Bicycle!: A Repair & Maintenance Manifesto

(Paperback, Second Edition, Second edition)

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Bicycle! is written by a working bicycle mechanic and covers everything cyclists need to know in order to care for their rides. This book cuts through the jargon and dreariness of sheer mechanics, delivering maintenance clarity with a touch of humour and radicalism. Readers will learn to make roadside and more extensive repairs, lock up properly and deter rust. Bicycle! is about encouraging society to learn for themselves how to make their bikes work-not because they have to, but because they want to.

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Bicycle is geared toward people who are seriously into their bikes. Owning it is like having a bike mechanic to chat with while you undertake repairs yourself. --Kelly Nelson, Carbusters
Bicycle! is geared toward people who are seriously into their bikes. Owning it is like having a bike mechanic to chat with while you undertake repairs yourself. --Kelly Nelson, Car Busters
For anyone interested in taking on the maintenance aspect of their bicycle, this is recommended. --Kurt Morris, Razorcake
From seasoned bike builders to novice bike riders, everyone will find something of value in this manifesto. -- Library Journal
Sam isn't scared to tell you to use a hammer and duct tape when called for -- this isn't the manual for those with plastic bikes and torque wrenches, this is more geared towards keeping your bike working in the real world. --Urbanvelo.org
This book is free from step-by-step fixes and instead speaks to the mechanically blind among us who believe a bicycle runs on a combination of hope, alchemy and fairy dust. --Cycling Active Magazine

Author Bio

Sam Tracy is the author of How to Rock and Roll and Roadside Bicycle Repair.