Bike Repair Manual

Description

A new and updated edition of this essential bike repair guide for beginners and experienced cyclists alike. Discover everything you need to know to keep your bike in peak condition. The most accessible and up-to-date bike maintenance book on the market, covering all types of manual bicycle - road, racing, mountain, BMX, and children's - this is the essential guide for cyclists of all levels. Step-by-step sequences show how to carry out bicycle repairs, from vital servicing to improving its performance. Learn how to maintain every essential area, such as brakes, drivetrain, and steering, as well as complex components, including hub gears, hydraulic brakes, and suspension. Detailed chapters range from showing how to set up your bike correctly, the must-have kit for successful repairs, to troubleshooters to help keep your bike in top form. This new edition is fully revised and updated, covering the latest bike brakes, gears and hubs, models, and the latest technology, such as GPS trackers. Featuring easy photographic tutorials and handy add-ons, such as a step locator and toolbox, DK's Bike Repair Manual makes bicycle repair simple for every bike owner. No garage or shed is complete without it.

An author and journalist with extensive knowledge of bikes, gained over many years as a bike-shop owner and racer of road, track, mountain, and cyclo-cross bikes, Chris Sidwells has written on a range of cycling-related subjects for many publications, including Cycling Weekly, Cycle Sport, and Cycling Active. Chris now runs the Cycling Legends website, and has recently published Tom Simpson (2018), a biography of the renowned cyclist.