Xmas pressie

feel
feel Posts: 800
edited December 2007 in Road beginners
Anyone recommend a good maintenance book for road bikes to ask Mrs Feel for as a Xmas pressie :)


edit : :oops: meant to put this in "cake stop"
We are born with the dead:
See, they return, and bring us with them.

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  • caissad
    caissad Posts: 59
    "Zinn and the Art of Road Bike Maintenance" and Park Tools' "Big Blue Book of Bicycle Repair" are both very good.

    Zinn doesn't have photographs - just good explanations and well-drawn diagrams.

    The Park Tool book has lots of photos.
  • feel
    feel Posts: 800
    caissad wrote:
    "Zinn and the Art of Road Bike Maintenance" and Park Tools' "Big Blue Book of Bicycle Repair" are both very good.

    Zinn doesn't have photographs - just good explanations and well-drawn diagrams.

    The Park Tool book has lots of photos.

    cheers - do you think one is slightly better than the other? Anyone else any views on these two (or others)
    We are born with the dead:
    See, they return, and bring us with them.
  • caissad
    caissad Posts: 59
    I think there is very little to choose between either of them. If I had to make a decision I would go for the Big Blue Book of Bicycle Repair because of the photographs. Others may prefer the larger format of the Zinn book and the consequently larger diagrams.
  • wilkies80
    wilkies80 Posts: 67
    Bought the zinn book myself , no foto's but loads of "exploded" diagrams covering both campag and shimano.
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  • feel
    feel Posts: 800
    Mmmh, one all. Got a feeling this could be closer than the squirrel versus the crow :lol:
    We are born with the dead:
    See, they return, and bring us with them.
  • Felix-da-house-mouse
    Felix-da-house-mouse Posts: 801
    another one for zinn. 10/10
    felix's bike

    pedal like you stole something!!!
  • star_rover
    star_rover Posts: 318
    Go for Zinn. You can get all the Park book stuff on the website.
  • duckiciao
    duckiciao Posts: 96
    star_rover wrote:
    Go for Zinn. You can get all the Park book stuff on the website.

    Can you have the website in your garage though?
  • feel
    feel Posts: 800
    duckiciao wrote:
    star_rover wrote:
    Go for Zinn. You can get all the Park book stuff on the website.

    Can you have the website in your garage though?

    yeah have tried that before - taking my laptop into the garage when working on my motorbike - oil and dirty finger marks all over the screen and keyboard :evil:
    We are born with the dead:
    See, they return, and bring us with them.
  • star_rover
    star_rover Posts: 318
    duckiciao wrote:
    star_rover wrote:
    Go for Zinn. You can get all the Park book stuff on the website.

    Can you have the website in your garage though?

    You don't need it as you have your copy of Zinn. :wink:

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