Zinn & the Art of Mountain Bike Maintenance
Shows how to maintain and repair the different components of a mountain bike, lists basic tools and equipment, and discusses how to select the size of a built-up bike from your body measurementsLennard Zinn explains that it doesn’t take special skills to learn how to care for one’s bike, only “a passion for spreading new grease on old parts.” Clearly, his ambition is to share with newcomers the Zen-like joy of bike maintenance. But it’s seasoned bike mechanics that should be tripping over each other for a copy of this comprehensive and ambitious manual. Zinn differs from other how-to books by guiding readers–with plain-speaking text–through almost every imaginable repair on almost every imaginable part. He covers everything from rebuilding hubs, to loosening seized stems, to installing six different types of bottom brackets. He even risks cycling blasphemy by walking mere mortals through the art of wheel building–an intimidating task that can take years to perfect. Although best suited for the old pros, his guide is user- friendly, funny, and essential to anyone willing to love their bike. –Ben Tiffany
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Generally Comprehensive & Detailed I bought this book and Down’s (more popular) book at the same time. Both books have good illustrations, but this book is by far the more detailed and helpful. Down’s book is VERY basic and leaves out detail needed to really tune anything to any extent.Having said that, this book does a decent job of showing how to tune a number of bike features, as well as doing routine maintanence/repairs. However, if you are a gear-head, you probably won’t be happy with less than Barnett’s…
The Gold Standard for Home Bike Maintenance I’ve got a shelf full of bicycle maintenance/repair books, and the Zinn books are the best of the bunch. First of all, they’re very comprehensive, describing in detail anything and everything you might need to do to keep your bike rolling smoothly. Descriptions and photos are straightforward and easy to understand. Best of all, the Zinn books go beyond just laying out the bare bones step-by-step instructions—they actually give theory and background as to why or why not. There’s some good…