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Essential bicycle maintenance & repair

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Keep your bike on the road for the long haul! Whether you’re training, competing, or simply riding for fun, a properly tuned bike is essential to performance, efficiency, and safety. That’s where Essential Bicycle Maintenance & Repair comes in.
Author Daimeon Shanks takes a straightforward “you can do it” approach to maintaining and repairing your bike so it’s ready to go when you are.

Author(s): Daimeon Shanks
Publisher: Human Kinetics
Year: 2012

Language: English
Pages: xiii, 207 p. : ill.
City: Champaign, IL
Tags: Физическая культура и спорт;Велоспорт;


Content: The modern road bike. Understanding your bike and how it works ; Building your home tool kit ; Setting up your home workshop --
Basic maintenance. Preride checks ; Postride checks ; Tune-ups --
Frame and fork. Installing a headset ; Installing a fork ; Repairing a frame --
Handlebars and stem. Installing and adjusting stems and handlebars ; Wrapping the handlebars ; Installing grips ; Working with special styles of bars --
Saddles and seatposts. Installing a seatpost ; Installing a saddle ; Adjusting an integrated seat mast --
Wheels. Adjusting skewers ; Truing a wheel ; Replacing spokes and nipples ; Adjusting hubs ; Making special wheel repairs --
Tires. Installing clincher tires ; Repairing a flat clincher tire ; Installing a tubeless tire ; Repairing a tubeless tire ; Installing a tubular tire ; Repairing a tubular flat --
Brakes. Installing a brake lever ; Installing brakes ; Installing and adjusting brake pads ; Installing a brake cable and housing ; Installing and adjusting special brakes --
Cranks and chainrings. Installing cartridge and external bottom brackets ; Installing adjustable bottom brackets ; Installing BB30 bottom brackets ; Installing BB90 and other press-fit bottom brackets ; Installing Shimano and SRAM external bottom brackets and BB30 cranks ; Installing Campagnolo ultra-torque cranks ; Installing and replacing chainrings --
Shifters and derailleurs. Installing shifters ; Installing cable and housing ; Installing and adjusting the rear derailleur ; Installing and adjusting the front derailleur ; Troubleshooting shifting ; Installing and adjusting special shifters and derailleurs --
Chains and cogsets. Installing chains ; Installing a freewheel ; Installing a cassette ; Maintaining and repairing chains and cassettes --
Pedals and cleats ; Installing pedals --
Installing cleats on shoes ; Maintaining pedals and cleats --
Achieving the perfect fit. Frame fit ; Saddle height ; Crank length ; Saddle and cleat position ; Handlebar width and height ; Stem length ; Special fit cases --
Appendix. Choosing and working with a bike shop.
Abstract:
Teaches cyclists how to maintain and repair their bikes with minimal investment in specialized tools. Written for the DIY enthusiast, not the professional mechanic, this book takes a straightforward Read more...