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The Urban Biking Handbook
The DIY Guide to Building, Rebuilding, Tinkering with, and Repairing Your Bicycle for City Living
| Author: Charles HaineFormat: Flexibound, 208 Pages Item: 193861 ISBN: 9781592536955 Publisher: Quarry Books Specs Illustrations: 200 Size: 7.25 x 9.25 x .68 Weight: 1.25 lb. Published: August 1st 2011 DC: AQ List Price: $24.99 $18.74 All discounts based on list price. No trade discounts available from sale price. In Stock |
Ever wanted to take a bicycle vacation? Go on a bike date? Convert your beater into a fixie? Or are you just curious about the anthropology of urban cycling culture? The Urban Biking Handbook teaches you the anatomy of your bike, how to dismantle it, how to reassemble it, how to make it pretty, how to make it ugly…and most importantly, how to make it yours. Bike your way through car-jammed cities, under overpasses, and over the hills and far away to a cyclist’s paradise. - Learn to repair a flat, modify your handlebars, true your wheel, and fix your bike on the fly. - Not just for gearheads: Learn about what to wear, what to eat, how to pack, and how not to get doored. - Want to build your own bike? Get started with fully photographed tutorials and inspiration from the bike lovers profiled inside. Get your bike on with The Urban Biking Handbook! |
Introduction: Why Ride Bikes? Part I: the Ride 1. Choosing your Ride How-to: New Bike vs. Used Bike Building a Bike from a Bare Frame 2. City Riding Security Parking The Things They Carry: Choosing a Bag Choosing Your Footwear Fenders Riding in Traffic How-to: Hop a Curb Riding with a Group Getting Doored Scrapes and Crashes 3. Urban Outfitting Bike Clothing Tools Safety 4. Customization Getting in the Saddle How-to: Set Your Seat Height and Angle Handlebars How-to: Hack Your Bars How-to: Change Your Drop Bars for Flat Bars How-to: Citify a Mountain Bike Painting Your Bike Painted and Customized: An Idea Gallery 5. The Car-Free Lifestyle Starting Small: A Car-Free Week How-to: Go on a Bicycle Date Taking a Cycling Vacation Part II: The Bicycle 6. Bicycle Anatomy Frame Thread and Thread Direction Cable Actuation Bearings The Locknut Drive Train Braking How-to: Adjust Your Brakes How-to: Get Rid of Brake Squeak Steering Sizing 7. Frames Frame Materials Frame Construction Geometry Suspension Framework: An Idea Gallery 8. Tires, Tubes, and Wheels Tire Components Evaluating Tires Clinchers vs. Tubulars vs. Tubeless Inner Tubes Tire Pressure How-to: Fix a Flat Wheel Components How-to: True a Wheel 9. Bearings and Drive Train Hubs Gear Clusters: Freehub vs. Freewheel How-to: Repack Loose Ball Bearings How-to: Adjust the Cones Headsets and Bottom Brackets Drive Train Chain How-to: Lube Your Chain How-to: Break Your Chain Shifters How-to: Adjust Your Shifters on the Go How-to: Set Up Your Shifters for the First Time 10. Fixed-Gear Fixation Building a Fixie: An Overview The Track Hub How-to: Convert a Geared Bike to a Fixie Fixie Dust Part III: The Community 168 11. Bicycle Education Space Do-It-Together How-to: Start a Shop Finding a Space Finances Recruiting, Training, and Keeping Volunteers Building a Community How-to: Organize a Group Ride 12. Bike Hack Profiles and Gallery Scraper Bikes Glowing Bike Choppers Lowriders and Tall Bikes Bike Hack Profiles Glossary Recommended Reading Index About the Author and Co-photographer |
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