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Summary: Bicycle Repair Manual Lacking Detail In Some Places
Review: I was looking for a very detailed manual for bicycle repair. This is a general book for maintenance but it fails to explore into the nitty-gritty of indiviual components.
It does show how to repair and adjust various brake sets but I feel it did not depict this very well for the Shimano V brake series. Removing the freewheel and rear derailleur adjustments sections are very good.
It probably could have been an excellent manual, had the authors take a little more time and went into more detail.
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Summary: Bicycling Magazine's Complete Guide to Bicycle Maintenance
Review: I wish I had found this book a few years ago. I am an avid bicyclist and live in a more rural area. To have my bike serviced I must travel at least an hour one way. This book has helped tremendously with important adjustments to derailers, brakes and also measuring for good fit for a good ride.
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Summary: Bicycling Magazine's Complete Guide to Bicycle Maintenance
Review: I wish I had found this book a few years ago. I am an avid bicyclist and live in a more rural area. To have my bike serviced I must travel at least an hour one way. This book has helped tremendously with important adjustments to derailers, brakes and also measuring for good fit for a good ride.
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Summary: Read this *before* you buy a bike!
Review: I've just gotten a new bike, and this book was my bible along the rocky road to buying a bike. Technology's come a long way in the 15 years since I last bought a bike, and I was starting from nearly zero - I didn't know my top tube from my seat stay.This book covers the basics of what bicycle components are, what they do when they're working right, and how they can fail. I'm not someone who does a lot of "wrenching" on his own bike, but I found I needed to read this whole book in order to make an informed bike-buying decision. What do the tradeoffs between strength and lightness in wheelsets really mean with respect to your riding style? Do you need to go for the more expensive bottom bracket? (Probably not.) What's a 'headset', and why does it need to be covered up when you're transporting the bike on the back of a car? This book will answer all the questions you had about the makeup and operation of a bike, but more importantly, it'll answer the questions you didn't know enough to ask, and help you make the best-informed bike buying decision possible!
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Summary: Read this *before* you buy a bike!
Review: I've just gotten a new bike, and this book was my bible along the rocky road to buying a bike. Technology's come a long way in the 15 years since I last bought a bike, and I was starting from nearly zero - I didn't know my top tube from my seat stay. This book covers the basics of what bicycle components are, what they do when they're working right, and how they can fail. I'm not someone who does a lot of "wrenching" on his own bike, but I found I needed to read this whole book in order to make an informed bike-buying decision. What do the tradeoffs between strength and lightness in wheelsets really mean with respect to your riding style? Do you need to go for the more expensive bottom bracket? (Probably not.) What's a 'headset', and why does it need to be covered up when you're transporting the bike on the back of a car? This book will answer all the questions you had about the makeup and operation of a bike, but more importantly, it'll answer the questions you didn't know enough to ask, and help you make the best-informed bike buying decision possible!
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Summary: Great book but there are better ones out there !!
Review: It's a goog book for any "Joe Smoh" looking for his first book on "How to fix and do maintenance on bikes". After seeing and buying "The Haynes Bicycle Book", it makes you wanna throw away the "Bicycling Magazine's Complete Guide..." in the trashcan.
There is a BIG lack of pictures of up-to-date bicycles parts. You know, the parts sold by bike shops and not at a garage sale. Nothing really details on how to bleed a set of hydraulic disc brake system or even how to tune one. Or even the famous V-brake system.
As for suspension tube-up... you might as well save your coins and take your bike to your local bike instead of buying this book.
But if you're looking for the real "bible" on how to repair bikes, here's the best book set: Barnett's Manuals (4 Volumes Set) by John Barnett.
I bought the whole thing and made me realized how much money I've waisted on other bike repair books. Those manuals are by far the best ones released yet (and updated every year or so). They're like the shop manual of any car or truck. Loaded with pictures, graphics, torque charts, "where to" and "not to" grease a bike pictures, the step-by-step procedures of overhauling forks, rear shocks, hydraulic brake systems and so much more. At over 1000 pages, the manual simply got too large to handle! The fifth edition (just released) is separated into four separate volumes for easier handling. The standard soft-back book binding is convertible to loose-leaf format, if preferred, by virtue of perforated pages and 3-hole drilling. And all pages are grease-resistant (gloss).
In other words, get the Barnett's manuals. That will be your best investment for your knowledge.
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Summary: Good beginner guide to fixing your bike
Review: Its a good book for beginners like myself, but I wish it showed more detail photos!
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Summary: For your money, "Zinn" is a better book!
Review: Like most of the other reviewers for this book, I too had high hopes for something that is published by such a big-name magazine! Unfortunately, my hopes were all shot down as soon as I needed to do some repairs that would be considered futher than the "basics". I felt very confused with many of the diagrams and the text just didn't make it any easier. ...
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Summary: Don't waste your money on this book!
Review: This book might suffice if you've got an old bike, and need advice on something simple like cleaning, or tire replacement. But, if you're a do-it-yourselfer like me, who wants all the details, and maybe even some tips and tricks, this book falls pathetically short. Most of the components pictured look like they were late 80s vintage. There's little or no information on newer equipment. I've even found blatantly incorrect information. The "step by step" instructions jump around like they were written by someone in the late stages of Alzheimer's. You'd be better off trying to assemble a bike from scratch using only a picture of what it's supposed to look like when it's done! I recently built my own criterium bike from the bottom bracket up. This was my first attempt at bike building, so naturally, I had a lot of questions and needed step by step instructions. I went through just about every chapter of this book during the project, and found serious problems with nearly all of them. I spent more time trying to decipher the book than if I would have learned on my own by trial and error! Save yourself some money and a whole lot of headaches, and buy Zinn & The Art of Road (or Mountain) Bike Maintenance.
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Summary: Don't waste your money on this book!
Review: This book might suffice if you've got an old bike, and need advice on something simple like cleaning, or tire replacement. But, if you're a do-it-yourselfer like me, who wants all the details, and maybe even some tips and tricks, this book falls pathetically short. Most of the components pictured look like they were late 80s vintage. There's little or no information on newer equipment. I've even found blatantly incorrect information. The "step by step" instructions jump around like they were written by someone in the late stages of Alzheimer's. You'd be better off trying to assemble a bike from scratch using only a picture of what it's supposed to look like when it's done! I recently built my own criterium bike from the bottom bracket up. This was my first attempt at bike building, so naturally, I had a lot of questions and needed step by step instructions. I went through just about every chapter of this book during the project, and found serious problems with nearly all of them. I spent more time trying to decipher the book than if I would have learned on my own by trial and error! Save yourself some money and a whole lot of headaches, and buy Zinn & The Art of Road (or Mountain) Bike Maintenance.
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