Anyone recommend a good maintenance/repair book?

Fly Guy

I'm a commuter (105 miles a week) and my free maintenance period from the LBS where I bought my bike will be over soon, so I'm looking for a good book that can show me the basics, help me identify the tools I need, and give me some step by step instructions for maintenance and repairs.

I have a 2010 Trek 7.2 fx, i'm handy with tools, not a mechanic by trade, but know my way around a workbench, and would really like to get to know my bike and how to work on it.

any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

benno68

I can't recommend a book, but I find youtube a great source of info for bike maintenance and http://www.parktool.com/repair/

Hope this helps.

Buckled_Rims

There's a Haynes book of cycling, usually stocked in Halfords.

http://www.haynes.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/BookFeature_BikeBookView?langId=-1&storeId=10001&catalogId=10001


The cheapest is the late and great Sheldon Brown's website.

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/

rjsterry

I've found Road Bike Maintenance by Guy Andrews to be very good, with lot of big clear step by step photos.

kurako

Park Tools Blue Book.

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/cycle/7/Park_ ... 360037840/

Although there's loads of free info on the interweb as mentioned above.

Fly Guy

Thank you for the replies.

I see that both the web and the printed page have much to offer. Now, off to my local bookstore to see which volumes they have.

Happy Easter!

PBo

i've got the haynes, which is decent.

here's another web resource:
http://bicycletutor.com/

and i think sram have some videos about their own stuff

http://www.youtube.com/user/SRAMtech

maybe other manufacturers do too?

Slurp

someone's already mentinoed the excellent, short videos on bicycletutor.com.

I also use Zinn's handbook of Road Bike Maintenance which is very handy. He uses line drawings rather than photos, which is a difference approach to some others.

Jimbo.

Second the suggestion of Zinn and the Art of [Road/Mountain] Bike Maintenance. It's without a doubt the best piece of "how to..." I've ever used. Everything is covered, and presented in a way that's detailed without being confusing, simple without being patronising, and has been said line drawings, which are much, much clearer and easier to understand than any photo.

All things considered, the best £15 I've spent on anything bike related.

mr_poll

Just been in WH Smiths and they are flogging a magazine for total bike maintenance which includes a DVD - lots of step by step stuff and pretty pics - £12.99.

lardboy

Jimbo. wrote:

Second the suggestion of Zinn and the Art of [Road/Mountain] Bike Maintenance. It's without a doubt the best piece of "how to..." I've ever used. Everything is covered, and presented in a way that's detailed without being confusing, simple without being patronising, and has been said line drawings, which are much, much clearer and easier to understand than any photo.

All things considered, the best £15 I've spent on anything bike related.

Seconded. Also use Youtube. Just search for the part, and you'll generally find a video or 2 that will instruct you on how to repair it.

iain_j

Basic Maintenance & Repair by Ed Pavelka is a good one, it's seen me (a mechanophobe) through all sorts of jobs - servicing hubs, headsets, replacing the drivetrain, cables, etc. Handy small size for stuffing into a pannier too.

mapleflot

Another website to bookmark:
http://bicycletutor.com/

nicklouse

or just visit the MTB section

http://www.bikeradar.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12534925

the problem with the books is that they get out of date very fast.

the makers Websites are excellent for downloads and Parktools and Sheldon are great fallback sites.

If you know nothing I can recommend Zin as good toilet reading. But nothing new.