Mountain Bike Maintenance

MBR Bookwatch, Feb, 2005 by Diane C. Donovan

Mountain Bike Maintenance

Mel Allwood

Firefly Books

4 Daybreak Lane, Westport, CT 06880

155297734X $26.95 1-800-387-5085 www.fireflybooks.com

If there's only one at-home reference needed for your mountain bike's maintenance, make it Mel Allwood's Mountain Bike Maintenance: The Illustrated Manual, a virtual bible of explicit, user-friendly details on the care of any mountain bike. Allwood's an expert mountain bike mechanic, but explains that these bikes are surprisingly simple in design, and easy to work on. Chapters detail minor adjustments ranging from brakes to 'transmission', cable-cleaning and chains and speeds, and include plenty of black and white and color photos for clear detail throughout. Highly recommended.