Park makes some of the finest bicycle tools you can buy and I've been using them since my first day behind one of their double-arm repair stands. This is their book on bicycle repair written by Calvin Jones, who also trains the mechanics for the USA cycling. He really knows his stuff and this book is very helpful.

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Product Description

A new book on bike repair from the company that wrote the book on bike repair products. Calvin Jones, Education Director at Park Tool, provides easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions for keeping any road or mountain bike running smoothly. From tire repair and derailleur adjustment to wheel truing and bottom bracket replacement, The Big Blue Book of Bike Repair provides both the novice and veteran mechanic with the information needed to perform nearly any repair. Special topics such as tool selection, bike cleaning, and on-the-trail repairs are also covered, and an appendix at the back of the book provides valuable reference materials. Up to date with the latest technology, The Big Blue Book of Bike Repair is packed with hundreds of photos, as well as repair tips garnered from the author's 30 years as an educator and mechanic.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #99913 in Books
• Published on: 2005-02
• Binding: Paperback
• 233 pages

CyclingNews.com March, 2005
The book covers everything from basic skills to servicing hydraulic systems in brakes and suspension forks.

About the Author
The author, Calvin Jones, is without a doubt one of the most qualified mechanics and instructors in the world today. With over 30 years experience, Calvin lives, eats, sleeps and breathes bicycles. Here is a list of just a few of his many qualifications:

National Team Mechanic and Manager of the USA National Team Mechanics at the MTB World Championships in 1994, 96,97, 01, 03 and 04.

Instructor at USA Cycling Mechanics Licensing clinics at the US Olympic Training center in Colorado Springs since 1984.

Eight years instructor at Barnett's Bicycle Institute for bicycle mechanics.

Author of the Park Tool School Manual. Park Tool's in store clinic presented by local bike shops.

Director of Education at Park Tool since 1996.

Mechanical advisor for countless bicycle industry manufacturers, racing teams and retailers.

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Customer Reviews

Stick it to the man, do it yourself!!!
I've been biking for 12 years. This is the ultimate beginners guide to servicing and maintaining your bicycle(s). Step by step instruction plenty of easy to interpret pictures and ancient secrets you would have to have been a bike mechanic for ten years to know; all at your finger tips. However what's the point in knowing how without practice, so get a tool kit and stand. Here are my favorites.Park Tool AK-37 Advanced Mechanic Tool KitPark PCS-9 Home Mechanic Repair StandNashbar Elite Tool Kit

I Have No Idea
I bought this book for my husband, who is really into bicycling. He loves it. The weekend the book arrived, he had both tires off his road bike and was cleaning everything... it was a big hit. He says its great.

Reference guide to determine which tool to buy for a given repair job
Over 223 pages, (the only glossy paper is the front cover and the back
one), PARK has properly organized into different chapters, differnet
repair work required on the generic bicycle.

The main purpose of this book, is its assistance in determining
which tool is appropriate for any given job. In addition, it
provides the possibility of of the reader buying it online, since
the book provides the exact part # for that Park Tool, from various
online bike webstores, through amazon, perhaps.

As a learning document, for various repairs, the material is relatively
thin, as the various steps in doing any given repair are missing,
just the initial and / or perhaps the final outcome of the repair work,
for example.

A lot of time went into the thinking of the book, organizing it by
theme, into chapters, taking photos, so the overall work took more
effort than it appears from just flipping through the pages.

Overall, it's a great marketing device and sales reference for
the cyclist at large to decide what tool he needs to buy, for any
given repair. But, to learn how to actually do the repairs, other
books are preferable than this one - although the tools to do those
repairs, obviously, will need to be acquired in one way or another,
regardless which book is read to do the repair work on your bike.