Originally Posted by prairiepedaler

I brought this book home recently from the library out of curiosity.

After cursory skimming, it seems a reasonable reference for someone wanting to cobble together a bike from parts gathered from here and there. The book is nicely illustrated (no photos) in a shaded line art manner. I noticed that some build operations require specific bike tools (like a headset cup press and fork race setter) but the author uses his hands for tensioning the rear derailleur cable rather than use a third hand tool, which is about a $10-15 tool compared to the others which are much more expensive.

I'll add more here as time progresses if thread readers want to hear more about it.