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Product Details
- Hardcover: 192 pages
- Publisher: J H Haynes ; Co Ltd; 5th Revised edition edition (20 Sep 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1844254216
- ISBN-13: 978-1844254217
- Product Dimensions: 1.5 x 21.5 x 27.5 cm
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Product Description
Haynes' best-selling "Bike Book" has now sold over 750,000 copies in a dozen languages. With the pace of bicycle developments moving ever more quickly, this new fifth edition introduces significant changes, including substantial new sections on hub gears and the various types of bottom bracket/chainset combinations now available. Beautifully presented in colour throughout and packed as before with practical information and handy tips, this book - the undisputed market-leader - gives any rider the confidence and knowledge required to tackle regular maintenance, repairs and even major overhauls.
About the Author
Fred Milson is a media all-rounder, with books, scripts and radio work on cars and household DIY to his credit. But his first love is bikes, his exploits including a lone trip to Istanbul as well as the daily battle of cycling in and around London.
The Bike Book [Hardcover]
Costumer Reviews
The pictures are large in colour and accurate (nice close-ups). There are decent technical cutaways diagrams when required. The details cover the aspects of common modern bikes. This includes things like elastomer forks as well as newer oil forks and air (although it is a bit vague on air forks). I found the sections on derailleur adjustments and wheel bearing replacements to be very good, as these are the things I do on a regular basis. I also have "zinn and the art of mountain bike maintenance" which seems to get a lot of 5 reviews, but in my honest opinion, this book is better as it covers a smaller more popular range of components (maybe more UK specific?) The text is also more precise and the diagrams clearer. If you are concerned I would check them out first in a bookshop as they are two totally different books, but if you do decide buy this I don't think you'll be disappointed. It’s quite a good price too!
Having returned to cycling after a gap of over thirty years, I found this book clear and helpful. At very least, it has guided me as to what maintenance I am willing to undertake and what will be left to the bike shop. The advice it has given me has been very useful and I am much clearer and confident in handling routine maintenance tasks.