Lennard Zinn

Zinn & the Art of Road Bike Maintenance: The World's Best-Selling Bicycle Repair and Maintenance Guide, 6th Edition -- Lennard Zinn, Paperback

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Join the millions of cyclists who swear by the name Zinn. Now in its sixth edition, Zinn & the Art of Road Bike Maintenance is the world's best-selling guide to bicycle repair and maintenance.

Lennard Zinn is the world's leading expert on bike maintenance and repair. From basic repairs like how to fix a flat tire to advanced overhauls of drivetrains and brakes, his illustrated, step-by-step guide explains the tools you'll need and how to know you've done the job right.

This book's 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 bicycle repair task. In over 450 pages, Zinn's guide includes simple instructions for hundreds of bike maintenance and repair jobs, including:
  • 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 11-speed systems, electronic and wireless shifters, disc brakes
  • Cyclocross: How to set up a 'cross bike for racing, select the right components, and make quick repairs
  • Troubleshooting: How to figure out what's wrong with any bike and fix it

This sixth edition of Zinn & the Art of Road Bike Maintenance also includes more than 50 new, full-color illustrations as well as completely new information on routing internal wires, cables, hoses, and housing; how to pack bikes for shipping and air travel; repair on the road tips for tubeless tires; how to chain wax, and so much more. This guide makes bicycle repair and maintenance easy, quick, affordable, and fun. With Zinn at your side, you'll know how to keep your bicycling running smoothly for years.

Author: Lennard Zinn
Publisher: VeloPress
Published: 06/25/2024
Pages: 488
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.83lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 1.27d
ISBN: 9781646046874

Product Tags:

Bicycles - Maintenance and repair, Bicycling, Cycling, Lennard Zinn, Mechanics, Paperback, Science, Special Interest, Sports & Recreation, Travel, VeloPress

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