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Complete Bike Book
Dorling Kindersley (
01 May, 2003 )
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Best End to End By Far  |
Of all the guides I looked into for my End to End Journey, this seemed the most complete. Would appeal to the seasoned cycle tourist or amateur riders (like myself), with great detail on the local history / places to see along the way. Clearly written by an enthusiast.It is easy to do less or more than the planned day in the book, if you are feeling tired and want to stop or full of zest to carry on – accommodation listings not limited to start and end points. Really useful if you I broke from the route in the book to visit friends, the strip maps were detailed enough to guide me off and back onto the route again. During my entire trip I only lost the route once. It was great to have bike shop listings along the way, especially when I ran into problems near Ledbury. The Tourist Information Centre listings made it so easy to find accommodation when I went significantly off route into Nothrumbria. The books real strength were the elevation maps, really helped plan the days cycling, knowing how far I could travel given the impending terrain. I cursed them in Cornwall as I battled the swift ascents and descents of the coast, but as the journey progressed I found them invaluable. Paul Slater’s book really is worth the money and will guide any cyclist from one end of the country to the other.
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In fact, probably the best book about road bike maintenance. Barnetts is bigger and a bit more detailed (good for LBS, not necessarily so for single bike-lovers): but, in many cases, Zinn is not only easier to follow, but also more effective. It has some flaws (e.g. not so detailed about wheel truing), but they are minor ones. I recommend this book, really.
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Best bike maintenance book Ive read |
I have been looking for a detailed book on road bike maintenance for a while and bought this on the back of a Velonews recommendation. I am a hack mechanic able to bodge jobs on the basic bits of the bike however, with the guidance in this book I have been able to, and more importantly confident to completely strip down and rebuild my Audax bike (27 sp STI setup) and fixed gear commuter. If you are handy with a spanner and willing to give it a go I think that this book enables you to save substantial sums on shop maintenance with confidence. The text is clear and the exploded illustrations make detail work much easier. I have not seen a better bike maintenance book and cannot think of any information missing that I would need to carry out any maintenance or build up job.
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