May
29
2011
Archive for the “Books (Bicycle Repairs)” Category
May
21
2011
Zinn’s Cycling Primer: Maintenance Tips and Skill Building for CyclistsPosted by Blogmaster in Books (Bicycle Repairs), tags: Building, Cycling, Cyclists, Maintenance, Primer, Skill, tips., Zinn's
Product Description A complete guide to the sport and pastime, Zinn’s Maintenance Tips and Skill Building for Cyclists is for the novice and aficionado alike. The book includes routine bicycle maintenance tips, simple tricks to fix troublesome quirks, and tutorials to help increase cycling performance. The focus is on both learnable skills and understanding components and hardware. Specific units range from improving pedal stroke and building a disc brake rear wheel to setting up clip-in pedals and shoes and mastering technical uphills. Famous athletes and mechanics provide special insight, and accompanying photographs clearly illustrate each procedure. Aimed at road and mountain cyclists as well as triathletes, this book presents valuable information in a format that’s fun and easy to grasp.
Zinn’s Cycling Primer: Maintenance Tips and Skill Building for Cyclists
May
06
2011
The Big Book of Bicycling: Everything You Need to Everything You Need to Know, From Buying Your First Bike to Riding Your BestPosted by Blogmaster in Books (Bicycle Repairs), tags: Best, Bicycling, Bike, Book, Buying, everything, First, From, Know, Need, Riding
Product Description The world’s authority on cycling provides a comprehensive guide to the sport for cyclists of all levels The sport of cycling has experienced an exciting boom in popularity fueled by Lance Armstrong’s success and recent comeback, the popularity of triathlons, rising gas prices, and the need to find a sport that lets people have some fun while they get fit. No one knows more about this boom than the pros at Bicycling magazine. For nearly 50 years, Bicycling has brought its readers the most up-to-date advice on everything from training and gear to nutrition and stories of cycling’s greatest stars. Now, for the first time, Bicycling gathers its best advice in a must-have book that cyclists of all levels can refer to again and again for answers to all of their cycling questions. Senior editor Emily Furia and her colleagues have gathered the latest, most useful information on getting started, buying gear, maintaining both road and mountain bikes, training for speed, racing techniques, understanding the rules of the road, and much more. This evergreen book is an invaluable resource for any cyclist who wants to ride their best.
Apr
16
2011
Bicycling Magazine’s Basic Maintenance and RepairPosted by Blogmaster in Books (Bicycle Repairs), tags: Basic, Bicycling, Magazine's, Maintenance, Repair
Product Description Here’s how to get your machine in top shape for maximum time on the roads and trails. In this easy-to-use handbook, you’ll find everything you need to make repairs, maintain your bike, and keep it running year after year.
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Apr
13
2011
Zinn and the Art of Road Bike MaintenancePosted by Blogmaster in Books (Bicycle Repairs), tags: Bike, Maintenance, Road, Zinn
Product Description Zinn and the Art of Road Bike Maintenance is the most sensibly organized and clearly illustrated guide to road bike repair and maintenance. Lennard Zinn’s friendly and straightforward advice makes tackling even the most daunting task seem approachable. Topics in this new edition include how to choose the right bike, instructions for regular care, proper installation of the newest 10- and 11- speed chains, how to set up superlight carbon-fiber components, torque specifications for tightening delicate parts, and much more. Amazon.com ReviewLennard Zinn is a cycling god. Zinn and the Art of Mountain Bike Maintenance is revered as a bible among the fat-tire set; he now extends the gospel to the rest of the cycling faithful in Zinn and the Art of Road Bike Maintenance. From simple, routine maintenance to more complicated tasks, Zinn remains “convinced that anyone with an opposable thumb can perform any repair on a bike.” He begins with “Basic Stuff” such as pre-ride inspections and cleaning the drive train, and continues on through the super-advanced task of wheel building–arguing that “the construction of a good set of bicycle wheels is actually a straightforward task.” Zinn guides readers step by step through every possible repair on every possible part, handlebar grips to Maric Mektronic electronic shifting, with plain-speaking text and helpful illustrations. There’s even a section on emergency repairs, including unexpected advice such as straightening a bent rim by hitting it against the ground: “You may be surprised how straight you can get a wheel this way.” This comprehensive manual is essential reading for those who love their bike. “All you have to do is follow the instructions and trust yourself.” Indeed. –M. Stein
Apr
10
2011
How To Rock and Roll : A City Rider’s Repair ManualPosted by Blogmaster in Books (Bicycle Repairs), tags: City, Manual, Repair, Riders, Rock, Roll
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Apr
05
2011
The Urban Biking Handbook: The DIY Guide to Building, Rebuilding, Tinkering with, and Repairing Your Bicycle for City LivingPosted by Blogmaster in Books (Bicycle Repairs), tags: Bicycle, Biking, Building, City, Guide, HandbooK, Living, Rebuilding, Repairing, Tinkering, Urban
Product Description Cyclists are everywhere, the cautionary bumper stickers tell you. More than ever before, bicycle culture is everywhere, too: from Portland, Oregon, to Portland, Maine, city planners are making big changes to city infrastructure for the increasing numbers of people who are leaving their cars at home (or deep-sixing them altogether) and upgrading to two wheels. Biking in the city is no longer just for bike messengers with a death wish.
