Essential Bicycle Maintenance & Repair

By Daimeon Shanks

Book Overview

Keep your bike on the road for the long haul Whether you're training, competing, or simply riding for fun, a properly tuned bike is essential to performance, efficiency, and safety. That's whereEssential Bicycle Maintenance & Repair comes in.

Author Daimeon Shanks takes a straightforward "you can do it" approach to maintaining and repairing your bike so it's ready to go when you are.

Essential Bicycle Maintenance & Repair provides simple step-by-step instructions, accompanied by up-close photos, illustrations, and advice, for more than 100 repairs. You'll learn these skills and more:

Adjust derailleurs and troubleshoot shifting problems.True your wheels and tweak your hubs for a silky-smooth ride.Install caliper, cantilever, or V-brakes.Repair a broken chain on the roadside.Fix flats in no time flat.Maintain pedals and cleats for efficiency and comfort.Install or adjust a headset.Install handlebars, including aero bars and flat bars.Adjust your saddle for a perfect fit.Determine if a triple crankset is right for you.

So spend more time in the saddle and less time and money in costly repair shops. Essential Bicycle Maintenance & Repair is the one guide no cyclist should be without

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1450407072
• ISBN13: 9781450407076
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.4" x 10.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up