Complete Bicycle Maintenance & Repair for Road & Mountain Bikes

Complete Bicycle Maintenance & Repair for Road & Mountain Bikes - 5th Edition

Inside this revised popular guide, you'll find thousands of up-to-date tips to repair and maintain any road or mountain bike. Whether you have the latest model or a classic that has thousands of miles on it, both beginning and experienced riders can keep their bikes on the road longer and spend less time in the repair shop.

With this ultimate repair manual, you can:

Build a dream bike workshop of your own, using complete plans and comprehensive tool lists
Fix roadside and trailside breakdowns quickly and with a minimum of tools
Learn the principles of suspension tuning for top performance and comfort
Set up and maintain all styles of rim and disc brakes, including hydraulic models
Keep wheels spinning smooth and true
Choose a frame design that best fits your body and riding style
Discover top tricks from professional mechanics

What's new in the expanded and revised fifth edition?

Updated text that covers the latest models and parts
More than 250 new photos so you get repairs right the first time
Clearer, better-designed captions so you can read as you repair
Troubleshooting sections to quickly identify and correct common problems
Web sites and phone numbers for dozens of bicycle and parts manufacturers
An updated glossary with technical terms and jargon to help you understand and be understood

Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1: HOME BICYCLE REPAIR
Boxing a bike

CHAPTER 2: FRAMES

CHAPTER 3: SUSPENSION
Basic suspension adjustment

CHAPTER 4: WHEELS and TIRES
Wheel removal and remounting | Clincher removal, repair, and remounting | UST tubeless tire removal, repair and remounting | Tubular removal, repair and remounting | Rim maintenance and repair | Spoke maintenance and replacement | Building new wheels | Truing wheels

CHAPTER 5: HUBS
Adjusting cone-and-locknut-type hubs | Cone-and-locknut-type hub overhaul | Overhauling and adjusting a Campagnolo hub equipped with an oversize axle | Lubricating sealed-cartridge bearings

CHAPTER 6: CRANKSETS
Crankarm adjustment | Bottom bracket overhaul | Removal and installation of a Shimano Octalink crankset | Chainring maintenance | Sealed-bearing cartrdige-style bottom bracket installation

CHAPTER 7: FREEWHEELS and CASSETTES
Basic cassette and freewheel maintenance | Cassette removal and cassette cog disassembly | Freewheel removal and replacement | Freewheel cog removal and replacement

CHAPTER 8: CHAINS
Assembly and disassembly of quick-connect derailleur chains | Chain maintenance and repair

CHAPTER 9: SHIFT LEVERS
Braze-on shifter installation | Bar-end shifter installation | Brake-lever shift lever installation | Twist-grip mountain bike shifter removal, installation, and service | Mountain bike thumb shifter removal and installation | Three-speed-type shifter removal and installation

CHAPTER 10: FRONT DERAILLEURS
Front derailleur basic maintenance | Front derailleur installation | Front derailleur adjustment

CHAPTER 11: REAR DERAILLEURS
Rear derailleur removal and installation | Rear derailleur cleaning and lubrication | Rear derailleur adjustment

CHAPTER 12: HEADSETS
Threaded headset adjustment | Threaded headset overhaul | Threadless headset adjustment and overhaul

CHAPTER 13: BRAKES
Nonaero lever replacement | Nonaero level cable installation | Mountain bike lever and cable installation | Aero lever and cable installation | Sidepull installation | Basics of disc brake maintenance | Mechanical (cable-activated) disc brake installation and setup | Hydraulic disc brake installation and setup (Hayes and similar) | Hydraulic disc brake installation and setup (Shimano, Hope, Magura and similar) | Centerpull installation | Brake pad maintenance | Cantilever installation and adjustment | Direct-pull cantilever (V-brake) adjustment | U-brake adjustment | Rollercam adjustment

CHAPTER 14: HANDLEBARS and STEMS
Handlebar and stem adjustment | Removing and installing road stem and bar for threadless headset | Taping a handlebar | Installing mountain bike stem and grips

CHAPTER 15: SADDLES and SEATPOSTS
Saddle installation and adjustment

CHAPTER 16: PEDALS
Mountain bike clipless pedal maintenance | Shimano SPD pedal bearing overhaul | Conventional pedal repair and maintenance | Look pedal bearing overhaul

CHAPTER 17: GEARS

GLOSSARY and RESOURCES

About the author... Todd Downs has more than 16 years' experience as a full-tme wrench. He's built wheels and prepared bikes for professional competition and works with Volvo-Campagnolo Race Service.