BIKE BOOK: COMPLETE BICYCLE MAINTENANCE James Witts, Mark Storey

Publisher: Haynes
Binding: Hardcover
Number of pages: 193

Synopsis: Mention the name Haynes and most people will immediately think of workshop manuals. Haynes Publishing has offered a cycling maintenance guide since 1994, and with this latest edition 'The Bike Book' has surely had more updates than any other printed manual for cyclists. The aim of any update is to keep what is still relevant from previous editions, but to ensure that every new edition is 'thoroughly revised to capture all new developments in the cycling world'. The result is generally clear and well-illustrated, albeit with some decisions or omissions that I found surprising. The first edition of 'The Bike Book' was written by our very own grumpy Northerner John Stevenson, with the role of lead writer passing to Fred Milson for the next four editions. Mark Storey took over for the sixth, with James Witts joining Storey for this seventhth edition.