What are the best (free) online resources for bicycle maintenance?
August 22, 2007 11:11 AM

What are the best free online resources for bicycle maintenance?

I'm looking for those "hidden treasures" of bicycle maintenance. Sites, free manuals, tutorials, videos, etc. If you know of any "best in class" resources, please share them!
posted by kingtaj to Sports, Hobbies, & Recreation (7 answers total) 40 users marked this as a favorite
sheldon brown knows all.
posted by space2k at 11:20 AM on August 22, 2007


Seconding Sheldon Brown. Another source (though biased towards their own tools) is Park Tool.
posted by exogenous at 11:23 AM on August 22, 2007


Sheldon Brown, Park Tool, and a copy of Zinn's books (Zinn and the Art of Mountain/Road Bike Maintenance) are all you need.
posted by kcm at 12:38 PM on August 22, 2007


A couple years ago I downloaded Barnett's manual as a PDF, but I can't find the source for it now. kingtaj, shoot me an e-mail.
posted by cog_nate at 12:54 PM on August 22, 2007


Sheldon Brown's site and Park Tool are two places I often use. The bikeforums.net Bicycle Mechanics topic is often really helpful and you even find Sheldon Brown in there answering stuff now and then.
posted by advicepig at 1:25 PM on August 22, 2007


The utahmountainbiking.com forums have a great fix-it section with tons of experienced help.
posted by neilkod at 2:21 PM on August 22, 2007


Excellent answers! I was pleasantly surprised at how detailed the Sheldon Brown, Park Tool, and utahmountainbiking.com websites are.

Thanks everyone for your comments.
posted by kingtaj at 3:40 PM on August 22, 2007


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