Bicycle Repair Manual, Seventh Edition

Everything you need to keep your bike in peak condition in a user-friendly guide. No garage or shed is complete without a dog-eared copy.

The most up-to-date bicycle maintenance guide on the market, covering all types of bicycles: road, racing, mountain, hybrid, BMX, and children's. This is the essential manual for beginners and experienced cyclists alike.

     Step-by-step sequences show how to make bicycle repairs, from vital servicing to improving its performance--on
and off road. Learn how to maintain every essential area, such as brakes, drivetrain, and steering, as well as complex components, including gear hubs, hydraulic brakes, and suspension forks. Detailed chapters range from showing how to set up your bike correctly and safely, and the must-have kit for successful repairs, to troubleshooters to help keep your bike in top shape.

     This new edition is fully revised and updated, covering the latest bike brakes, gears and hubs, and models, and the latest technology, such as GPS trackers.

     Featuring easy photographic tutorials and handy add-ons, such as a step locator and toolbox, DK's Bike Repair Manual makes bicycle repair simple for every bike owner.

Suitable for all bike owners and types of bikes--covers road and mountain bikes, and racers.

Fully updated to cover the latest brakes, gears and hubs, bike technology, and makes and models.

More than 100M bikes are produced each year (Source: WorldWatch Institute).

Previous editions have sold more than 185,000 copies worldwide.

Step-by-step sequences show how to make repairs, from the simple (but vital) to the more challenging, enabling cyclists to repair their own brakes, gears, and hubs.

Detailed photographs show how to correctly set up both mountain and road bikes.

Includes how to install and use cycling gadgets like GPS and other accessories, reflecting a new tech-savvy cycling audience.