This workshop manual is for those of us who use the tools and do our own repair and maintenance work. Is that you too ?
Most riders can fix a flat, replace a cable, or oil the chain. No manual needed.
But overhauling a hub or replacing a bottom bracket is a workshop job.
Replacing chainrings and cassettes are workshop jobs too.
So is replacing spokes and trueing a wheel.
Imagine building or rebuilding a whole bike.
Those are a bunch of very cool bonding moments for you and your bike : )
Obviously you’ll need a work area, a few tools, and enough room to move. But then what ?
Some hubs use loose ball bearings and some use sealed bearings. Bottom brackets come in a variety of designs and sizes. Different bottom brackets fit different cranks. Cassettes could be free-hub or free-wheel. And brakes, geez, there’s way too many of them.
Which variety of part is on your bike ? Do you have the right tool ? Is there a certain technique to disassemble and reassemble ? And how much torque to tighten those parts ?
Now you need a workshop manual.
This manual is designed for workshop mechanics who do a variety of jobs on a variety of bikes. They’ll no doubt find every page useful. For everyday biking and doing repairs at home we might not need half of it. But then again we might.
PROS
- A complete workshop-quality manual
- Easy to read with good images
- A very practical how-to guide
- Written for the mechanically minded
- Digital version is easy to update
CONS
- Only available in Kindle version (Australia)
- Excites me to go build a better home workshop
This is valuable how-to information and explained in an easy to understand way. It’s worth having a copy for your workshop.
And it’s definitely worth gifting to the everyday-cyclist in your life who does all his/her own mechanics, they will love you for it.
There are plenty of other books and videos out there on bicycle repairs. Most become old within a couple of years. This is not one of them.
The book is easy to read, has good images, and a practical format. If you like to change or upgrade parts from time to time this is the manual for your work area.
Buy a copy today for your favourite bicycle mechanic.
BUY IT HERE FROM AMAZON
Big Blue Book Of Bicycle Repair
by C. Calvin Jones
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