Aug
12
2010
Anybody’s Bike Book: Original Manual of Bicycle Repairs
Posted by Blogmaster in Books (Bicycle Repairs), tags: Anybody's, Bicycle, Bike, Book, Manual, Original, Repairs.Product Description
Still unparalleled for its friendly tone, easy-to-follow instructions, and fun funky illustrations. A Ten Speed Classic!
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I think that this is the one book that anybody with a bike needs. It covers all aspects of bike mechanics from the simplest, like choice of tools, to more complex, like working on the power train. There is a lot of practical advice about dealing with problems on the road such as straightening the front end after a collision, to replacing broken spokes.
The writing style, and clear illustrations, make it easy to read.
Rating: 5 / 5
I bought my first copy of this book back in 1974 at the age of 14, and proceeded to tear every part of my bike apart, and more importantly, successfully put it back together! I recently began riding again, and the first thing I did was to buy the newest edition, and proceeded to tear apart my bike again! This book makes it fun to work on bikes! In fact, once I had finished completely overhauling it, I was a little bummed because all that is left to do now is to ride it…
The bood is well written, funny, informative, and covers almost everything. I highly recommend it to anyone who owns a bike and is interested in learning to maintain it!
Rating: 5 / 5
This is the best bicycle repair manual on the market. I have used an older version of this book many times and it has never let me down. Highly recommended for all bicycle enthusiasts.
Rating: 5 / 5
This book has all of the information that I will probably ever need to keep my bike working in perfect condition. However, it has only a handful of “drawing”-type illustrations. I need lots of pictures in a how-to book…especially one that is so technical.
Rating: 3 / 5
I’ve left Cuthbertson handy in my bathroom for the past 6 months. In that time, during spare moments, I’ve learned how almost everything on my bicycle works. It helped me immensely to break down the component groups into easily understood functions such as “drivetrain” — and after all, why should understanding how a bicycle goes together be any more difficult than understanding how an internal combustion automobile goes together? When things get too ginchey, that seems to be the right spot for one of Morall’s pen-and-ink sketches to show up. (My favorite is illustration 11-10, depicting the parts of a down-tube control lever, painstakingly sketched, and labeled as per the text as “thingamabob,” “doodad,” and “mounting bolt.” … Of course, the point was how fiendishly complicated such an arrangement can be.) The information is clearly presented, and differentiated among mountain, road, and “cruiser” bikes. I’ll be moving the book down to my shop this week! :->
Rating: 4 / 5