Product Description

From mountain bikes and road racers to hybrid and leisure bikes find out how to keep yours in peak condition. Fully updated “encyclopedic insight into how a bicycle works and how to maintain it.” (What Mountain Bike), for beginners and dedicated cyclists. Clear, jargon-free advice steers you through a complete maintenance programme Get up to speed with the hottest developments and pick up the latest in gear-shifter technology, new maintenance techniques for disc brakes and hints & tips for mountain-bike suspension. Pocket-sized manual with flaps to easily mark your page – perfect for when you’re on the road.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #56934 in Books
• Published on: 2008-04-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

Review
Encyclopedic insight into how a bicycle works and how to maintain it. (What Mountain Bike )

A great one-stop point of reference. (Cycling Weekly )

About the Author
Chris Sidwell is a journalist and author, life-long cyclist, former bike-shop owner and racer of road, track, mountain, and cyclo-cross bikes. He writes regularly for Cycle Sport, Cycling Plus and Cycling Weekly. Chris’ previous titles include Mr Tom – A biography of his uncle, Tom Simpson, and The Complete Bike Book.

Customer Reviews

Pretty good basis
This book is a good basis if, like me, you have no idea what screw or bolt does what when you look at your bike. It runs through the basics of adjusting the mechs, brakes, and all other parts of the bike with plenty of accurate pics. Could be a bit larger, but its is a very tidy sized book.

It didn't cover every bolt on my bike, thats why the 4 stars. but for a basic get to grips its perfect - especially for the price!

Very useful
This is big enough to have enough useful info in it, yet small enough to be able to easily get round it to the most approrpriate bits, and it's easy to follow too.

Bicycle Repair Manual by Chris Sidwells
This is a great starting point for all basic cycle repair.It covers all areas of all the most popular types of bikes.It is not too technical in it's written explanations of repair procedures and the brilliant colour illustrations give confidence to achieve all the major repairs successfully. Highly recommended.