Zinn's Cycling Primer: Maintenance Tips and Skill Building For Cyclists

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« Item   Item » Zinn's Cycling Primer: Maintenance Tips and Skill Building For Cyclists Author: Lennard Ainn. Covering all aspects from road and mountain bike to triathlon, this guide is divided into the following subjects. Everyday Skills to Take care of Your Bike: Lessons in shims, bike geometry, changing tubes, tightening bolts and improving chains. Fifty topics can be individually consulted or built upon for a richer understanding of the relationship between bike and rider. Fine-Tuning the Body: Improving nutrition, understanding fitness and performance indicators and strength training. Mountain Bike Maintenance and Tuning: Dealing with tubeless tires, brake setup, twisted grips, disc brakes, rotors and suspension. Mountain Bike Skills: Starting with the basics and moving on to technical climbing and descending. Road Maintenance and Tuning: Changing cranks, gluing on tubular tires, fine-tuning Ergopower and aerodynamic equipment. Road Skills: How to corner, climb, descend, counter steer, dress and race. Setup: Position and particulars for every component from the saddle to the cranks. Softcover; 218 pages; black-and-white photographs. This maintenance guide for cyclists of all levels looks beyond the bike to address the cyclist's body and ways to maximize both. Velo Press; copyright 2004. More info + price