- Hardcover: 150 pages
- Publisher: Avocet; 3rd edition (June 1993)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0960723668
- ISBN-13: 978-0960723669
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 18.3 x 1.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 454 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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#148,303 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #33 in Books > Outdoors & Nature > Outdoor Recreation > Cycling > Excursion Guides
- #33 in Books > Sports > Individual Sports > Cycling > Excursion Guides
- #34 in Books > Travel > Specialty Travel > Adventure > Cycling
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
The wheel building bible,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Bicycle Wheel (Hardcover)
Without a doubt, this is the accepted resource for wheel builders. I think the book is a well-written information source for the new and experienced builder. If you want to know how wheels work, this book is for you. The engineering explanations are useful and detailed. Some feel the author is a little old fashioned in his view point on new products and wheel design. That viewpoint is implied in a few places in the book, but I don't feel it is over emphasized.
5.0 out of 5 stars
A must have for wheel builders,
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This review is from: The Bicycle Wheel (Hardcover)
This is one of the best references for building a wheel I have come across. If you truly want to understand how to build a wheel from scratch then it is a must have. It is very technical and does delve into the engineering side of things, whether that is good or bad is up to the readers desire to learn.As other reviewers said is does not talk about new technology but it is not needed as the point it is trying to drive home is how to build good wheels. Once you get the basics everything else falls into place.
4 of 8 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
I'm sorry I bought it.,
By Dr. Leslie Brown "Doc Brown" (Tenerife, Spain, Canary Islands.) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Bicycle Wheel (Hardcover)
I don't know what the others say, but I think the author is an anti-technological stick-in-the-mud.If you are looking for tips & info on how to build your dream lightweight wheelset, then look elsewhere because you won't find it in this book. I read the whole book in one sitting. The diagrams are much bigger than neccessary, for example one per page, and you get the idea they're just added as "filler". Some of the diagrams are repeated throughout the book, further giving that impression. All you are going to find here is the standard way to make 36 spoke 3-cross wheels with double butted spokes. That is it. A lot of what you will find in this book, you will already be aware of. If you've ever really "researched" (for want of a better word) before buying a nice wheelset, you'll already know more "tricks" than this book will tell you. I give it 2 stars, and the only reason I didn't give it one star was because it is entitled: "The bicycle Wheel" not "The ultimate bicycle wheel". Actually I've changed my mind - I'm giving it one star, because it should cover ALL aspects of the bicycle wheel and it certainly doesn't cover lightweight wheels.
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