Zinn & the Art of Road Bike Maintenance, 6th Edition
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Zinn & the Art of Road Bike Maintenance, 6th Edition

The World's Best-Selling Bicycle Repair and Maintenance Guide

  1. 520 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub
Available until 4 Dec |Learn more

Zinn & the Art of Road Bike Maintenance, 6th Edition

The World's Best-Selling Bicycle Repair and Maintenance Guide

About this book

Join the millions of cyclists who swear by the name Zinn. Now in its sixth edition, Zinn & the Art of Road Bike Maintenance is the world’s best-selling guide to bicycle repair and maintenance.

Lennard Zinn is the world’s leading expert on bike maintenance and repair. From basic repairs like how to fix a flat tire to advanced overhauls of drivetrains and brakes, his illustrated, step-by-step guide explains the tools you’ll need and how to know you’ve done the job right.

This book's 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. In over 450 pages, Zinn’s guide includes simple instructions for hundreds of bike maintenance and repair jobs, including:
  • 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 adjust shifters, derailleurs, and cables for clean and smooth shifting
  • Wheels: How to true a wheel, install a new tire, change a cassette, replace broken spokes, build your own wheels
  • Overhauls: How to service and replace pedals, chains and chainrings, saddles, handlebars, stems, headsets, forks, bottom brackets
  • New tech: How to maintain 11-speed systems, electronic and wireless 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

This sixth edition of Zinn & the Art of Road Bike Maintenance also includes more than 50 new illustrations as well as completely new information on routing internal wires, cables, hoses, and housing; how to pack bikes for shipping and air travel; repair on the road tips for tubeless tires; how to chain wax, and so much more. This guide 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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Information

Publisher
VeloPress
Year
2024
eBook ISBN
9781646046881
Subtopic
Mechanics

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. A Tip of the Helmet To…
  4. Introduction
  5. Chapter 1: Tools
  6. Chapter 2: Basic Stuff
  7. Chapter 3: Emergency Repairs
  8. Chapter 4: The Chain
  9. Chapter 5: Cable-Actuated Shifting Systems
  10. Chapter 6: Electronic Shifting Systems
  11. Chapter 7: Tires
  12. Chapter 8: Wheels
  13. Chapter 9: Disc Brakes
  14. Chapter 10: Rim Brakes
  15. Chapter 11: Cranks and Bottom Brackets
  16. Chapter 12: Stems, Handlebars, and Headsets
  17. Chapter 13: Pedals
  18. Chapter 14: Saddles and Seatposts
  19. Chapter 15: Wheelbuilding
  20. Chapter 16: Forks
  21. Chapter 17: Frames
  22. Appendix A: Troubleshooting Index
  23. Appendix B: Gear Chart
  24. Appendix C: Bike Fitting for Road, Gravel, Cyclocross, Time Trialing, and Triathlon
  25. Appendix D: Glossary
  26. Appendix E: Torque Table
  27. Appendix F: Packing a Bike for Shipping
  28. About the Author
  29. About the Illustrators
  30. Bibliography
  31. Index
  32. Illustration Index
  33. Copyright