I've got the Park Tool Big Blue Book of Bike Repair. Best thing about it for me is that it has *lots* of clear, large pictures.
I like pictures...
The written instructions are succinct.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw...e+book&x=0&y=0
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09-01-2008, 07:29 AM #1
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09-01-2008, 08:22 AM #2
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You can always go to the Park Tool website ( http://www.parktool.com/repair/ ) and look thing up online too - they have online instructions available for just about everything.
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09-01-2008, 09:40 AM #3
Back at it!
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We have the Bicycling Magazine Guide to Complete Bicycle Maintenance and Repair. It covers all types of bikes and has pic rather than drawings, which I've found helpful.
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09-01-2008, 07:37 PM #4
And your point??
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Awesome, Thanks!
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09-01-2008, 08:43 PM #5
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All I can do is change my tires and lube my chain. Everything else I take it to the bike shop but I have the books and some good online sorces I'm just scared that I would really mess something up.
On the other hand I can honestly say other than a spoke breaking I've not had any problems with my bike. Regular tune ups at the LBS and she's good to go another several hundred miles. In between times I lube the chain and clean her up really purdy.
Good on you for wanting to learn how to fix your bike, I used to love to do mechanical stuff and get my hands greasy but I also usually had a brother or two right with me showing me how to wrench, don't have that opition any longer, sigh. Have fun and please share what you've learned!Life is like a 10 speed bike, we all have gears we never use.
Charles Schultz
"The bicycle is just as good company as most husbands and, when it gets old and shabby, a woman can dispose of it and get a new one without shocking the entire community." — Ann Strong, Minneapolis Tribune, 1895
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