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Mountain Bike Maintenance: The Step-by-step Guide to Routine Mountain Bike Maintenance and Repair
Hamlyn (
15 November, 2002 )
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Needed more detail  |
Small and compact guide to general mountain bike up keep.Very well illustrated and good layout. Has a couple of useful sections for pre and post ride checks, routine wear checks, but unfortunatly, did not seem to give me enough information on how to strip and rebuild or even adjust for example a rear derailleur or bottom bracket. I was looking for a guide to "hold my hand" when tackling some of the bigger jobs and unfortunatley it did not give me the confidence to do them.
Overall a good read with some usfull tips, but not detailed enough to inspire confidence in a novice.
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Brilliant - wont need any other book  |
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After searching through Amazon for a decent book on how to look after my beloved road bicycle I finally settled on Zinn and am glad to say that I am delighted with this book. It covers pretty much everything, from basic emergency repairs to complex workshop stuff. Great layout, lots of diagrams and a sense of humour. If youre getting serious about your cycling and want to know how look after and repair your bike this is great. Also has calculations for things like frame sizes and an excellent trouble-shooting table. I love it!
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In fact, probably the best book about road bike maintenance. Barnetts is bigger and a bit more detailed (good for LBS, not necessarily so for single bike-lovers): but, in many cases, Zinn is not only easier to follow, but also more effective. It has some flaws (e.g. not so detailed about wheel truing), but they are minor ones. I recommend this book, really.
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