Zinn & the Art of Road Bike Maintenance
You only need one look inside to see why Zinn & the Art of Road Bike Maintenance has become one of the world’s best-selling books on bike repair. This smartly organized and clearly illustrated guide to road bike repair and maintenance—now in 2 colors for easier reference—can make a mechanic out of anyone. Lennard Zinn’s expert advice makes quick work of taking care of every part of a road bike.
Zinn can teach anyone how to completely and properly maintain all aspects of a bicycle to ensure years of trouble-free riding. Newcomers and experienced mechanics alike will benefit from the hundreds of illustrations, the exploded views of how components go together, and Zinn’s practical, time-saving tips. The level of detail is astonishing, but Zinn’s friendly advice is confidence-inspiring, and his years of experience make tackling even the most daunting task fun and easy.
All the latest high-tech equipment is covered in this new edition, but Zinn does not neglect older bike technology. Indeed, no matter what road bike you may have in your garage, chances are you’ll find it—and the way to fix it—in these pages.
This new edition includes:
The basics: Even if your mechanical skills stop at pumping tires, Lennard’s guidance will show you how to maintain your bike in perfect condition. The advanced: No matter how arcane the task, Lennard has time-saving tips to speed your work. Integrated spindle cranks, carbon forks, internal headsets, ceramic bearings — they’re all in here with exploded diagrams to show you the way. The latest tech: Lennard makes sense out of the newest components including: Campagnolo’s 11-speed, Shimano’s electronic Dura-Ace, SRAM’s Red shifters, Campagnolo’s Ultra-Torque cranks, and more. Older components: Still spinning a SunTour freewheel? Let Lennard’s years of experience help you make sense of old metal. Cyclocross: New cyclocross-specific information throughout, along with more Pro Tips, more illustrations, more recommendations — more of what you need to know.
Product Features
- By Lennard Zinn
- The world’s most popular road bike repair manual will make a mechanic out of anyone
- Best-selling author Lennard Zinn shares his wealth of road bike knowledge in this second edition
- More than 300 illustrations
- Paperback, 440 pages, 8 1/2 x 11″
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A Great Book for Both Beginners as well as Serious Cyclists so….you want to fix your own bike? this book will save you thousands of dollars in taking your bike into a shop. the greatest part of the book is that it’s broken down into not only the normal chapters about specific areas of the bike, it’s broken down by ability level. want to learn how to just change a tire, done, but it doesn’t waste your time by also going into how to change the bearings in the hubs…unless you want to learn that. after just flipping through this book, and learning…
Well to be honest, after skimming through this book it occurs to me that as a very casual cyclist (= somebody who simply commutes to work on his bike about 15 minutes each way) with an entry level bike (about $400 new) only about 10% of the book is actually useful to me.This book is best for either a professional bike mechanic or someone who just loves to tinker with mechanical things in general, who owns a much more expensive bike or bikes, in my opinion. I could’ve gotten what I…