Written by a leading sports scientist and a record-breaking ultra-distance cyclist, Ultra-Distance Cycling is an expert guide to endurance cycling, that delivers both practical and performance-enhancing insights on every aspect of ultra-distance cycling. The book wonderfully combines science and experience, delivering all the information you need, whether you’re just starting out, or you’re an experienced ultra-cyclist who wants to take their performance to the next level. Ultra-Distance Cycling includes plenty of great advice on training, mental preparation, equipment, nutrition, and major ultra-distance cycling events. This is the definitive manual which provides riders with everything they need to ride longer and faster.
Lennard Zinn is the world's leading expert on bike maintenance and repair. His friendly step-by-step guide explains the tools you'll need and how to know you've done the job right. The book's two-colour interior is easy to read - even in a dimly lit garage or workshop. Hundreds of hand drawn illustrations and exploded parts diagrams show just the right level of detail to lead you through every bicycle repair task. This smartly organised guide shows how to repair new and old bicycles from top to bottom. In 500 pages, Zinn's guide includes simple instructions for hundreds of bike maintenance and repair jobs. * Basics: how to fix a flat tire, lube a bicycle chain, adjust the brakes. * Emergency repairs: how to fix a broken chain, tighten loose spokes, repair a bent derailleur. * Easy shifting: how to adjust shifters, derailleurs, and cables for clean and smooth shifting. * Wheels: how to true a wheel, install a new tyre, change a cassette, replace broken spokes, build your own wheels. * Overhauls: how to service and replace pedals, chains and chainrings, saddles, handlebars, stems, headsets, forks, bottom brackets. * New tech: how to maintain 11-speed systems, electronic and wireless shifters, disc brakes. * Cyclocross: how to set up a 'cross bike for racing, select the right components, and make quick repairs. * Troubleshooting: how to figure out what's wrong with any bike and fix it. In this updated 5th edition there's new information on disc brakes, through-axle forks, SRAM eTap wireless shifting, second generation Shimano and Campagnolo electronic shifting, direct-mount sidepull brakes, SRAM X-Sync 1x11 cyclocross systems, tubular tyre gluing tapes, press-fit bottom brackets, wheelbuilding for all bikes including cyclocross and disc-brake wheels, torque tables plus much more. Lennard Zinn is the world's leading expert on bike maintenance and repair. He was a member of the U.S. national racing team and has been riding and fixing bikes for nearly 50 years. A professional frame builder and bike designer, Lennard is also a technical writer for VeloNews magazine and hosts the popular Tech Q&A on VeloNews.com.