Advice Wanted- Beginner Biker, Which Repair Manual to Buy
 

Hi, I'm new to biking and am looking for a decent Repair/Advice Manual
for my city/road bike, so I don't have to keep going to the bike shop
when the thing breaks down. I've read reviews on Amazon of authors
like Leonard Zinn, etc, but there seems to be a lot of choice.. anyone
got any recommendations to make? I'm not looking at high-level stuff,
more a well-diagrammed, straightforward manual which includes most of
the common problems a bike owner would come across and solutions to
solve them. Thanks

Advice Wanted- Beginner Biker, Which Repair Manual to Buy
 

Advice Wanted- Beginner Biker, Which Repair Manual to Buy
 

Advice Wanted- Beginner Biker, Which Repair Manual to Buy
 

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Hi, I'm new to biking and am looking for a decent Repair/Advice Manual
for my city/road bike, so I don't have to keep going to the bike shop
when the thing breaks down. I've read reviews on Amazon of authors
like Leonard Zinn, etc, but there seems to be a lot of choice.. anyone
got any recommendations to make? I'm not looking at high-level stuff,
more a well-diagrammed, straightforward manual which includes most of
the common problems a bike owner would come across and solutions to
solve them. Thanks

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=38747

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Advice Wanted- Beginner Biker, Which Repair Manual to Buy
 

Bob Sims Lie Detector wrote in
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Hi, I'm new to biking and am looking for a decent Repair/Advice Manual
for my city/road bike, so I don't have to keep going to the bike shop
when the thing breaks down. I've read reviews on Amazon of authors
like Leonard Zinn, etc, but there seems to be a lot of choice.. anyone
got any recommendations to make? I'm not looking at high-level stuff,
more a well-diagrammed, straightforward manual which includes most of
the common problems a bike owner would come across and solutions to
solve them. Thanks

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=38747

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Advice Wanted- Beginner Biker, Which Repair Manual to Buy
 

In article ,
Bob Sims Lie Detector wrote:
Hi, I'm new to biking and am looking for a decent Repair/Advice Manual
for my city/road bike, so I don't have to keep going to the bike shop
when the thing breaks down. I've read reviews on Amazon of authors
like Leonard Zinn,

The Zinn book is pretty good, there isn't any book I'd recommend
over it, unless you would be happy with a shop manual like
Sutherland's or Barnett's.

Advice Wanted- Beginner Biker, Which Repair Manual to Buy
 

In article ,
Bob Sims Lie Detector wrote:
Hi, I'm new to biking and am looking for a decent Repair/Advice Manual
for my city/road bike, so I don't have to keep going to the bike shop
when the thing breaks down. I've read reviews on Amazon of authors
like Leonard Zinn,

The Zinn book is pretty good, there isn't any book I'd recommend
over it, unless you would be happy with a shop manual like
Sutherland's or Barnett's.

Advice Wanted- Beginner Biker, Which Repair Manual to Buy
 

On 21 Apr 2004 09:37:34 -0700, (Bob Sims Lie
Detector) wrote:

Hi, I'm new to biking and am looking for a decent Repair/Advice Manual
for my city/road bike, so I don't have to keep going to the bike shop
when the thing breaks down. I've read reviews on Amazon of authors
like Leonard Zinn, etc, but there seems to be a lot of choice.. anyone
got any recommendations to make? I'm not looking at high-level stuff,
more a well-diagrammed, straightforward manual which includes most of
the common problems a bike owner would come across and solutions to
solve them. Thanks

Bike to your nearest library.

Advice Wanted- Beginner Biker, Which Repair Manual to Buy
 

On 21 Apr 2004 09:37:34 -0700, (Bob Sims Lie
Detector) wrote:

Hi, I'm new to biking and am looking for a decent Repair/Advice Manual
for my city/road bike, so I don't have to keep going to the bike shop
when the thing breaks down. I've read reviews on Amazon of authors
like Leonard Zinn, etc, but there seems to be a lot of choice.. anyone
got any recommendations to make? I'm not looking at high-level stuff,
more a well-diagrammed, straightforward manual which includes most of
the common problems a bike owner would come across and solutions to
solve them. Thanks

Bike to your nearest library.

Advice Wanted- Beginner Biker, Which Repair Manual to Buy
 

On 21 Apr 2004 09:37:34 -0700, (Bob
Sims Lie Detector) may have said:

Hi, I'm new to biking and am looking for a decent Repair/Advice Manual
for my city/road bike, so I don't have to keep going to the bike shop
when the thing breaks down. I've read reviews on Amazon of authors
like Leonard Zinn, etc, but there seems to be a lot of choice.. anyone
got any recommendations to make?

The Zinn book is a very good place to start, but might I suggest
checking to see if it's in your public library? Checking it out and
reading it may help you decide whether it's worth buying a copy.
They'll probably have some of the others available as well.

Don't expect any book to be right up to the minute on bleeding-edge
high-performance gear, but don't bother with a book that's so obsolete
that it doesn't recognize the existence of stuff that's common today
like brifters, 8- and 9-speed cassettes, etc.

Oh, and if you have a mountain bike with a suspension fork, bear in
mind that the fork's servicing procedures are unlikely to be in any
book. There are enough different fork designs to fill a good-sized
book without ever mentioning the rest of the bike.

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