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Park Tool Big Blue Book of Bike Repair 2nd Edition - BBB-2 | 
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| Brand: Park Tool
Category: Sports
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Rating:  25 reviews
Media: Misc.
MPN: BBB2
ASIN: B002Y8U24K
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Product Description
A visit to your local mechanic costs you time and money, especially when you could learn to pull that bottom bracket yourself. But even the most seasoned home mechanic will find the Park Tool book useful when there?s a $5k jewel dangling from the stand. Compiled and updated yearly by the number-one bike-tool company in the world, the Big Blue Book contains step-by-step instructions for repairing everything from road to bmx bikes, whether you?re doing simple maintenance or a complete overhaul. Lots of photos allow your 6-year-old daughter to walk you through the most complicated of repairs, and as a result you?ll spend less money on six-packs for your local mechanic.
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Step-by-step instructions for bike maintenance that tell you which tool to use July 27, 2010
Angela M. Hey (Portola Valley, CA USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I've used the 1974 2nd edition of the classic book - The Complete Book of Bicycling (4th Edition) to repair my bikes, but technology has changed. So I picked up the Big Blue Book in the bike shop. I've repaired my own bikes for over 40 years, mainly by trial and error. So when I was greasing the ball bearings in my back wheel and missed putting one of them back I thought it was time to see how to do it properly. The Big Blue Book had the answer - use a magnetized needle (I'm going to magnetize our meat skewer) to move the ball bearings back into place - I had actually used a magnetized screwdriver - the trouble being that the screwdriver would pull out an adjacent ball bearing when I was trying to push another one in. So this book had an immediate solution.
It's full of useful hints like the ball bearing trick, all beautifully illustrated with colored drawings. Detailed steps tell you how to carry out maintenance tasks, and when to take your bike to a shop for more difficult jobs.
Since the book is sponsored by Park Tool, and I already had a few of their tools, it tells you which of their tools to use. Now some of the tools are really specialized for bikes - like the third hand tool to grip a cable. Other tools you may not need to buy if you have a good quiver of hex wrenches.
The book starts by telling you how to get started in bike repair, get a good bike stand and organize hang up your tools on pegboard. It then gives a maintenance schedule for your bike - I'm a little surprised it recommends checking for chain stretch every 100 miles - some must pedal their bikes much harder than I do! It goes on to describe basics like how to mend a flat tire, but then gets into wheel and hub maintenance. Crankset removal is quite tricky unless you have the right tools and it is here where the book shines as it tells you exactly what you need to install or maintain cranks. The book continues with maintenance procedures for gears, brakes, handlebars and headsets.
I like the way the book uses tables to describe the tools required for parts from different manufacturers. At the end of the book is a table with the names of Park Tools that are available by generic tool category. There's also a comprehensive glossary of biking terms. If you have a torque wrench there's a table that explains how much torque is required for certain bike fixtures.
Whether you are just starting to maintain a bike or are an old pro who needs some up-to-date advice, this is a most useful book.
Good refeence, good primer July 15, 2010
Steve Spyker (Knightstown, IN)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is not encyclopedic in scope, no single volume could be, but it does seem to be a good reference for routine repairs of modern bikes. This much I expected. What I didn't expect is how concise it is in explaining the basics and how packed it is with useful background information. I especially appreciate that the author often explains the 'why' as well as the 'how'. I've been an amateur bike mechanic for over 40 years, but I started learning new things and useful techniques from the first few pages. I intend to read it through, cover to cover, but will use it mostly as a reference. The Appendices alone are probably worth the price of the book.
If you bike in flipflops don't buy this book June 28, 2010
J. Nimocks (Merritt Island, FL United States)
6 out of 9 found this review helpful
If you routinely bicycle in flipflops,if you don't know the difference between schrader and presta valves and you've used a flat bladed screwdriver on a bike tire, DON'T BUY THIS BOOK. If however, you consider real Saturday night fun fine tuning your derailleurs for the Sunday ride and you usually have a row of small evenly spaced grease spots on your arm or leg, then you will slap your forehead and exclaim, "They have a tool for that?", when you BUY THIS BOOK. You will discover important techniques for bike maintenance and equally importantly, you will discover tools that make the job much easier and achieve better results. To keep this review short and sweet, I won't repeat the above comments except to say this may well be the most important and useful bicycle maintenance "tool" you ever buy.
Just What I Needed May 4, 2010
A. Scarfone (Seattle, WA USA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I'm training for two, back-to-back centuries and found that with the amount of weekly riding I'm doing I needed to learn how to maintain my bike myself. When the book first arrived the maintenance process seemed so daunting, but once I started following the instructions and actually worked on the bike, I found that The Big Blue Book of Repair holds your hand through the entire process and makes it easy.
The book has detailed instructions that verbally walk you through the process step-by-step. It even repeats the process for other component groups. The supporting pictures are excellent and help to clarify, rather than confuse (as I've found in other tutorials). The Big Blue Book of Repair made the whole experience go from scary to fun.
It was extremely satisfying to hop on my bike knowing I had successfully made the adjustments it needed. Now I want to order a solid tool set and repair stand to pair with this book. I can't believe I'm actually excited to maintain my bikes.
Still the "Bible"... May 2, 2010
Charles Glendening (Pittsburgh, PA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The second edition of the BBB is a slick, well-illustrated and bound volume which builds on the success of the first edition. I have found it to be thorough and up-to-date on recent bike technology. It certainly is a bit of an advertisement for Park Tools, but frankly the 'advertising' has subsidized the price of this book, and we all can benefit from that...
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