Essential bicycle maintenance & repair /
Keep your bike on the road for the long haul! Whether you're training, competing, or simply riding for fun, a properly tuned bike is essential to performance, efficiency, and safety. That's where Essential Bicycle Maintenance & Repair comes in. Author Daimeon Shanks takes a straightfor...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Champaign, IL :
Human Kinetics,
[2012]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Keep your bike on the road for the long haul! Whether you're training, competing, or simply riding for fun, a properly tuned bike is essential to performance, efficiency, and safety. That's where Essential Bicycle Maintenance & Repair comes in. Author Daimeon Shanks takes a straightforward "you can do it" approach to maintaining and repairing your bike so it's ready to go when you are. Essential Bicycle Maintenance & Repair provides simple step-by-step instructions, accompanied by up-close photos, illustrations, and advice, for more than 100 repairs. You'll learn these skills and more: Adjust derailleurs and troubleshoot shifting problems. True your wheels and tweak your hubs for a silky-smooth ride. Install caliper, cantilever, or V-brakes. Repair a broken chain on the roadside. Fix flats in no time flat. Maintain pedals and cleats for efficiency and comfort. Install or adjust a headset. Install handlebars, including aero bars and flat bars. Adjust your saddle for a perfect fit. Determine if a triple crankset is right for you. So spend more time in the saddle and less time and money in costly repair shops. Essential Bicycle Maintenance & Repair is the one guide no cyclist should be without! |
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| Item Description: | Description based on print version record. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 207 pages) : illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9781450407076 (Paper) 1450407072 (Paper) 9786613654663 6613654663 9781450429573 (electronic bk.) 1450429572 (electronic bk.) |