Return-Path: <@cs.cmu.edu:jolly@bmw.ece.cmu.edu> Received: from cs.cmu.edu by K.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa03416; 13 Feb 92 9:34:40 EST Received: from bmw.ece.cmu.edu by CS.CMU.EDU id aa11256; 13 Feb 92 9:33:27 EST Received: by bmw.ece.cmu.edu (5.54-ECE2/5.17) id AA18859; Thu, 13 Feb 92 09:33:08 EST Message-Id: <9202131433.AA18859@bmw.ece.cmu.edu> To: bovik@cs.cmu.edu Subject: bike maintenance books Date: Thu, 13 Feb 92 09:33:08 -0500 From: John Lee Hi, Here are responses I received from a post to rec.bicycles. The question was "what is a good bike maintenance book, for somebody starting off?". John. ps. Harry, how are the wife and kids? -------------------- Subject: Re: bike maintenance books: recommendations sought Newsgroups: rec.bicycles In-Reply-To: Organization: U. C. Berkeley Open Computing Facility The best beginner's bike maintenance book is "Anybody's Bike Book," by Tom Cuthbertson. All the information is really solid and well-explained, the drawings are helpful and clear, and the tone is conversational and amusing. I can read this book even when I'm not working on a bike. I (and probably the rest of the net) recommend it. -------------------- You might check the FAQ -- and summarize what you find if you don't see anything in the FAQ! I particularly like ``Richard's Bicycling Book'', Richard Ballentine, Ballentine press. It's small enough to be readable, assumes you want to know a bit about each of the philosphy, science, and workings of bikes. ;-D oN ( Re: views ) Pardo -------------------- Bicycling magazine has two books in print. One is more of a glossing over for extremely general stuff - the title doesn't come to mind, but I've heard it's a little too vague. The other _complete guide to bicycle maintenance and repair_ is the one that I have. I've found that it's really good in some places and in others it's lacking. I'm sure it would do for starting, but there are a lot of things that I've learned working on bikes taht aren't in there. Good Luck, -------------------- I often pick up Bicycle guide's book from the local library when I am doing any major maintenance. I would recommend it as well. It seems to me that I saw them advertising a 2nd edition of this book in 1991 which would probably address all of the recent technology. --------------------