I looked to see if there was any useful advice on the challenge of removing Campagnolo Power Torque chainsets, as highlighted here as expected, there was.Īs well as explaining how to use the various specialist removal tools available, Zinn explains that 'in a pinch, to remove a Power Torque crank without the right tools simply unscrew the left bottom-bracket cup with a C-shaped, splined wrench. I am a great fan of the detailed line drawings that are used to such good effect here (perhaps because I used Richard's Bicycle Book in my formative years, which has a similar style), and knew that they would make the task so much easier to explain and understand. The book also claims to be the 'most complete resource for DIY bike service', so when a friend came round with some new Shimano wheels I confidently reached for the book to show him how to adjust the hubs. The book claims to cover the newest technology, and does indeed include recent developments such as SRAM eTap however, the very nature of such a book is that it starts to become out of date as soon as it is published, so there is no mention of the latest T47 BB 'standard' for example.
Not surprisingly, there will be common ground between each series, and this overlap seems to be growing: things like disc brakes and thru-axles have made it over to the road version, just as Di2 shifting technology will go the other way to the mountain bike version. Mountain bikes and triathlon bikes have their own series of dedicated books, with cyclo-cross coming under the road title. You can see that the books are being revised more frequently to keep pace with the increasing rate of technological developments.
Lennard Zinn's first book on road bike maintenance came out in 2000, with further editions following in 2005, 20.
Zinn road bike maintenance 6th edition manual#
For some people the Zinn series of books is already the maintenance manual of choice, so simply knowing that a new edition of Zinn & the Art of Road Bike Maintenance is available will be sufficient: the book claims to be 'the world's best-selling bicycle repair and maintenance guide', so that should mean a lot of satisfied users just waiting for an updated version.
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