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

by Lennard Zinn

Book Overview

Gives you the inside scoop on practical bicycle maintenance tips. Intended for those who are learning routine bicycle maintenance, and those who want to improve their cycling skills and techniques,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1931382433
• ISBN13: 9781931382434
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: VeloPress
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.9" x 9.9"

Customer Reviews

Mini cycling encyclopedia....

Excellent reference volume for any cyclist. Nearly all aspects of biking including basic set-up, maintenance, physical conditioning,and honing riding skills are dealt with in "blocks" consisting of a few pages to full chapters. I find myself checking a section for a few minutes in the "library" and then rereading full chapters.

A must for the tool box library

Zinn's "Road Bike Maintenance" is a handy guide to maintaining any road bicycle. His experience in physiology, mechanics and science gives him a unique take on wrenching a bicycle. Very concise and detailed.

Great bicycle book for beginners and experts

Zinn's brand new book (2004) is must have in any bike enthusiast's library. Building on his excellent maintenance books, which go into every detail of fixing and tuning your bike, the cycling primer is abundant with tips and tricks to improve riding skills. Ok, I ride a Zinn bike and might be biased but he is a competent author who used to race internationally and who explores unorthodox ways to cater for special needs of tall (and short) people. The book goes into great detail on how to properly fit a bike, tune it and a good overview on training techniques. I enjoyed reading it and will keep consulting it.