Zinn's Cycling Primer

Maintenance Tips and Skill Building for Cyclists

By: Lennard Zinn

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Paperback | 22 July 2004

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A complete guide to the sport and pastime, Zinn's Cycling Primer: Maintenance Tips and Skill Building for Cyclists includes routine bicycle maintenance tips, simple tricks to fix troublesome quirks, and tutorials to help increase cycling performance.

A book for the novice and aficionado alike, the focus is on both learnable skills and understanding components and hardware. Specific units range from improving pedal stroke and building a disc brake rear wheel to setting up clip-in pedals and shoes and mastering technical uphills.

Famous athletes and mechanics provide special insight, and accompanying photographs clearly illustrate each procedure. Aimed at road and mountain cyclists as well as triathletes, this book presents valuable information in a format that's fun and easy to grasp.

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Praise for Zinn and the Art of Road Bike Maintenance. "Whether someone is experienced at repairing bicycles or is just a weekend rider, this book includes everything to keep bikes rolling."

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Initial setup	p. 1
Saddle height	p. 2
Saddle fore, aft, and tilt position	p. 5
Handlebar reach	p. 8
Handlebar height and tilt	p. 12
Bike setup for aerodynamic time trialing	p. 15
Bike setup for triathlons	p. 18
Setting up clip-in pedals and shoes	p. 22
Orthotics	p. 25
Determining ideal crank length	p. 28
Choosing the correct frame size	p. 32
Adjusting for leg-length discrepancies	p. 34
Haney's way : another bike setup method	p. 37
Other bike fit resources	p. 45
Fine-tuning your body	p. 51
Nutrition	p. 52
Assessing your condition	p. 56
Raising your lactate threshold	p. 61
Improving your cycling economy	p. 65
Training with a power meter	p. 69
Overtraining, rest, and periodization	p. 72
Back pain and cycling	p. 75
Massage and recovery	p. 81
Stretching	p. 84
Core strengthening and injury prevention	p. 87
Road bike skills	p. 93
Cornering, descending, and countersteering	p. 94
Climbing	p. 98
Dressing for mountain riding and changing weather	p. 102
Racing!	p. 105
Mountain bike skills	p. 109
Basic mountain bike skills	p. 110
Climbing steep trails	p. 114
Descending technical trails	p. 118
Doing a wheelie	p. 121
Doing a bunny hop	p. 123
Planks and high, skinny bridges	p. 125
Mastering drop-offs	p. 127
Road bike maintenance and tuning	p. 129
Small chainrings : road triples and compact-drive doubles	p. 130
Tubular tires and wheels	p. 133
Upgrading campagnolo ergopower levers	p. 137
Aerodynamic equipment	p. 142
Road and mountain bike maintenance and tuning	p. 145
Using shims to fix what ails your bike	p. 146
Frame geometry and bike stability	p. 149
Changing a flat tire quickly	p. 154
Tightening bolts	p. 158
Making your drivetrain last longer	p. 161
Keeping your chain on	p. 165
Mountain bike maintenance and tuning	p. 169
Setting up and maintaining tubeless tires	p. 170
Setting up brake levers	p. 176
Keeping your grips in place	p. 179
Upgrading your bike to disc brakes	p. 181
Truing wobbly disc brake rotors	p. 186
Suspension tuning	p. 189
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Zinn's Cycling Primer

Maintenance Tips and Skill Building for Cyclists

At a Glance

Paperback

Industry Reviews

Shipping

How to return your order

Defective items

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