Book recommendation?

[RichardB]

Grand-daughter has just bought an elephant bike. She's living away from home and it's her only transport. She's a sensible and practical girl, but a little bit clueless (so far) about bikes. Can anyone recommend a book to send her to help with basic maintenance and simple repairs? I used to recommend Richard's Bicycle Book for this purpose (as well as being great pro-cycling propaganda) but it is out of print and the info nearly 40 years out of date. The elephant bikes are fairly simple, three-speed affairs, so she won't need to know about indexed gears and the best brifters, but basic stuff like punctures, cables and chains would be useful.

Any recommendations?

 

[RichardB]

Went with this one in the end. Seemed more appropriate to an older/less technical bike.

View: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bike-Book-Complete-Bicycle-Maintenance/dp/178521134X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1KGHKW70YJ9LJ&dchild=1&keywords=haynes+bike+book&qid=1592565554&sprefix=haynes+bike%2Caps%2C159&sr=8-1

 

[DRM]

Park tools big blue book of bike repairs is excellent in 4th edition, it really explains everything very well for novice & experienced diy'ers, it's about £20 you could get that one as well, also point her to their you tube videos

 

[RichardB]

Thank you, will do.