Product Description

Park BBB-2 Big Blue Book of Bike Repair- 2nd Edition-2008 Written by Park Tool Director of Education Calvin Jones with repair tips garnered from the author's 30 years as an educator and mechanic. Big Blue just got bigger and better! Freshly updated to include new topics, latest technology, techniques and equipment. Packed with hundreds of photos and hundreds of procedures. From tire repair and derailleur adjustment to wheel truing and bottom bracket replacement. 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 the BBB-2 provides both the novice and veteran mechanic the information needed to perform nearly any repair from trailside repairs to complete overhauls. The Big Blue Book is the perfect reference guide and step-by-step repair manual for nearly any bike, including road, mountain, bmx, and single-speed. We wrote the book on bicycle repair.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5156 in Books
• Size: One Size
• Color: One Color
• Brand: Park Tool
• Model: BBB-2
• Published on: 2008
• Released on: 2008-06-17
• Binding: Paperback

Features

• Park BBB-2 Big Blue Book of Bike Repair- 2nd Edition-2008
• New 2nd edition 2008 - Updated to include new topics, techniques and equipment.
• BBB-2 provides both the novice and veteran mechanic the information to perform nearly any repair !
• Perfect reference guide and step-by-step repair manual for nearly any bik/Road, MTB, BMX.
• A Do-it-yourself Bicycle Repair Guide from Park Tool w/easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions.

Customer Reviews

The "must-have" reference for bicycle repair gets better...
This new Park Tool Big Blue Book of Repair - 2nd Edition (also known as BBB-2 to differentiate it from the first edition) is a superb improvement over the original edition, Big Blue Book of Bicycle Repair, which was considered by many to be THE "must-have" reference for bicycle repair by many enthusiasts, cyclists and bike shop owners.

This is a good, solid repair manual for almost any bike, be it the single-speed classic cruiser, mountain bike, BMX or road bike. At 246 pages, this new edition has hundreds of photos that will prove to be quite helpful when doing bike maintenance. Like the previous edition, it was written by Calvin Jones, whose years of experience as the Park Tool Director of Education shows.

There is a definite emphasis on tool selection (don't forget that it comes from Park Tool), but such topics as general bike upkeep, emergency repairs, on-the-road fixes and even bike cleaning tips are well covered. There's a thorough table of contents that will appeal to novice, experienced enthusiast and shop mechanic alike.

The various sections cover a wide range of topics. For example, the chapter on pedals covers everything from removal and installation to bearing service to servicing Shimano pedals. There are plenty of helpful photos in each chapter to help illustrate the repair topics. The four appendices in the back of this edition cover such topics as a tool list, glossary, the recommended torque for bike components and a bike map.

The Big Blue Book of Bicycle Repair is used as the official student textbook in a unique program for learning bicycle maintenance and repair known as the Park Tool School. Check with your local bicycle dealer to see if one of these hands-on programs is coming to your area. If so, getting this new edition will give you a jump on the curriculum covered.

Another excellent manual worth considering is The Bicycling Guide to Complete Bicycle Maintenance and Repair: For Road and Mountain Bikes, a more basic, well-written reference that is also excellent for teaching youngsters how to perform their own bike repairs.

Even if you just want to get BBB-2 as your sole bike repair manual, it's a great 5-star reference. Highly recommended.

Useful Book on Bicycle Repair
This updated version of Park Tools bicycle repair book is an improvement over the prior edtion. The book with photos provides an excellent over view of the many components on a bicycle--such as the various types of brakes a bicycle can be equipped with. While a bicycle owner with a basic coaster brake bicycle will be disappointed since this type of bicycle is not covered (no info on basic bottom bracket and crank servicing such as on old Schwinns or Bendix coaster brake servicing), the book covers more modern bicycle components. The photos are good, as are the descriptions.

While not every bicycle owner may desire to repair their own bicycle, this is a useful book to inform any bicycle owner. Besides it certainly is nice to learn about your bicycle should you need to make an emergency repair. Even eventually learing to service your own bicycle can save $$$ when you see how easy it is to service some components.

Of course with modern bicycle features special tools are sometimes required and not every cyclist desires to purchase such tools. To that extent this book does identify the Park tools necessary and it is somewhat of a sales tool for Park--that is why I gave the book 4 stars not 5.

Still with this book, I have read other bicycle repair books (Glenn's New Complete Bicycle Manual, Haynes Bicycle Book Revised, Cuthbertson's All-In-One Bike Repair Manual) to compare notes and confirm information about the repair I am undertaking or having a bicycle shop repair. The other books available, used or new, are better, if not equal to this book.

comprehensive repair guide
Regular maintenance is a must for anybody who regularly rides a bicycle. There are two ways to maintain your bike; either pay somebody else to do it, or do it yourself. Having spent a great deal of money over the years paying bike shops to do tune ups and replace components, and having also had these very same professionals (at multiple shops) completely botch relatively simple operations, I have come to prefer the latter. To this end, a good bicycle repair manual is mandatory.

Based on the positive recommendations of several discussion boards and previous reviewers, I bought this particular manual. It offers a thorough set of instructions by a preeminent mechanic covering virtually every repair and maintenance operation you can expect to perform on your bicycle. Each major component of the bicycle has a chapter devoted to it. Illustrations are copious and in color, with clear notations throughout. It is actually a real treat to thumb through the chapters and soak up the knowledge contained therein, and though I am no expert, my impression is that the author has effectively transmitted his massive expertise into the written medium.