book recommendation

In article <[email hidden]>, DH says...

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I was in the library today (a Dutch library) and saw a few excellent books in Dutch on how to
maintain your bike plus a history of bikes, etc. I thought of ordering one in English from Amazon
as a gift to myself and was wondering if there are any specific books you guys can recommend.

I'm looking for something that covers repairs and has lots of pictures of various kinds of bike
throughout history.

Thanks, Dave Horne

David,

The absolute best book I know of for repairs and maintaince would be Barnett's Bicycle Manual:

amazon.com103 00301Open ↗
18-3567006?v=glance&s=books

It's expensive, at $80 to $90 US, but it's also over 1000 pages, and is extremely detailed with
step by step procedures. It's not a history book though, so you'll have to get another
recommendation for that.

Steve Christensen Midland, MI

Steve, thanks for the tip. I see at Amazon that the book is paperback. Do you think the book will
hold up well? I really hate buying paperbacks and do not mind spending more money for a bound book.
Thanks, Dave

In article <[email hidden]>, DH says...

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Steve, thanks for the tip. I see at Amazon that the book is paperback. Do you think the book will
hold up well? I really hate buying paperbacks and do not mind spending more money for a bound book.
Thanks, Dave

I'm not sure about the new 2003 edition, but my earlier edition comes with all of the sheets
perforated along the edge and pre-punched for an American style three ring binder. The binding
wasn't really meanst to be used long term, and the pages would fall out after awhile, so that I went
ahead and moved all of the pages into three medium sized binders. This makes sense for a shop, which
typically has a table with a row of catalogs and manuals all in binders, but might be less than
desirable for home use. I don't think it even comes hardbound.

So no I don't like the binding, but the instruction is so good that I would encourage you to buy it
anyway, and just repunch it for the european style 2 ring binders.

Steve Christensen

Richard's 21st Century Bicycle Book, by Richard Ballantine. Accept no substitute.

Caveat: Richard is a mate, but it's still a very fine work.

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Dave Larrington must be edykated coz e writed:

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Richard's 21st Century Bicycle Book, by Richard Ballantine. Accept no substitute.

Caveat: Richard is a mate, but it's still a very fine work.

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I agree, one of the few books that acknowledge the existence of recumbents, how certain books can
claim to be "complete" but ignore recumbents is odd.

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Ian

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Dave, I've already ordered the book you suggested and had it shipped to a friend in the US who will
be visiting us in a few weeks. Thanks, DH

Dave Larrington said:

Richard's 21st Century Bicycle Book, by Richard Ballantine. Accept no substitute.

Caveat: Richard is a mate, but it's still a very fine work.

Dave Larrington - legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uklegslarry.beerdrinkers.co.ukOpen ↗

Given your domain name, your endorsement carries a great deal of weight.

Zippy the Pinhead said:

Dave Larrington said:

Richard's 21st Century Bicycle Book, by Richard Ballantine. Accept no substitute.

Caveat: Richard is a mate, but it's still a very fine work.

Dave Larrington - legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uklegslarry.beerdrinkers.co.ukOpen ↗

Given your domain name, your endorsement carries a great deal of weight.

Never trust a man who doesn't drink. 😉

Tom Sherman - Recumbent Pedant Curmudgeon

"Don't Have a Cow, Man!" - Bart Simpson