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Old 10-20-06 | 08:45 PM
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Recommend a basic bike repair book

Installing/adjusting derailleurs, brakes, threadless headsets, etc and covers 10-speed, carbon fiber components, etc. I'm not even sure the last book I had covered STI.
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Old 10-20-06 | 09:05 PM
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Dont waste your money on a book, just use https://www.parktool.com/repair/
Use the money you didnt spend on upgrades
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Old 10-20-06 | 09:24 PM
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Dont waste your money on a book, just use https://www.parktool.com/repair/
Use the money you didnt spend on upgrades
Disagree with the above. Unless you have a wireless network and a laptop to set up in your work area the book is better for nubees. Parks Big Blue Book is a pretty good all around repair/maint. book.

You also could try the search function on this issue, covered many times before. good luck.
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Old 10-20-06 | 09:34 PM
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Get a printer
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Originally Posted by iansir
Get a printer
have you priced inkjet cartridges lately? printing crap off the intarweb would be more expensive than buying a book.
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Old 10-20-06 | 10:20 PM
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The Park book is cheap and good enough that it is worth buying instead of trying to print out page by page. The book includes lots of full color photos.

Zinn's books are also very good.
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Old 10-20-06 | 10:25 PM
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zinn and the art of roadbike maint.
Mine is covered in grease smug marks. All my good maintenance manuals end up dirty as all heck.
Plus, I use the park tool website and sheldonbrown.com
The more sources the merrier
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zinn and the art of roadbike maint.

Plus, I use the park tool website and sheldonbrown.com
+1 on all three; Zinn, Park Tools website and Sheldon Brown's Website
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it is hard to find a book that keeps up with all the technological developments these days

you're going to have to tap internet resources at some point
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Old 10-20-06 | 11:20 PM
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I really just want the basic stuff - moving a gruppo to another frame; replacing cables; installing a headset, trimming derailleurs. For some repairs the tools don't pay for themselves 4-5 uses, like a truing stand...plus I don't have a lot of space to work with. I doubt I would install a crankset myself. The Park book sounds good.
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Old 10-20-06 | 11:44 PM
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installing a crank set/bottom bracket is easy, but yeah, the tools tend to be expensive
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Old 10-20-06 | 11:56 PM
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I like to have a hard copy in my mitts , I can carry about. I like for beginner books; " The Big Blue Book of Bike Repair," by Park Tool.
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I have two books

for beginners I recommend the Bicycling Magazine's book of bicycle repair. It has tons of pictures and illustrations and is written in an easy to understand format. It has very VERY good tips on maintaining your bike (not just building and repairing)

If you want something more technical, get the park book. It's a little more detailed. However, I feel like it's too wordy. Makes something simple read rather complicated.

Bicycling magazine 'Bicycle repair' is to a Self-Help idiot's guide book

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Park Tool Big 'big blue book' is to a text book your professor made you read
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