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Eugene A. Sloane is a name very familiar to the bike world. His other books include Sloane's Complete Book of All-Terrain Bicycles, Sloane's Handy Pocket Guide to Bicycle Repair, and the bestselling The Complete Book of Bicycling, which The New York Times called "the best-known modern bike book - the most read, most quoted, most referrred to by cyclists." Sloane lives in Vancouver, Washington, where he rides his bike every day.
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This review is from: Sloane's Complete Book of Bicycling: The Cyclist's Bible (25th Anniversary Edition) (Paperback)
When I started my adventure to buy a bike, one enthusiast's first piece of advice was to get this book. Then, before doing business with a shop, he recommended I "ask one of the mechanics (not the person working the register) if they sell Sloane. Don't ask for it by title, just ask if they sell Sloane. If they don't know immediately what you're talking about, there's a good chance they don't do good work. Tell them you forgot to put change in the meter and walk out and don't come back." I found this to be good advice.The other reviewer has pretty much said it, but I got more from my time spent reading this book than talking with any shop personnel (no question) or almost any bike owners. Considering the cost of investing in a bicycle, and the cost of this book, there's no excuse for any bicycle owner to not own this book.
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This review is from: Sloane's Complete Book of Bicycling: The Cyclist's Bible (25th Anniversary Edition) (Paperback)
This is the book that turned me from a casual commuter into a cycling NUTCASE. i've never looked back. In one book, sloan covers everything you need to know to buy a bike, fix a bike, tour on a bike, and race on a bike. Sloan's original book had the audacity to discuss brands and parts and who makes the best stuff any WHY. No other author at the time was willing to delve into these issues. He does it with so much ENTHUSIASM and INSIGHT that his love of the subject is INFECTIOUS. You should think of Eugene Sloane in the same terms as your favorite high school teachers. Sloan is from a suburb of Chicago, Illinois which is a BIKE MECCA because everywhere it's FLAT. One of the things that makes this a cyclist's cycling book is that in the illustrations he always depicts professional parts and also many of the most unusual parts of the 1970's and 1980's. The earlier editions had a racing bicycle on the front, and on the binding, switched to a touring bicycle on the back, if you happen to see it used. Very distinctive cover on those editions.BUY IT AND CATCH THE FEVER.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: Sloane's Complete Book of Bicycling: The Cyclist's Bible (25th Anniversary Edition) (Paperback)
Gene Sloane has wrote some great repair books and all of his books are packed with history, practical advice, and personal andecdotes.This book is a good all around introduction to cycling that will last you for several years. It is NOT the Last or Only book you will ever need (or want) on Cycling, but it is better than most. I have a collection of Gene's books and they are easily superior to Rob VanDerPlas's series (RVP tends to miss a few things in his books and can be too general in his coverage). Having copies of Gene's books over the years is like having a private library of the history of modern (1960s-2000s) bikes and the evolution of their design. He also tends to include gearing tables, sizing recommendations, metrics to english conversion charts, etc.
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There's a bicycle out there that's just right for you. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
cable binder bolt, big chainwheel, cable slack adjuster, see your bike shop, triple chainwheel set, brake shoe clearances, small chainwheel, top hub flange, smallest chainwheel, big rear cog, brake arch, freewheel cog, truing fixture, derailleur capacity, sidepull brakes, centerpull brakes, adjustable cup, fork dropouts, derailleur cage, adjustable cone, freewheel side, bottom bracket shell, smallest rear cog, expander bolt, bottom bracket spindle Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New York, Courtesy Shimano American Corporation, Tour de France, West Virginia, San Francisco, Puget Sound, San Diego, The Mountaineers, Baton Rouge, Cross-Country Tours, Human Kinetics, New Zealand, Adventure Cycling, Cause One, Cause Two, Consumer Products Safety Commission, Courtesy Bell Sports, Gossamer Albatross, Lady Harbeton, Lake Michigan, North America, Oklahoma City, Park Tool, Planning Division New!
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There's a bicycle out there that's just right for you. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
cable binder bolt, big chainwheel, cable slack adjuster, see your bike shop, triple chainwheel set, brake shoe clearances, small chainwheel, top hub flange, smallest chainwheel, big rear cog, brake arch, freewheel cog, truing fixture, derailleur capacity, sidepull brakes, centerpull brakes, adjustable cup, fork dropouts, derailleur cage, adjustable cone, freewheel side, bottom bracket shell, smallest rear cog, expander bolt, bottom bracket spindle Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New York, Courtesy Shimano American Corporation, Tour de France, West Virginia, San Francisco, Puget Sound, San Diego, The Mountaineers, Baton Rouge, Cross-Country Tours, Human Kinetics, New Zealand, Adventure Cycling, Cause One, Cause Two, Consumer Products Safety Commission, Courtesy Bell Sports, Gossamer Albatross, Lady Harbeton, Lake Michigan, North America, Oklahoma City, Park Tool, Planning Division New!
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- Accident Facts by National Safety Council on page 53, page 99, and Back Matter
- The Complete Book of Bicycling (4th Edition) by by Eugene A. Sloane on page 76, page 90, and page 190
- The Complete Book of Bicycling on page 76, page 90, and page 190
- Orienteering for Sport and Pleasure (Environmental Sports Series) by Hans Bengtsson on page 246, and Back Matter
- Sloane's New Bicycle Maintenance Manual by Eugene Sloane in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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