Quote Originally Posted by DebW View Post
"Big Blue Book of Bicycle Repairs" put out by Park Tools is recommented by Knotted.
Lennard Zinn's book "Zinn and the Art of Road Bike Maintenance" is recommented by MP.
The one put out by Bicyling Magazine "The Bicycling Guide to Complete Bicycle Maintenance and Repair: For Road and Mountain Bikes" by Todd Downs is recommended by CorsairMac.
I have all 3, and like them for different reasons. If I were gonna buy just one I would go with the Park Tools book, but I do like Lennard's book a lot too. I also fine asking DebW what to do by posting to the TE maintenance forum is great, as is the park tool website and sheldon brown's website. Sometimes when I go buy a tool at my LBS I also make them show me how to use it (like changing a casette and installing cables)!