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ISBN
9781937715472
Book Title
Zinn and the Art of Mountain Bike Maintenance : The World's Best-Selling Guide to Mountain Bike Repair
Item Length
11in
Publisher
VeloPress
Publication Year
2018
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
1in
Author
Lennard Zinn
Genre
Travel, Science, Sports & Recreation
Topic
Cycling, Mechanics / General, Special Interest / Bicycling
Item Width
8.5in
Item Weight
32 Oz
Number of Pages
496 Pages

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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. From basic repairs like how to fix a flat to advanced overhauls of drivetrains and brakes, Lennard Zinn's clearly illustrated guide makes every bike repair and maintenance job easy for everyone. 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 and how to know you've done the job right. The book's 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 mountain bike repair task. This smartly organized guide shows how to repair new and old mountain bikes from top to bottom. In over 500 pages and more than 750 illustrations, Zinn's guide includes simple instructions for hundreds of mountain 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 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 1x-speed systems, electronic and wireless shifters - Troubleshooting: How to figure out what's wrong with any bike and fix it Zinn & the Art of Mountain Bike Maintenance makes bicycle repair and maintenance easy, quick, affordable, and fun. With Zinn at your side, you'll know how to keep your bicycle running smoothly for years. What's New in Zinn & the Art of Mountain Bike Maintenance, 6th Ed.: - New chapter on electronic shifting covers maintenance, service, repair, and troubleshooting of all Shimano electronic shifting groups. Also included: How to program your electronic shifting system for personalized shifting as well as real-time display and shift recording on a head unit. - New chapter on disc brakes covers maintenance, service, and repair of all hydraulic and mechanical systems. Includes integrated systems and their bleeding requirements. - New guides on how disc brake mounting adapters work and how to install them. - Complete info on the new 11-speed and SRAM 12-speed drivetrains. - Info on all the newest bottom brackets including 1x11 and 1x12 systems. - New guidelines on wheel size selection for your frame size, suspension settings, and travel. - New procedures for mounting and sealing tubeless tire systems. - New usage guidelines for flat-prevention sealants. - Updated guides on replacing press-in bottom brackets with thread-in bottom brackets. - New wheel lacing guidelines for building disc-brake compatible wheels. - More than 750 comprehensive illustrations and exploded views including 150 new or revised illustrations. - Updated and expanded guides on how to tune, rebuild, and maintain suspension forks and rear shocks. Includes tuning guides for preload, compression, rebound, and sag. - Updated and revised troubleshooting tables, torque tables, and gearing charts for 26", 27.5", and 29" bikes. - Also covered in the 6th edition: All derailleur shifting systems; all bottom bracket systems; all brake systems; all headset, stem, handlebar and fork systems; wheelbuilding for all bikes; updated and expanded torque tables; complete indexes of all illustrations and topics covered. Whether you're riding a

Product Identifiers

Publisher
VeloPress
ISBN-10
1937715477
ISBN-13
9781937715472
eBay Product ID (ePID)
234356097

