Summary
Zinn and the Art of Mountain Bike Maintenance guides the reader -- regardless of mountain bike experience or mechanical prowess -- through every aspect of maintenance, repair, and troubleshooting and presents the advances and equipment in mountain bike components. Detailed diagrams and instructions... Full description
Summary: |
Zinn and the Art of Mountain Bike Maintenance guides the reader -- regardless of mountain bike experience or mechanical prowess -- through every aspect of maintenance, repair, and troubleshooting and presents the advances and equipment in mountain bike components. Detailed diagrams and instructions explain everything from repairing a flat tire to building a wheel. The instructions are useful for anyone interested in mountain bikes, yet concise and complete enough to cover every state-of-the art technical concern facing today's mountain biker. This revision offers information on shock pump adaptors, master links, V-brakes, cleat mounting and pedal overhaul, oversize handlebars, carbon steering tubes, tubeless rims, and much more. Repairs are rated for degree of difficulty while line drawings illustrate how parts fit together and show the tools needed to keep bikes in top shape and pedaling smoothly both on and off the trail. |
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Physical Description: |
xx, 436 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (page 421) and index. |
ISBN: |
9781934030592 1934030597 |
Author Notes: |
Lennard Zinn was a member of the U.S. national racing team and has been riding and fixing bikes for nearly 50 years. A professional frame builder and bike designer (Zinn Cycles), Lennard is also the technical writer for VeloNews magazine and Singletrack.com and hosts the popular Q&A column on VeloNews.com. His other books include Zinn & the Art of Road Bike Maintenance, Zinn & the Art of Triathlon Bikes, Zinn's Cycling Primer, The Mountain Bike Performance Handbook, and The Mountain Bike Owner's Manual . He lives and works in Boulder, Colorado. |