The Urban Biking Handbook by Haine, Charles -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Dedication Contents Introduction: Why Ride Bikes? Part I: The Ride

Chapter 1: Choosing Your Ride

How-to: New Bike vs. Used Bike Building a Bike from a Bare Frame

Chapter 2: City Riding

Security Parking The Things They Carry: Choosing a Bag Choosing Your Footwear Fenders Riding in Traffic How-to: Hop a Curb Riding with a Group Getting Doored Scrapes and Crashes

Chapter 3: Urban Outfitting

Bike Clothing Tools Safety

Chapter 4: Customization

Getting in the Saddle How-to: Set Your Seat Height and Angle Handlebars How-to: Hack Your Bars How-to: Change Your Drop Bars for Flat Bars How-to: Citify a Mountain Bike Painting Your Bike Painted and Customized: An Idea Gallery

Chapter 5: The Car-Free Lifestyle

Starting Small: A Car-Free Week How-to: Go on a Bicycle Date Taking a Cycling Vacation

Part II: The Bicycle

Chapter 6: Bicycle Anatomy

Frame Thread and Thread Direction Cable Actuation Bearings The Locknut Drive Train Braking How-to: Adjust Your Brakes How-to: Get Rid of Brake Squeak Steering Sizing

Chapter 7: Frames

Frame Materials Frame Construction Geometry Suspension Framework: An Idea Gallery

Chapter 8: Tires, Tubes, and Wheels

Tire Components Evaluating Tires Clinchers vs. Tubulars vs. Tubeless Inner Tubes Tire Pressure How-to: Fix a Flat Wheel Components How-to: True a Wheel

Chapter 9: Bearings and drive train

Hubs Gear Clusters: Freehub vs. Freewheel How-to: Repack Loose Ball Bearings How-to: Adjust the Cones Headsets and Bottom Brackets Drive Train Chain How-to: Lube Your Chain How-to: Break Your Chain Shifters How-to: Adjust Your Shifters on the Go How-to: Set Up Your Shifters for the First Time

Chapter 10: Fixed-Gear Fixation

Building a Fixie: An Overview The Track Hub How-to: Convert a Geared Bike to a Fixie Fixie Dust

Part III: The Community

Chapter 11: Bicycle Education Space

Do-It-Together How-to: Start a Shop Finding a Space Finances Recruiting, Training, and Keeping Volunteers Building a Community How-to: Organize a Group Ride

Chapter 12: Bike Hack Profiles and Gallery

Scraper Bikes Glowing Bike Choppers Lowriders and Tall Bikes Bike Hack Profiles

Glossary Recommended Reading Index About the Author and Cophotographer Copyright Page

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