think the only thing I wish it had was color photos vs line drawings. Other than that it's a nearly perfect book for beginners and I suspect even intermediate/expert bikers looking to handle 75% of their own repairs/maintenance issues. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2013 by Chewdoggie

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