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Mountain Bike Maintenance: The Illustrated Manual Complete step-by-step guide, from simple repairs to major overhauls.

Mountain bikes endure a great deal of punishment.

Mountain Bike Maintenance explains how to keep a bike trouble-free on- or off-road.

From fixing flat tires to replacing worn brakes, from headset to chainset, this book is crucial for every level of mountain-biker from beginners to veterans.

Mountain Bike Maintenance shows how to: - Make maintenance a pleasure — not a chore - Customize your bike for special conditions or a personal riding style - Increase a bike’s speed - Do roadside repairs - Extend a bike’s life.

Bike Repair & Maintenance For Dummies (For Dummies (Sports & Hobbies)) By coupling step-by-step instructions and detailed photos and illustrations, Bike Repair & Maintenance For Dummies gives readers the information they need to keep their bikes in working order, often without taking it to the shop.
Customer Review: Awesome Book!!
This book has such an excellent insight into how to repair and maintain your bike like a professional. Each step or problem that a rider may face is carefully instructed for you so that you have all the steps necessary to do an excellent job! I would recommend this to anyone who wants to learn new skills about keeping your bike in shape and also those who just want to learn more about the mechanics of bikes! Overall great book!!

Zinn and the Art of Mountain Bike Maintenance Lennard Zinn explains that it doesn’t take special skills to learn how to care for one’s bike, only “a passion for spreading new grease on old parts.” Clearly, his ambition is to share with newcomers the Zen-like joy of bike maintenance. But it’s seasoned bike mechanics that should be tripping over each other for a copy of this comprehensive and ambitious manual. Zinn differs from other how-to books by guiding readers–with plain-speaking text–through almost every imaginable repair on almost every imaginable part. He covers everything from rebuilding hubs, to loosening seized stems, to installing six different types of bottom brackets. He even risks cycling blasphemy by walking mere mortals through the art of wheel building–an intimidating task that can take years to perfect. Although best suited for the old pros, his guide is user- friendly, funny, and essential to anyone willing to love their bike. –Ben Tiffany
Customer Review: Dissapointed
I’ve heard so much about the book I figured I’d have to get it. When I finally read through it I was dissapointed to find no new info and cheap hand drawn illustration. For anyone who wrenches on a large assortment of bikes I recommend the Hanes Manual on Mountain bikes. It has blow by blow pictures just like their car manuals and it’s cheaper.
Customer Review: Organized, Concise and Thorough
As a beginner home mechanic (despite riding mountain bikes for the past 18 years) I found this book to have a very organized approach. I particularly appreciate the grading of repair/maintenance so you will know how difficult a job will be before beginning. This book will essentially be free from the money you saved after a skipping a couple of tune ups at the shop and doing it yourself. It seems amazingly current with the latest equipment even though it was published a few years back. I highly recommend this book to all recreational riders. Nice hand drawn diagrams, I prefer this reference to the other one I bought with photos due to the organization and the exploded views that photos cannot replace.

Zinn and the Art of Road Bike Maintenance Lennard 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
Customer Review: Comprehensive, simple bicycle maintenance book
A comprehensive yet simple bicycle maintenance book, well illustrated, very thorough.
For the beginning bike mechanic, and rider looking to do their own maintenance. Not as interesting as the Chainbreaker Bike book, but clearer type makes it more useful, better illustrations make the parts easier to understand.

The Bicycling Guide to Complete Bicycle Maintenance and Repair: For Road and Mountain Bikes(Expanded and Revised 5th Edition) This revised, updated, expanded fifth edition is indispensable-with all the latest models, parts, and repair techniques, and terrific money-saving tips to keep any ride in tip-top shape Since its first publication, Bicycling Magazine’s Complete Guide to Bicycle Maintenance and Repair has sold over 400,000 copies. The fifth edition is guaranteed to remain the category killer. This long-overdue update is a must-have for weekend riders and serious cyclists alike.