| Big Blue Book of Bicycle Repair | 
 enlarge | Author: C. Calvin Jones
Publisher: Park Tool Co.
Category: Book
List Price: $24.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 134672
Media: Paperback
Pages: 233
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 6.9 x 0.5
ISBN: 0976553007
UPC: 763477000354
EAN: 9780976553007
ASIN: 0976553007
Publication Date: February 2005
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Condition: Brand new book. Latest edition from the publisher. Offered by The Motor Bookstore. Ships next business day.
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Product Description
A new book on bike repair from the company that wrote the book on bike repair products. Calvin Jones, Education Director at Park Tool, provides easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions for keeping any road or mountain bike running smoothly. From tire repair and derailleur adjustment to wheel truing and bottom bracket replacement, The Big Blue Book of Bike Repair provides both the novice and veteran mechanic with the information needed to perform nearly any repair. Special topics such as tool selection, bike cleaning, and on-the-trail repairs are also covered, and an appendix at the back of the book provides valuable reference materials. Up to date with the latest technology, The Big Blue Book of Bike Repair is packed with hundreds of photos, as well as repair tips garnered from the author's 30 years as an educator and mechanic.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 13 more reviews...
 2008 Edition is available, Aug 2008 August 20, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
FYI, there a 2008 edition avialable in LBS at this writing, August 19th. You might find it superior to the 2005 version sold here at this time.
 Stick it to the man, do it yourself!!! May 20, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I've been biking for 12 years. This is the ultimate beginners guide to servicing and maintaining your bicycle(s). Step by step instruction plenty of easy to interpret pictures and ancient secrets you would have to have been a bike mechanic for ten years to know; all at your finger tips. However what's the point in knowing how without practice, so get a tool kit and stand. Here are my favorites.Park Tool AK-37 Advanced Mechanic Tool KitPark PCS-9 Home Mechanic Repair StandNashbar Elite Tool Kit
I Have No Idea May 18, 2008
I bought this book for my husband, who is really into bicycling. He loves it. The weekend the book arrived, he had both tires off his road bike and was cleaning everything... it was a big hit. He says its great.
 Reference guide to determine which tool to buy for a given repair job February 19, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Over 223 pages, (the only glossy paper is the front cover and the back
one), PARK has properly organized into different chapters, differnet
repair work required on the generic bicycle.
The main purpose of this book, is its assistance in determining
which tool is appropriate for any given job. In addition, it
provides the possibility of of the reader buying it online, since
the book provides the exact part # for that Park Tool, from various
online bike webstores, through amazon, perhaps.
As a learning document, for various repairs, the material is relatively
thin, as the various steps in doing any given repair are missing,
just the initial and / or perhaps the final outcome of the repair work,
for example.
A lot of time went into the thinking of the book, organizing it by
theme, into chapters, taking photos, so the overall work took more
effort than it appears from just flipping through the pages.
Overall, it's a great marketing device and sales reference for
the cyclist at large to decide what tool he needs to buy, for any
given repair. But, to learn how to actually do the repairs, other
books are preferable than this one - although the tools to do those
repairs, obviously, will need to be acquired in one way or another,
regardless which book is read to do the repair work on your bike.
Very complete book February 15, 2008
A very complete and practical book. It teach you all the components and how to fix them an do maintenance to the bike. It has also good pictures that help to understand the mechanisms and procedures to maintain the bike by yourself
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