Overview

A comprehensive illustrated guide now updated with information on all of the latest bikes and equipment.

Maintaining Mountain Bikes is the essential guide to getting the most out of riding and caring for any model and vintage of mountain bike, including the most recent versions and their components.

Using detailed step-by-step photographs and clear text, two leading mountain bike experts show riders how to keep their equipment in tiptop shape. This updating of Mountain Bike Maintenance includes 100 new full-color photographs and fully revised text that covers the bicycle in detail from wheel to wheel, including:

• Bike parts terminology
• Basic repair tools
• Regular routines for maintenance and cleaning
• Safety routines
• Shimano chains
• Mending a broken chain, shortening a chain to single speed, deep cleaning a chain
• Twisted links
• Crank and pedal repairs
• Cantilever brakes and disc brakes
• Fitting and adjusting brake blocks, a new brake cable and new brake units
• Fitting a new gear cable
• Transmission troubleshooting
• Tires
• Suspension
• Creaking noises

Every mountain bike component is thoroughly described, including its location, function, maintenance, common problems and repairs, as well as its replacement and installation. The authors also recommend the essential tools to carry on board and how to do roadside repairs. There is expert advice on annual and seasonal tunings, safety checks, and the nuts and bolts of adjusting, fitting, upgrading and replacing every part of a mountain bike. The updated resource list of suppliers is particularly valuable.

Full Product Details

Author:   Mel Allwood ,  Jenn Hopkins ,  Melanie Allwood
Publisher:   Firefly Books
Imprint:   Firefly Books
Edition:   2nd
Dimensions:   Width: 21.30cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 27.70cm
Weight:   0.916kg
ISBN:  

9781554076048

ISBN 10:   1554076048
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   26 August 2010
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability:   In Print  
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.

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Within each chapter there is considerable information to help keep your mountain bike in good repair and safe to ride.--Glenn Perrett Simcoe.com (10/02/2010)

Author Information

<b>Mel Allwood</b> is a director of Brixton Cycles and has worked in bicycle shops since the age of 15. During the course of many rides, both epic and frivolous, she has executed a multitude of trailside repairs and fixed innumerable punctures.</p> <b>Jenn Hopkins</b> is an experienced mountain bike rider and journalist whose work regularly appears in magazines.</p>

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