Father-in-law's birthday approaches, and I have a short list of possible small gifties (yes, I know I should have bought at the York rally but I was too busy riding the awesome Trice Meteor):
Haynes bike book, or Richards' (sic) Bicycle Repair Manual. Which is better? Who's seen either in the flesh?
Guy === ** WARNING ** This posting may contain traces of irony. chapmancentral.comchapmancentral.comOpen ↗ Advance notice: ADSL service in process of transfer to a new ISP. Obviously there will be a week of downtime between the engineer removing the BT service and the same engineer connecting the same equipment on the same line in the same exchange and billing it to the new ISP.
Father-in-law's birthday approaches, and I have a short list of possible small gifties (yes, I know I should have bought at the York rally but I was too busy riding the awesome Trice Meteor):
Haynes bike book, or Richards' (sic) Bicycle Repair Manual. Which is better? Who's seen either in the flesh?
I have a 1994 edition of The Bike Book that a mate bought at a boot sale. To be honest, I never use it, but it's nicely laid out, with loads of good photographs to illustrate all the sections - in fact it's *very* pictoral. It definitely has a kind of 'beginners' feel to it, but I'd say it is very good.
I'm assuming it's the same Haynes that publish the car mechanic manuals. I've always found these very good too, so no reason not to think that the Bike Book is any less in standard..
GarryB
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Your really don't care about this man, do you Guy? Shame.
Eh? Where does that come from?
Guy === ** WARNING ** This posting may contain traces of irony. chapmancentral.comchapmancentral.comOpen ↗ Advance notice: ADSL service in process of transfer to a new ISP. Obviously there will be a week of downtime between the engineer removing the BT service and the same engineer connecting the same equipment on the same line in the same exchange and billing it to the new ISP.
Haynes bike book, or Richards' (sic) Bicycle Repair Manual. Which is better? Who's seen either in the flesh?
Given that I fully advocate learning to do stuff youself. The haynes bike book is superb, easy to follow very explanative & good value to boot. It has recently been revised to a 2003 edition haynes.co.ukviewbook.aspOpen ↗ don't buy of Amazon as they don't acknowledge an edition later than 1995 & given advances recently & all that. OK so he may not have a front shock or disk brake now but he might do some day & it covers virtualy every style of major compnent I've ever seen. Cya Mart..
I had Richards Bicycle Book as a youth - inspiring, practical and a good read. Haven't read any of the more recent ones. More recently I've bought, and used Zinn and the Art of Road/Mountain Bike Maintenance. Both very good, but don't buy both - lots of the info is repeated.
Sam
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Father-in-law's birthday approaches, and I have a short list of possible small gifties (yes, I know I should have bought at the York rally but I was too busy riding the awesome Trice Meteor):
Haynes bike book, or Richards' (sic) Bicycle Repair Manual. Which is better? Who's seen either in the flesh?
Guy === ** WARNING ** This posting may contain traces of irony. chapmancentral.comchapmancentral.comOpen ↗ Advance notice: ADSL service in process of transfer to a new ISP. Obviously there will be a week of downtime between the engineer removing the BT service and the same engineer connecting the same equipment on the same line in the same exchange and billing it to the new ISP.
Haynes bike book, or Richards' (sic) Bicycle Repair Manual. Which is better? Who's seen either in the flesh?
I have a copy of the Haynes book from a few years ago.
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Given that I fully advocate learning to do stuff youself. The haynes bike book is superb, easy to follow very explanative & good value to boot. It has recently been revised to a 2003 edition
I'd lean towards whichever book has the more recent edition (sounds like the Haynes book at the moment), or the more radical approach of getting him and internet account and pointing him at www.sheldonbrown.com. This could be rather more expensive...
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Father-in-law's birthday approaches, and I have a short list of possible small gifties (yes, I know I should have bought at the York rally but I was too busy riding the awesome Trice Meteor):
Haynes bike book, or Richards' (sic) Bicycle Repair Manual. Which is better? Who's seen either in the flesh?
Guy ===
I happen to have both in front of me right now. My Richards' (there are two of them - Richards that is) is a 1994 edition I bought when first attempting basic maintenance. The Haynes I got when first attempting a full strip down and overhaul. It has more pictures, details and certainly inspired more confidence in this beginner. The new edition covers V brakes, suspension forks and so on but if the birthday boy is on an older bike the old edition would be fine, I'd say. I haven't seen a newer edition of the Richards'. tony R.
