Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site Glacier.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!amdcad!decwrl!Glacier!reid From: reid@Glacier.ARPA Newsgroups: net.bicycle Subject: Re: Bike repair book? Light aiming? Message-ID: <1677@Glacier.ARPA> Date: Sun, 2-Dec-84 23:13:39 EST Article-I.D.: Glacier.1677 Posted: Sun Dec 2 23:13:39 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 4-Dec-84 19:34:33 EST References: <1524@pucc-h> Organization: Stanford University, Computer Systems Lab Lines: 24 > ... > However, I'm currently getting a slipping of my chain on the higher > gears which (from reading stuff herein) I suspect is a streched chain. > Can any of you folks suggest a good bicycle repair book? The best book for beginners, in my opinion, is the one by Fred DeLong. It's called "Delong's Guide to Bicycles and Bicycling". The worst book (don't even take it if it is free) is "Understanding, Riding, and Maintaining the 10-speed bicycle" by Denise De La Rosa and Michael Kolin. My brother started with Eugene Sloan's book, but I found it to be too sloppy and imprecise for my tastes. Lots of folks like it. Search list for slipping chain: First make sure the chain is the right length (if it is too short, it will slip). Then make sure the rear derailleur's return spring is working properly (i.e. not gummed up by dirt). Then try replacing the chain. Then try replacing the smaller cogs on your freewheel (or the entire freewheel, if it is a cheap one). I find that I need to replace the smallest cog on my freewheel almost every year. > My second question is sort of trivial: How do you aim a bike > headlight? Is there an law (I'm in Indiana) about this? Aim it wherever you want it. Its job is to make you be visible and to make the road visible to you; only you can judge that.