Biking’s benefits are myriad: better fitness, smaller environmental footprint, quiet and low profile, cheaper, greater accessibility. For each new, non-competitive cyclist in the consumer marketplace, there is at least one bicycle that needs to be fixed, maintained, and customized. Cyclists are looking for communities of like-minded people to learn the basics of repair and maintenance, the tricks of the trade, and get some super inspiring ideas for making their bike reflect their lifestyle choices.
Quarry’s The Urban Biking Handbook: The DIY Guide to Building, Rebuilding, Tinkering, and Repairing Your Bicycle for City Living is a hardworking, illustrated guide to the cycling lifestyle. Not only does it teach tons of repair and maintenance techniques, it shows such popular skills as converting a multiple-gear bike into a fixed-gear bike (or fixie), building your own wheels, and how to build a Frankenbike from parts scavenged from several bikes. All the techniques and projects are framed by spotlights on urban bike culture worldwide: profiles of bike mechanics, bike builders, bike artists, and more.
Apr
04
2011
Bicycling: A Reintroduction: A Visual Guide to Choosing, Repairing, Maintaining & Operating a BicyclePosted by Blogmaster in Books (Bicycle Repairs), tags: Bicycle, Bicycling, Choosing, Guide, Maintaining, Operating, Reintroduction, Repairing, Visual
Product Description Interest in bicycling is growing rapidly, with worldwide industry sales up 10 to 25% per year over the past decade. There are currently 450 million bicycles owned in the US, with over 60 million adult riders. Interest in commuting (gas prices), health and fitness (boomers retiring), and environmental concerns (zero emissions) are converging to make bicycling a subject area of continued high growth. This book is designed as an introduction to bicycling, and features current information along with professional quality step-by-step and identification photos.
Apr
04
2011
Zinn & the Art of Mountain Bike MaintenancePosted by Blogmaster in Books (Bicycle Repairs), tags: Bike, Maintenance, Mountain, Zinn
Product Description Zinn & the Art of Mountain Bike Maintenance is the world’s best-selling book on mountain bike maintenance and repair. This smartly organized and clearly illustrated guide—now in two colors for easier reference—can make a bike mechanic out of anyone. Amazon.com Review
Mar
31
2011
The Complete Do-It-Yourself Bike Book: Everything You Need to Know to Fix, Maintain and Get the Most Our of Your BikePosted by Blogmaster in Books (Bicycle Repairs), tags: Bike, Book, Complete, DoItYourself, everything, Know, Maintain, Most, Need
Product Description Mel Allwood covers every area of bike maintenance and repair using step-by-step photos and detailed text, to provide a clear, thorough manual for beginner and expert cyclists alike. Instructions are broken down into each mechanical area of the bike, offering assistance and trouble-shooting ideas for any problem that you may encounter — from the simple to complex, such as the tools you need for emergency on-the-road repair, overhauling troublesome pedals, and more. Useful short cuts and hints for all kinds of repairs will equip you with the know-how to prevent expensive and time-consuming trips to bike shops. The Complete Do-It-Yourself Bike Book provides you with practical information to help you save money and get the most out of your bike, plus other advice that will make you feel safer and surer on the road, including: choosing the right bike and gear for your kind of riding security and safety riding tips for touring and traveling cycling with kids
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