Reccomend me a bike maintenance book

matt_wright

I'm just buying my first road bike and was after a book with information on the key maintenance. Was looking at the haynes book?

any other suggestions?

Thanks

Matt

seanoconn

The park tools big blue book is good but i mainly use you tube.

1stGenRex

seanoconn wrote:

The park tools big blue book is good but i mainly use you tube.

+1 for youtube...If you watch a few videos of the same thing (say a front Der. adjustment) and you notice they are all doing the same thing, then chances are, that's the best way to do it :P

Hoopdriver

Zinn and the Art of Road Bike Maintenance

peejay78

i recommend you the park tools website and youtube. much better than any book.

antlaff

I have the big blue book - very good but still use youtube more

deekreid

Yeh , Zinn for me as well.

furrag

I have Zinn and the art of road bike maintenance, and I also use Youtube. Combine that with forums such as the 'workshop', it's all you need really.

I work on a paediatric ward in a hospital and found a booklet titled 'The RoSPA Bicycle Owners handbook'. For free it's absolutely amazing - shows maintenance in coloured photos, what to look for prior to rides and how to maintain afterwards. It also has sections on the highway code too. For anyone looking for simple maintenance or with children who're looking to get them into cycling I think it'd make a fantastic addition to their theory arsenal.

Erudin

I mostly use the web. You can get a free ebook from http://www.londoncyclist.co.uk/ which covers basic bike maintenance.

http://bicycletutor.com/

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/

keef66

I used to buy books on everything, but now I rely almost entirely on the interweb. Unlike books, it's constantly updated to include the latest kit, and many things are easier to understand when you watch a video of somebody else doing it.

vorsprung

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Maintenance-Bic ... 718&sr=8-3

nicklouse

the links in my sig.

if you need it in paper then print it out as you need it.

also the makers webbys for the latest manuals and tips.

edb999

Stanley222 wrote:

Hoopdriver wrote:

Zinn and the Art of Road Bike Maintenance

+1

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