Zinn & the Art of Road Bike Maintenance: The World's Best-Selling Bicycle Repair and Maintenance Guide - Brossura

Zinn, Lennard

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ISBN 10: 1934030988 ISBN 13: 9781934030981

Casa editrice: Velopress, 2013

Riassunto

Zinn & the Art of Road Bike Maintenance is the world’s best-selling guide to bicycle repair and maintenance. From basic repairs like how to fix a flat tire to advanced overhauls of drivetrains and brakes, Zinn’s clearly illustrated guide makes every bicycle repair and maintenance job easy for everyone.

Zinn’s friendly step-by-step guide explains the tools you’ll need and how to know you’ve done the job right. The two-color interior is easy to read—even in a dimly-lit garage or workshop. Hundreds of hand-drawn illustrations and exploded parts diagrams show just the right level of detail to lead you through every bicycle repair task.

This smartly organized guide shows how to repair new and old bicycles from top to bottom. In 520 pages, Zinn’s guide includes simple instructions for hundreds of bike maintenance and repair jobs:

· Basics: How to fix a flat tire, lube a bicycle chain, adjust the brakes
· Emergency repairs: How to fix a broken chain, tighten loose spokes, repair a bent derailleur
· Easy shifting: How to clean, lube, and adjust shifters and cables for smooth shifting
· Wheels: How to install a new tire, change a cassette, true a wheel, replace broken spokes, build your own wheels
· Overhauls: How to repair pedals, chains and chainrings, saddles, handlebars, stems, headsets, forks
· New tech: How to maintain 11-speed systems, electronic shifters, disc brakes
· Cyclocross: How to set up a ‘cross bike for racing, select the right components, and make quick repairs
· Troubleshooting: How to figure out what’s wrong with any bike and fix it

Zinn & the Art of Road Bike Maintenance makes bicycle repair and maintenance easy, quick, affordable, and fun. With Zinn at your side, you’ll know how to keep your bicycling running smoothly for years.

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L'autore:

Lennard Zinn is the world's leading expert on bike maintenance and repair. A professional frame builder and bike designer, Lennard is also the technical writer for Velo magazine, VeloNews.com, and Singletrack.com. His other books include Zinn & the Art of Mountain Bike Maintenance, Zinn & the Art of Triathlon Bikes, Zinn’s Cycling Primer, The Mountain Bike Performance Handbook, and The Mountain Bike Owner’s Manual. Zinn was a member of the U.S. national racing team and has been riding and fixing bikes for over 50 years.

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Zinn & the Art of Rod Bike Maintenance: The World’s Best-Selling Bicycle Repair and Maintenance Guide

The World’s Best Repair Guide for Bikes!

If you are looking for easy-to-follow instructions on how to repair a bicycle, Zinn & the Art of Road Bike Maintenance is the best guide you’ll find. No matter what kind of bike you own—an aging 10-speed with hard-to-find parts or a brand-new, tricked-out race machine—Lennard Zinn’s guide to all road and cyclocross bicycles is a one-stop reference that will show you the correct way to maintain and repair any bike.

Whether you are a novice bike mechanic or an experienced gearhead, you will find complete DIY instructions for basic and advanced bicycle care, accompanied by hundreds of detailed illustrations, exploded views of how parts go together, and time-saving tips. Itemized tool lists explain what you’ll need to do the job, whether you are stocking a workshop or tackling a roadside repair.

Bicycle Basics
· How to do your own bike fit
· Simple instructions for regular bicycle care
· Maintenance schedules to keep your bike running trouble-free

Complete Bike Repair
· How to fix every bike part: Brakes, wheels, tires, headsets, derailleurs, pedals, chains, hubs, handlebars, saddles—you name it, it’s covered

Solve Common Bicycle Problems
· Diagnose and fix problems like a skipping chain, rough shifting, squeaky brakes, or a stuck seatpost with troubleshooting tables and tips

Everything Covered, Old & New
· Campagnolo EPS and Shimano Di2 electronic shifting systems (all types); all Ergopower and Dual Control STI systems, including 11-speed; all SRAM DoubleTap
· Mechanical and hydraulic disc brakes for road and cyclocross bicycles
· All bottom brackets, cup-and-cone to BB90 and everything in between

The Ultimate Reference
· Exhaustive troubleshooting index; glossary of terms; torque specifications; gear chart for compact and regular cranks; bike fit tables

Over 650 Illustrations and Exploded Views!

Lennard Zinn was a member of the U.S. national racing team and has been riding and fixing bikes for more than 50 years. A professional frame builder and bike designer, Lennard is also the technical writer for Velo magazine and hosts the popular Q&A column on VeloNews.com. His other books include Zinn & the Art of Mountain Bike Maintenance, Zinn & the Art of Triathlon Bikes, Zinn’s Cycling Primer, The Mountain Bike Performance Handbook, and The Mountain Bike Owner’s Manual. He lives and works in Boulder, Colorado.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Velopress
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1934030988
• ISBN 13: 9781934030981
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 4
• Numero di pagine: 491
• Disegnatore: Telander Todd, Reisel Mike