Complete Mountain Bike Maintenance provides mountain bike enthusiasts with step-by-step guidance to maintaining and repairing their bikes.

The book guides the reader through every 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 it you need to get involved with costly replacements. It also contains lots of tips on how to conduct quick repairs if you get into trouble while out on the road.

Combining an easy-to-use format and design with high quality photographs of the latest equipment, this is the perfect reference manual to have in your shed or workshop.

Guy Andrews is an experienced freelance cycling writer who has worked for all the major UK cycling magazines. He currently runs Rouleur, a bi-monthly magazine for racing cyclists, which also publishes a number of books. He is the author of Mountain Bike Maintenance and The Cyclist's Training Manual (A&C Black) and The Rough Guide to Cycling in London and is a competitive road biker.

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.

1 The mountain bike
2 The home workshop
3 Before you die
4 Cleaning and checking
5 Gear systems
6 Drivetrain
7 Braking systems
8 Contact points
9 Wheels
10 Tyres
11 Suspension
12 Frame and forks
13 On the trail fixes

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