Product Key Features

Book Title
Zinn and the Art of Mountain Bike Maintenance : The World's Best-Selling Guide to Mountain Bike Repair
Author
Lennard Zinn
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Cycling, Mechanics / General, Special Interest / Bicycling
Publication Year
2018
Genre
Travel, Science, Sports & Recreation
Number of Pages
496 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
11in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
8.5in
Item Weight
32 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Tl430.Z56 2018
Edition Number
6
Reviews
Regardless of your skill level, this book is a great manual to have on hand. In its 5th edition, Zinn adds to an already impressive knowledge base, keeping things up-to-date with current innovations and tools. It doesn't spend all of its 464 pages going over installation and maintenance procedures; there are also a lot of useful tips and tricks., Understanding the mechanics of your bike, knowing how to adjust it to suit your riding style, and knowing how to keep it running smoothly are essential to your mountain biking performance. Nobody teaches these skills better than the famous artiste 'Leonardo da Zinnski.', This book almost rates along with those 'missing manuals' that exist for computer software. When was the last time the manual that came with your bike bore any relation to it? Exactly. You could barely buy a decent tire for the price of this book and that should be justification enough., Lennard Zinn is an institution in the bicycle worlda legend. Legions of cyclists have learned to repair bikes from him, ridden bicycles he's built, or used his advice as guidance on how to better enjoy the world on two wheels., "Lennard Zinn is a veritable cycling Einstein, and as a naturally gifted teacher he has the unique ability to explain even the most difficult mechanical task." --Davis Phinney, Olympic medalist, U.S. Pro champion, and Tour de France stage winner "Understanding the mechanics of your bike, knowing how to adjust it to suit your riding style, and knowing how to keep it running smoothly are essential to your mountain biking performance. Nobody teaches these skills better than the famous artiste "Leonardo da Zinnski." --Ned Overend, World and National Mountain Bike Champion "Lennard Zinn is an institution in the bicycle world--a legend. Legions of cyclists have learned to repair bikes from him, ridden bicycles he's built, or used his advice as guidance on how to better enjoy the world on two wheels." -- Bicycle Timesmagazine "Regardless of your skill level, this book is a great manual to have on hand. In its 5th edition, Zinn adds to an already impressive knowledge base, keeping things up-to-date with current innovations and tools. It doesn't spend all of its 464 pages going over installation and maintenance procedures; there are also a lot of useful tips and tricks." -- Adventure Cycling magazine "Zinn is very good at taking you incrementally through the learning process--whether you are a beginner or expert mechanic." -- Out There Monthly magazine "This book almost rates along with those 'missing manuals' that exist for computer software. When was the last time the manual that came with your bike bore any relation to it? Exactly. You could barely buy a decent tire for the price of this book and that should be justification enough." -- TheWashingMachinePost.net "Simple to reaad and follow, the illustrated, large-format paperback manual features everything from replacing a flat to repairing components. It's a great addition to any new biker's library but offers invaluable advice for experts, too." -- Sports Guidemagazine "This 5th edition contains details on bike technology introduced since 2005. Includes sections on belt drives and internal gear hubs, which are completely ignored in almost ever other general audience repair book." -- Cyclelicio.us, Simple to read and follow, the illustrated, large-format paperback manual features everything from replacing a flat to repairing components. It's a great addition to any new biker's library but offers invaluable advice for experts, too., Praise for Lennard Zinn and His Bike Maintenance Guides "Longtime VeloNews technical writer Lennard Zinn's maintenance books are bibles for both pro and amateur wrenches...No workbench is complete without it.", This 5th edition contains details on bike technology introduced since 2005. Includes sections on belt drives and internal gear hubs, which are completely ignored in almost ever other general audience repair book., Zinn is very good at taking you incrementally through the learning processwhether you are a beginner or expert mechanic., Lennard Zinn is a veritable cycling Einstein, and as a naturally gifted teacher he has the unique ability to explain even the most difficult mechanical task., Lennard Zinn really is the world's most helpful and comprehensive human when it comes to bicycle repair and maintenance.
Table of Content
Introduction MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR 1 Tools 2 Basic Stuff: Preride Inspection, Wheel Removal, and General Cleaning 3 Emergency Repairs: How to Get Home When Something Big Breaks or You Get Lost or Hurt 4 Chains 5 Cable-Shift Transmissions: Front and Rear Derailleurs, Cables, and Shifters 6 Electronic Shifting Systems 7 Tires: Tires, Tubes, and Tubeless Tires 8 Wheels: Rims, Spokes, Hubs, Cassettes, and Freewheels 9 Disc Brakes 10 Rim Brakes: Cables, Levers, and Calipers 11 Cranks and Bottom Brackets 12 Handlebars, Stems, and Headsets 13 Pedals 14 Saddles and Seatposts 15 Wheelbuilding 16 Forks 17 Frames APPENDIXES A Troubleshooting Index B Gear Development C Mountain Bike Fitting D Torque Table Glossary Bibliography Index Illustration Index About the Author and Illustrators
Copyright Date
2017
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2017-058778
Illustrated
Yes

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