Good maintenance book ?

"Jonathan Schneider" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I want to get a book on bike maintenance for my sister who's birthday
is imminent but can't find something suitable locally. One book had
pages and pages on headsets and just two on puncture repair which I
thought was really silly.

What do you recommend ?

I don't know if it is still available, or been updated, but Richards Bicycle
Book is pretty good, or was in it's day. Have seen, but never looked in,
the Haynes manual for bicycles.

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Quoted message said:

I want to get a book on bike maintenance for my sister who's birthday
is imminent but can't find something suitable locally. One book had
pages and pages on headsets and just two on puncture repair which I
thought was really silly.

Sounds about right to me. How many ways are there to mend a puncture?
--
Mike

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Sounds about right to me. How many ways are there to mend a
puncture?

One

Mine

Properly

--
A T (Sandy) Morton
on the Bicycle Island
In the Global Village
http://www.millport.net

Jonathan Schneider said:

One book had
pages and pages on headsets and just two on puncture repair which I
thought was really silly.

Given the relative complexity of the two jobs, I wouldn't think it was
all that silly. Depends on the quality of the information, not the quantity.

d.

I've got a copy of "Zinn and the art of mountain bike maintenance" (there's
a road bike version too) which I think is really good. It's possibly overly
comprehensive for a beginner like me but I like it. I bought it through
Amazon.

The Haynes bike book is also good, I have an old edition, but perhaps a
little less comprehensive than Zinn. Park Tools also do a repair manual,
which I've not seen, but their website's repair help is excellent so I'd
imagine that this would be a good book also (it's available from Chain
Reaction Cycles
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=8249).

"Jonathan Schneider" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I want to get a book on bike maintenance for my sister who's birthday
is imminent but can't find something suitable locally. One book had
pages and pages on headsets and just two on puncture repair which I
thought was really silly.

What do you recommend ?

Jon

Jonathan Schneider said:

One book had
pages and pages on headsets and just two on puncture repair which I
thought was really silly.
What do you recommend ?

My son (13) can easily deal wuth a puncture but replacing a headset is
probably beyond him so maybe the author(s) felt the reader needed a lot
more information/pictures for headsets than punctures, as these are
intrisically more complicated
Glanced through "Richards bicycle book" at the local library seemed
full of good advice/information if you ignore the opinion pieces.
--
This post contains no hidden meanings, no implications and certainly no
hidden agendas so it should be taken at face value. The wrong words
may be used this is due to my limitations with the English language .

Agree the *old* Richard's was good for repairs, but IMO the new
Richard's is a different story - far less info, fewer diagrams, less
easy to follow.

Haynes might be good for a starter - I've only glanced in it, but it
looks like it covers both MTBs and road bikes, and it looks easy to
follow.

I have both Zinns and like them, but their great drawback IMO is the
division between MTB and road bikes. If you have one utility/hybrid
bike that's principally road-going but it's got V-brakes - you need
both books.

Lin

Sandy Morton said:

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Quoted message said:

Sounds about right to me. How many ways are there to mend a
puncture?

One

Mine

Properly

I can think of three: the usual with patches, new inner-tube, stuff tyre
with grass (honest!).

I have even managed to put a pach on without removing the wheel.
Fortunately it was obvious where the hole was.

Oh! I have used and like the Haynes Bike Book.

--
Regards, Shane
"A closed mouth gathers no feet!"
Website: http://www.wonk.demon.co.uk/

"Shane Badham" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Oh! I have used and like the Haynes Bike Book.

I was given a Haynes book, but had some difficulty in giving it any
credibility at all because it says in the foreword something like "very few
cyclists would risk riding on the road without a helmet." Which is not only
alarmist and unjustified, it is highly inaccurate.

When something starts off so wrong, it's difficult to have any faith in it.

Rich said:

I was given a Haynes book, but had some difficulty in giving it any
credibility at all because it says in the foreword something like "very few
cyclists would risk riding on the road without a helmet."

I've yet to see a road with a helmet ;-)

--
Tony

"The best way I know of to win an argument is to start by being in the
right."
- Lord Hailsham

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Quoted message said:

I was given a Haynes book, but had some difficulty in giving it
any credibility at all because it says in the foreword something
like "very few cyclists would risk riding on the road without a
helmet."

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I've yet to see a road with a helmet ;-)

Nice one.

The best bicycle maintenance book I have seen was written by 3M in
Canada/North America abou 30 years ago. If an updated version exists
it must be very good. The one which I have had the best ever
description of stripping, rebuilding and adjusting a Sturmey Archer 3
and 5 speed gear

--
A T (Sandy) Morton
on the Bicycle Island
In the Global Village
http://www.millport.net