Mel Allwood covers every area of bike maintenance and repair using step-by-step photos and detailed text, to provide a clear, thorough manual for beginner and expert cyclists alike. Instructions are broken down into each mechanical area of the bike, offering assistance and trouble-shooting ideas for any problem that you may encounter — from the simple to complex, such as the tools you need for emergency on-the-road repair, overhauling troublesome pedals, and more. Useful short cuts and hints for all kinds of repairs will equip you with the know-how to prevent expensive and time-consuming trips to bike shops. The Complete Do-It-Yourself Bike Book provides you with practical information to help you save money and get the most out of your bike, plus other advice that will make you feel safer and surer on the road, including: choosing the right bike and gear for your kind of riding security and safety riding tips for touring and traveling cycling with kids
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Mel Allwood is a director of Brixton Bicycles in London and mechanic for their mountain bike race team. She is a writer for London Cyclist and the author of Mountain Bike Maintenance. As well as running a successful bicycle maintenance course for women from 1995 to 1998, she has been technical editor for Mountain Bike Maintenance magazine and a contributor to Cycling Today and On Your Bike. She has worked in bike shops since she was 15 and has been a cyclist for nearly 20 years. Allwood lives in London.
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
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Got a Nexus 8 hub? If so, you must buy this book!,
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This review is from: The Complete Do-It-Yourself Bike Book: Everything You Need to Know to Fix, Maintain and Get the Most Our of Your Bike (Paperback)
This is the only bicycle repair book I have ever found that has step-by-step instructions and color photos for the removal of a wheel with a Nexus 8 internal hub gear, as well as how to put it back on the bike. Not only that, but she's really good at explaining the whole process. As much as I admire and respect the work of the late Sheldon Brown, I found Mel's directions to be much easier to understand and follow.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
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The basics-plain and simple,
By Joanie Mac (Arvada, CO) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Complete Do-It-Yourself Bike Book: Everything You Need to Know to Fix, Maintain and Get the Most Our of Your Bike (Paperback)
For the first time, do it yourself bike mechanic, this very basic and concise read is a great start for anyone regardless if they have a $25 thrift shop special or the high end Cervelo in their garage. Granted some of the sections may look daunting (V-brakes, cartridges, derailers) but really it is your best opportunity to get familiar with the bicycle you own. Ms. Atwood does a remarkable job of making a bicycle as beautifully detailed as it is a simple machine with no bounds.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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A good teacher and a very good writer,
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I purchased several books about bike mechanics to learn about how to care for my new recumbent trike. They are all very good, but Mel has wonderful step-by-step instructions along with hundreds of excellent photos that really assisted my understanding of how a bike really works and how to care for it. In addition, she is an excellent entertaining writer so the book is a "good read" too. The book is well laid out with clearly marked sections.
I highly recommend this book to you.
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There's a good chance your bike choice might already have been made as you might have inherited something that works or you might have bought one previously. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
cassette joint, cable pinch bolt, cable clamp bolt, tension jockey wheel, straddle hanger, guide jockey, refit the cable, steerer tube, freehub body, smallest sprocket, derailleur body, stationary grip, balance screw, crank extractor, threaded headsets, brake unit, blocks bite, derailleur cage, straddle wire, new derailleur, largest sprocket, inner cable, wheel jig, curved washer, rear derailleur Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Brakes V-brakes, Transmission Rear, Shimano Deore, Finish Line Bike Wash, Components Fitting, Locknut Wrench, Brake Blocks, Bike Wash, Disc Brake Pads Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
There's a good chance your bike choice might already have been made as you might have inherited something that works or you might have bought one previously. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
cassette joint, cable pinch bolt, cable clamp bolt, tension jockey wheel, straddle hanger, guide jockey, refit the cable, steerer tube, freehub body, smallest sprocket, derailleur body, stationary grip, balance screw, crank extractor, threaded headsets, brake unit, blocks bite, derailleur cage, straddle wire, new derailleur, largest sprocket, inner cable, wheel jig, curved washer, rear derailleur Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Brakes V-brakes, Transmission Rear, Shimano Deore, Finish Line Bike Wash, Components Fitting, Locknut Wrench, Brake Blocks, Bike Wash, Disc Brake Pads Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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