Pocket Mountain Bike Maintenance provides mountain bike enthusiasts with step-by-step guidance to maintaining and repairing their bikes, combining an easy-to-use format and design with high quality photographs of the latest equipment.
The book guides the reader through most common problem that may occur on a mountain bike and shows how to repair it. It also give tips on how to spot the early warning signs of trouble so that you can fix the problem before you need to get involved with costly replacements.
It is the perfect reference manual to carry with you in a pannier or backpack.
Autorentext
Guy Andrews is an experienced freelance cycling writer who has worked for all the major UK cycling magazines. He is the Editorial Director of Rouleur, a magazine for road cyclists, which also publishes books through the Bloomsbury Rouleur imprint. He is the author of Complete Mountain Bike Maintenance and Complete Road Bike Maintenance (Bloomsbury).
Mike Davis has 16 years of experience as a bike journalist and has worked on a variety of cycling magazines. His speciality is mountain biking and he has worked on Mountain Biking UK, What Mountain Bike, Total Bike, Mountain Bike World and Bikemagic.
Zusammenfassung
Pocket Mountain Bike Maintenance provides mountain bike enthusiasts with step-by-step guidance to maintaining and repairing their bikes, combining an easy-to-use format and design with high quality photographs of the latest equipment.The book guides the reader through most common problem that may occur on a mountain bike and shows how to repair it. It also give tips on how to spot the early warning signs of trouble so that you can fix the problem before you need to get involved with costly replacements. It is the perfect reference manual to carry with you in a pannier or backpack.
Inhalt
1 Tools
2 Checking and cleaning
3 Gear systems
4 Drivetrain
5 Brakes
6 Contact points
7 Wheels
8 Tyres
9 Suspension and steering
10 On the train
Bike map
Glossary
Index