Zinn & the Art of Mountain Bike Maintenance is the world’s
best-selling guide to the maintenance and repair of mountain bikes,
hybrids, and fat bikes. From basic repairs like how to fix a flat
to advanced overhauls of drivetrains and brakes, Lennard Zinn’s
clearly illustrated guide makes every bike repair and maintenance
job easy for everyone. Lennard Zinn is the world’s leading expert
on bike maintenance and repair. His friendly, step-by-step guide
explains the tools and parts you’ll need and how to know you’ve
done the job right. The book’s two-color 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 mountain bike
repair task. This smartly organized guide shows how to repair new
and old mountain bikes from top to bottom. In over 500 pages and
more than 750 illustrations, Zinn’s guide includes simple
instructions for hundreds of mountain bike maintenance and repair
jobs: · 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 1x-speed systems, electronic
and wireless shifters · Troubleshooting: How to figure out
what’s wrong with any bike and fix it Zinn & the Art of
Mountain Bike Maintenance makes bicycle repair and maintenance
easy, quick, affordable, and fun. With Zinn at your side, you’ll
know how to keep your bicycle running smoothly for years. What’s
New in Zinn & the Art of Mountain Bike Maintenance, 6th Ed.: ·
New chapter on electronic shifting covers maintenance, service,
repair, and troubleshooting of all Shimano electronic shifting
groups. Also included: How to program your electronic shifting
system for personalized shifting as well as real-time display and
shift recording on a head unit. · New chapter on disc brakes
covers maintenance, service, and repair of all hydraulic and
mechanical systems. Includes integrated systems and their bleeding
requirements. · New guides on how disc brake mounting adapters
work and how to install them. · Complete info on the new 11-speed
and SRAM 12-speed drivetrains. · Info on all the newest bottom
brackets including 1x11 and 1x12 systems. · New guidelines on
wheel size selection for your frame size, suspension settings, and
travel. · New procedures for mounting and sealing tubeless tire
systems. · New usage guidelines for flat-prevention sealants. ·
Updated guides on replacing press-in bottom brackets with thread-in
bottom brackets. · New wheel lacing guidelines for building
disc-brake compatible wheels. · More than 750 comprehensive
illustrations and exploded views including 150 new or revised
illustrations. · Updated and expanded guides on how to tune,
rebuild, and maintain suspension forks and rear shocks. Includes
tuning guides for preload, compression, rebound, and sag. ·
Updated and revised troubleshooting tables, torque tables, and
gearing charts for 26”, 27.5”, and 29” bikes. · Also covered
in the 6th edition: All derailleur shifting systems; all bottom
bracket systems; all brake systems; all headset, stem, handlebar
and fork systems; wheelbuilding for all bikes; updated and expanded
torque tables; complete indexes of all illustrations and topics
covered. Whether you’re riding a classic Stumpjumper or a
carbon-fiber race machine, Zinn has got you covered!
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