maintenance books?

[greggery peccary]

my bike is in pretty bad shape. lost anoter spoke today and it was on the
rear driveside which made me late (BTW thanks to free range cycles for a
fast repair!). does anyone have a good book to recommend that will teach me
how to do everything incl. proper trueing & bearing adj?
-alan

 

[Mike Kruger]

"greggery peccary" <.@.> wrote in message
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> my bike is in pretty bad shape. lost anoter spoke today and
it was on the
> rear driveside which made me late (BTW thanks to free range
cycles for a
> fast repair!). does anyone have a good book to recommend
that will teach me
> how to do everything incl. proper trueing & bearing adj?
> -alan
>
The book on bicycle wheels is Jobst Brandt's "The Bicycle
Wheel". Here's the Amazon listing.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...002-6207087-5849637?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

A good general bike repair book is Leonard Zinn's "Zinn and
the Art of Mountain Bike Maintenance".

On the web, there is particularly good information at
www.sheldonbrown.com
His wheel pages are at
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/wheels/index.html

--
Mike Kruger
Too many people spend money they haven't earned
to buy things they don't want
to impress people they don't like. -Will Rogers
Democracy is buying a big house you can't afford
with money you don't have
to impress people you wish were dead. -Johnny Carson
>

 

[greggery peccary]

"Mike Kruger" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:1107057955.40dda3acc98bff9fd19cb22aa51ae810@teranews...
> "greggery peccary" <.@.> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > my bike is in pretty bad shape. lost anoter spoke today and
> it was on the
> > rear driveside which made me late (BTW thanks to free range
> cycles for a
> > fast repair!). does anyone have a good book to recommend
> that will teach me
> > how to do everything incl. proper trueing & bearing adj?
> > -alan
> >
> The book on bicycle wheels is Jobst Brandt's "The Bicycle
> Wheel". Here's the Amazon listing.
>
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...002-6207087-5849637?v=glance&s=books&n=507846
>
> A good general bike repair book is Leonard Zinn's "Zinn and
> the Art of Mountain Bike Maintenance".
>
> On the web, there is particularly good information at
> www.sheldonbrown.com
> His wheel pages are at
> http://www.sheldonbrown.com/wheels/index.html
>
> --
> Mike Kruger
> Too many people spend money they haven't earned
> to buy things they don't want
> to impress people they don't like. -Will Rogers
> Democracy is buying a big house you can't afford
> with money you don't have
> to impress people you wish were dead. -Johnny Carson
> >
>
>
thx!

 

[tcmedara]

Mike Kruger wrote:
>
> A good general bike repair book is Leonard Zinn's "Zinn and
> the Art of Mountain Bike Maintenance".
>
> On the web, there is particularly good information at
> www.sheldonbrown.com
> His wheel pages are at
> http://www.sheldonbrown.com/wheels/index.html

Haven't read Jobst book, but it's quite well regarded. Concur with the Zinn
and Sheldon Brown recommendations. The only other suggestion would be to
find a copy of Barnetts Manual on line. Between those three resources, I can
usually find what I need.

Tom

 

[NY Rides]

My experience with many repair books is that they're way over the average
home mechanic's head. Having run a teen bicycle recycling program for many
years, I finally checked out Bicycles For Dummies, and found it to be the
easiest to follow repair guide of all. I used it with my group for several
years and the kids always found it very simple to understand.

Regarding more serious reading, the titles and authorities mentioned so far
seem to be the most highly regarded among this newsgroup.

 

[wanguard]

"greggery peccary" <.@.> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> my bike is in pretty bad shape. lost anoter spoke today and it was on the
> rear driveside which made me late (BTW thanks to free range cycles for a
> fast repair!). does anyone have a good book to recommend that will teach
> me
> how to do everything incl. proper trueing & bearing adj?
> -alan
>

did not had a chance to read it, but Park Tool has new book
www.parktool.com, plus there are some nice advice pages, in addition to
other resources mentioned.

d'amir

 

[tcmedara]

NY Rides wrote:
> My experience with many repair books is that they're way over the
> average home mechanic's head. Having run a teen bicycle recycling
> program for many years, I finally checked out Bicycles For Dummies,
> and found it to be the easiest to follow repair guide of all. I used
> it with my group for several years and the kids always found it very
> simple to understand.
>
> Regarding more serious reading, the titles and authorities mentioned
> so far seem to be the most highly regarded among this newsgroup.

Barnett's can be a bit on the technical side, but it's great for those "hard
to find" questions. Zinn's book and most of Sheldon's stuff is geared
toward the actual rider, not the pro wrench, IMO. There are lots of basic
maintenance books out there. Everything from the "....for Dummies" stuff to
little pamplets you can carry in a seat pack. I found they rarely go beyond
how to change a flat or how to fix a rubbing brake. If that's all you want,
then that's fine. If you want to get into anything beyond basic user
maintenance you need something a bit more comprehensive than the "dummy"
level stuff. I've found that anyone with the slightest mechanical aptitude
can make use of the info in Zinn's book. I have the MTB version, but I've
heard similar comments on the road version.

Tom