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Top Mounter
a Cross Country Rider
from Boulder, CODate Reviewed: July 29, 2003
Strengths: The Bible o' BikedomWeaknesses: Not for n00bs, knuckleheads or anyone who will never encounter obscure or rare bikes and bike parts in need of repair.Bottom Line: This is the bible for bike repair.
This is not meant to teach you anything about how to work on your bike or to remind you to air up your tires.
This book gives a skilled bicycle mechanic the information needed to repair or properly replace any bike part on nearly any bike that may ever come your way.
You don't know what you don't know... and if you have never used this book, then you haven't needed it and will never have any way of appreciating its real value.
Favorite Trail: Big long ones
Duration Product Used: More than 3 years
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$125.00
Purchased At: unknown
Similar Products Used: None
Bike Setup: A full stable of myriad makes, models and componentery
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Kevin
a Cross Country Rider
from Moscow, IDDate Reviewed: August 16, 2002
Strengths: Most exhaustive reference out there for sizes, threadings, and compatibilbity of components. Includes some very obscure stuff (which is good, because who needs to look up every-day stuff).Weaknesses: The newest edition we have is from 1986, so its really out of date. I assume that newer editions do a better job.Bottom Line: This thing is the bible. Every shop, custom framebuilder, or bicycle engineer needs a copy. If you don't fall into one of those categories you will never be able to justify the price. Luckily, your LBS is almost sure to let you come in and look things up in theirs.
This is a reference book, and consists mostly of tables. It is neither light reading nor howto. If you need to know something like the threading on a swiss bottom bracket or how to field-strip a 1960's 3-speed hub, though, this is probably the first place to look.
Duration Product Used: 6 months
Purchased At: I use the shop copy
Similar Products Used: All the common manuals.
Bike Setup: Changes daily
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Josh Tobias
a cross-country rider
from HoustonDate Reviewed: January 18, 1999
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This sucks. Too expensive. If you people can't figure stuff out on your own, then don't ride a bike. I recommend this book to be burned along with all of that porno in MBA....and the car ads in my favorite magazine. This all sucks. I think this review sucks.
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J Wallace
a cross-country rider
from State College PADate Reviewed: July 14, 1998
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This is probably the most boring bicycle book out there. Bad pictures, dull text, two color graphics... Luckily it's not meant to entertain. I work in Penn State's main library, and I sweet-talked a librarian to order a copy of this so I could see it. It is the most useful source of what fits who info, and it's very comprehensive. The rim tables are probably the best feature, it basically has a listing of every rim made, it's inner dimension(for spoke length), and has very good instructions for finding spoke length. It is a bit pricey, though. Ask your LBS if you can browse theirs...
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