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FYI, there a 2008 edition avialable in LBS at this writing, August 19th. You might find it superior to the 2005 version sold here at this time.
However what's the point in knowing how without practice, so get a tool kit and stand. I've been biking for 12 years. This is the ultimate beginners guide to servicing and maintaining your bicycle(s). Here are my favorites.Park Tool AK-37 Advanced Mechanic Tool KitPark PCS-9 Home Mechanic Repair StandNashbar Elite Tool Kit Step by step instruction plenty of easy to interpret pictures and ancient secrets you would have to have been a bike mechanic for ten years to know; all at your finger tips.
it was a big hit. I bought this book for my husband, who is really into bicycling. He loves it. He says its great. The weekend the book arrived, he had both tires off his road bike and was cleaning everything.
Over 223 pages, (the only glossy paper is the front cover and the backone), PARK has properly organized into different chapters, differnetrepair work required on the generic bicycle.The main purpose of this book, is its assistance in determining which tool is appropriate for any given job. But, to learn how to actually do the repairs, otherbooks are preferable than this one - although the tools to do thoserepairs, obviously, will need to be acquired in one way or another,regardless which book is read to do the repair work on your bike. In addition, itprovides the possibility of of the reader buying it online, sincethe book provides the exact part # for that Park Tool, from variousonline bike webstores, through amazon, perhaps.As a learning document, for various repairs, the material is relativelythin, as the various steps in doing any given repair are missing,just the initial and / or perhaps the final outcome of the repair work,for example.A lot of time went into the thinking of the book, organizing it bytheme, into chapters, taking photos, so the overall work took moreeffort than it appears from just flipping through the pages.Overall, it's a great marketing device and sales reference forthe cyclist at large to decide what tool he needs to buy, for anygiven repair.
A very complete and practical book. It has also good pictures that help to understand the mechanisms and procedures to maintain the bike by yourself It teach you all the components and how to fix them an do maintenance to the bike.
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