Zinn and the Art of Mountain Bike Maintenance

The World's Best-Selling Guide to Mountain Bike Repair

Lennard Zinn

• Publisher: VeloPress
• Year: 2025
• eBook ISBN:
  9781646048151
• Subtopic: Mechanics

Join the millions of cyclists who swear by the name Zinn. Zinn & the Art of Mountain Bike Maintenance is the world's best-selling guide to the maintenance and repair of mountain bikes, hybrids, and fat bikes.Lennard Zinn is the world's leading expert on bike maintenance and repair. His friendly step-by-step guide explains the tools and parts you'll need to repair new and old mountain bikes, alongside everything from guidelines on wheel size selection for your frame size, suspension settings, and travel to procedures for mounting and sealing tubeless tire systems and more. Over 500 pages and more than 750 hand-drawn illustrations and exploded-parts diagrams show just the right level of detail to lead you through every mountain bike repair task, 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, and bottom brackets New tech: How to maintain 1x-speed systems, electronic, and wireless shifters and complete info on the new 11-speed and SRAM 12-speed drivetrains Troubleshooting: How to figure out what's wrong with any bike and fix it This seventh edition of Zinn & the Art of Mountain Bike Maintenance also features: An expanded list of tools and how to use them, including a Click Valve pump head, hydraulic-brake bleed kit, barb installer, chain-waxing equipment, and more Updated methods for determining chain length, including from the SRAM app and calculating it New information on tubeless tires, including how to use a tubeless tire pump and inserts and ways to plug holes in tubeless tires Instruction on SRAM Eagle AXS 12-speed wireless electronic shifting systems and SRAM T-Type (a.k.a. Full Mount) rear derailleurs Guidance on bike chain maintenance, including Immersive chain waxing, using three-prong chain-elongation gauges to more accurately assess chain wear, and other methods for determining chain length 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.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Dedication
• A Tip of the Helmet to…
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Tools
• Chapter 2: Basic Stuff
• Chapter 3: Emergency Repairs
• Chapter 4: Chains
• Chapter 5: Cable-Shift Transmissions
• Chapter 6: Electronic Shifting Systems
• Chapter 7: Tires
• Chapter 8: Wheels
• Chapter 9: Disc Brakes
• Chapter 10: Rim Brakes
• Chapter 11: Cranks and Bottom Brackets
• Chapter 12: Handlebars, Stems, and Headsets
• Chapter 13: Pedals
• Chapter 14: Saddles and Seatposts
• Chapter 15: Wheelbuilding
• Chapter 16: Forks
• Chapter 17: Frames
• Appendix A: Troubleshooting Index
• Appendix B: Gear Development
• Appendix C: Mountain Bike Fitting
• Appendix D: Glossary
• Appendix E: Torque Table
• Appendix F: Boxing Up a Mountain Bike for Shipping or Air Travel
• Appendix G: Bibliography
• About the Author
• About the Illustrators
• Index
• Illustration Index
• Image Descriptions
• Copyright