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Jay Beattie
May 21, 2013, 8:52:33 PM5/21/13
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So, the kid is going off to college, and he's taking two bikes (road/
29er), and I'm ashamed to say that he is not mechanically gifted and
that I never taught him much about bike repair. I just quietly
performed my duties as fleet mechanic. My only excuse is that he did
not get really manic about riding until just recently.
Anyway, I want to give him a repair book that is not a bunch of web-
pages. Nothing as sophisticated as Barnett's, but something that
would cover all the usual road bike stuff plus MTB repair like
bleeding hydraulic disc brakes, working on shocks and so-forth. Is
there a single volume work that is regarded as accessible and
authoritative these days?
-- Jay Beattie.
29er), and I'm ashamed to say that he is not mechanically gifted and
that I never taught him much about bike repair. I just quietly
performed my duties as fleet mechanic. My only excuse is that he did
not get really manic about riding until just recently.
Anyway, I want to give him a repair book that is not a bunch of web-
pages. Nothing as sophisticated as Barnett's, but something that
would cover all the usual road bike stuff plus MTB repair like
bleeding hydraulic disc brakes, working on shocks and so-forth. Is
there a single volume work that is regarded as accessible and
authoritative these days?
-- Jay Beattie.
AMuzi
May 21, 2013, 8:59:01 PM5/21/13
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road bike are not appreciably different.
http://www.alibris.com/Zinn-the-Art-of-Mountain-Bike-Maintenance-Lennard-Zinn/book/7390507?matches=84&cm_sp=works*listing*title
Well worth 99 cents!
--
Andrew Muzi
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Open every day since 1 April, 1971
Frank Krygowski
May 22, 2013, 12:32:37 AM5/22/13
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On May 21, 8:59 pm, AMuzi <a...@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
> On 5/21/2013 7:52 PM, Jay Beattie wrote:
>
> > So, the kid is going off to college, and he's taking two bikes (road/
> > 29er), and I'm ashamed to say that he is not mechanically gifted and
> > that I never taught him much about bike repair. I just quietly
> > performed my duties as fleet mechanic. My only excuse is that he did
> > not get really manic about riding until just recently.
>
> > Anyway, I want to give him a repair book that is not a bunch of web-
> > pages. Nothing as sophisticated as Barnett's, but something that
> > would cover all the usual road bike stuff plus MTB repair like
> > bleeding hydraulic disc brakes, working on shocks and so-forth. Is
> > there a single volume work that is regarded as accessible and
> > authoritative these days?
>
> > -- Jay Beattie.
>
> I'd go with Zinn for Mountain bikes. The usual bits for a
> road bike are not appreciably different.
>
> http://www.alibris.com/Zinn-the-Art-of-Mountain-Bike-Maintenance-Lenn...
> On 5/21/2013 7:52 PM, Jay Beattie wrote:
>
> > So, the kid is going off to college, and he's taking two bikes (road/
> > 29er), and I'm ashamed to say that he is not mechanically gifted and
> > that I never taught him much about bike repair. I just quietly
> > performed my duties as fleet mechanic. My only excuse is that he did
> > not get really manic about riding until just recently.
>
> > Anyway, I want to give him a repair book that is not a bunch of web-
> > pages. Nothing as sophisticated as Barnett's, but something that
> > would cover all the usual road bike stuff plus MTB repair like
> > bleeding hydraulic disc brakes, working on shocks and so-forth. Is
> > there a single volume work that is regarded as accessible and
> > authoritative these days?
>
> > -- Jay Beattie.
>
> I'd go with Zinn for Mountain bikes. The usual bits for a
> road bike are not appreciably different.
>
>
> Well worth 99 cents!
I was going to recommend Zinn as well. My edition's old, but I imagine
any newer one is as good.
- Frank Krygowski
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