Any good bicycle maintenance books?

[Maz]

Exactly that. Can anyone recommend a good general reference book?
I think there's a Haynes type manual, but don't know if it's any good.
Thanks

 

[Plax]

Exactly that. Can anyone recommend a good general reference book?
I think there's a Haynes type manual, but don't know if it's any good.
Thanks

I have the Haynes manual, I'm not overly impressed. I think "Bicycle Maintenance for Dummies" would be more appropriate for me though!

 

[HLaB]

I've got the Haynes bike book and find it OK, but I've also got Zinn and the Art of Road bike Maintenance and Road bike Maintenance by Guy Andrews and I prefer these. Zinn's more text and the Guy Andrews book has more pictures

 

[PatrickPending]

another vote for Zinn from me - had to get it over the web myself, can't remember where from.....

 

[robbarker]

Park Tools Big Blue Book.

 

[wafflycat]

Also, online, Sheldon Brown

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/

 

[GruB]

I have the Park Tools Big Blue book too and it works for me.

 

[Aperitif]

'The Bike Repair Manual' by Chris Sidwells is not too bad for an overview of all types of bike repair. (It is also available in French FWIW) £7.99 from Dorling Kindersly - which means that it has nice pictures everywhere... teensy bit annoying Step by Step procedures run across two pages though, instead of top to bottom then next page etc. A minor problem

 

[Hugo15]

Not books but on line resources.

The Park Tools site is very good.

http://www.parktool.com/

Also just seen a thread on Bikeradar that made me aware of this site

http://bicycletutor.com/

Always worth having a look on the Campag or Shimano sites too, as they usually have their instructions on line.