Bicycle Repair Step by Step: The Full-Color Manual of Bicycle Maintenance and Repair (Bicycle Books) [Paperback]

Rob Van Der Plas (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 127 pages
• Publisher: Bicycle Books; 1st edition (April 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0933201583
• ISBN-13: 978-0933201583
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #966,540 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Rob van der Plas is a professional engineer and a long-time bicycle enthusiast. He has authored more than 20 books on various aspects of bikes and biking in English, German, and Dutch.

His first English-language book was The Penguin Bicycle Handbook, published in the U.K. by Penguin Books in 1983. Other of his books were published by Sterling Publishing (U.S.), Spectrum and Elmar (both Netherlands), and BVA-Verlagsanstalt, BLV-Verlag, Falken Verlag, and Ravensburger Verlag (all Germany). Translations of his works have appeared in Swedish, Danish, Polish, Hungarian, French, and Spanish.

In 1984 he started his own publishing venture, initially called Velo Press, later renamed Bicycle Books, to publish books on the subject written by various authors (including himself). Bicycle Books was sold to Motor Books International in 1997, and in 1999 he formed Cycle Publishing / Van der Plas Publications, publishing both cycling books and books on other subjects.

He lives in San Francisco, and is still active both riding bicycles and writing on the subject. His latest book, Bicycle Technology, coauthored with Stuart Baird, is a pretty impressive tome comprising 320 pages with 800 illustrations that was published July 2010.

In addition to writing about the subject, he is also active as an expert witness in patent infringement and other cases involving the bicycle and bicycle technology.

Customer Reviews

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27 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great manual for everyone's shop., May 2, 2000

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C. Kevin Smith (Belfry KY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bicycle Repair Step by Step: The Full-Color Manual of Bicycle Maintenance and Repair (Bicycle Books) (Paperback)

This is a very good book. Wonderful illustrations, and text will guide you through the simple, and most complex repairs. "A great addition to my shop". I recomend this book to anyone who likes to do the work themselves.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars good job, August 22, 2009

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James E. Fish (great mills md) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bicycle Repair Step by Step: The Full-Color Manual of Bicycle Maintenance and Repair (Bicycle Books) (Paperback)

a very good book just like new came to my house in very good time very good

0 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good item, October 18, 2010

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This review is from: Bicycle Repair Step by Step: The Full-Color Manual of Bicycle Maintenance and Repair (Bicycle Books) (Paperback)

This bike stand works as expected. It has plastic on the areas that touch the bike, protecting the bike's paint.

The bike stand barely fits my Specialized Carmel. If your bike tube is fatter than that, it will not work for you.