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The Park Tool School
The Park Tool School® is taught by your local bicycle retailer, experts in repairing and maintaining bicycles. The Park Tool School® manual is now the BBB-2 Big Blue Book of Bicycle Repair. The material in the student manual acts as the outline for each session of the clinic, which is augmented by the hands-on demonstration of the instructor.
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The BBB-2 Table of Contents
Chapter 1: BASIC BICYCLE MECHANICAL SKILLS
Chapter 2: TIRE AND TUBES
Chapter 3: REAR SPROCKETS
Chapter 4: HUBS
Chapter 5: WHEEL TRUING
Chapter 6: PEDALS
Chapter 7: CRANKSETS
Chapter 8: CHAINS
Chapter 9: DERAILLEUR SYSTEMS
Chapter 10: INTERNAL GEAR SYSTEMS
Chapter 11: CALIPER DISC BRAKE SYSTEMS
Chapter 12: RIM CALIPER BRAKE SYSTEMS
Chapter 13: HANDLEBARS, STEMS, SADDLES & SEAT POSTS
Chapter 14: HEADSETS
Chapter 15: FRAME AND FORK
Chapter 16: Suspension
Chapter 17: ON-THE-RIDE-REPAIRS
Chapter 18: BIKE WASHING
Appendixes: A, B, C, D
Chapter 1: Basic Bicycle Maintenance
- Threaded Fastener Tension and Torque
- Lubrication, Thread lockers, & Cleaners
- Diagnosing Mechanical Problems
- Tools and Tool Selection
- Repair Stands
- Home Shop Set Up
- Removing Wheels
- Removing Tire & Tube from Rim
- Inspecting the Inner Tube
- Inspecting the Tire
- Rim Strip
- Repairing Inner Tubes
- Pre-Glued Patch Repair
- Repairing Inner Tube with Self-Vulcanizing Patches
- Inner Tube Sealant
- Tire Liners
- Temporary Repair of Tire with Boot
- Inner Tube Valves
- Tire & Tube Sizing
- Installing Tire & Tube on Wheel
- Installing Wheels on Bike
- Installing Front Wheels with Disc Brakes
- Solid Axle
- Through Axle System
- Tubeless System
- Cassette Sprocket Removal & Installation
- Freewheel Sprocket Removal & Installation
- Rear Sprocket Inspection & Cleaning
- Fixed Gear
- Top of Page
- Bearing Service-cup and cone adjustable
- Disassembly- cup and cone adjustable hubs
- Parts Inspection- cup and cone adjustable hubs
- Assembly- cup and cone adjustable hubs
- Hub Adjustment- cup and cone adjustable hubs
- Hub Adjustment- Solid Axle- cup and cone
- Campagnolo and Shimano Dura-Ace 7800 and 7801 Oversize Hub Service
- Freehub Removal and Installation
- Cartridge Bearing Service
- Truing Truing Overview
- Truing Procedure
- Lateral Truing
- Radial Truing
- Wheel Centering (Dish)
- Spoke Tension
- Replacing Broken or Damaged Spokes
- Wheel Wear, Repair & Damage
- Pedal Removal
- Pedal Installation
- Damage to Crank Pedal Threads
- Pedal Bearing Service
- Shimano® Pedals-axle-bearing assembly type
- Shimano® Pedals-lockring and cup type
- Cartridge Bearing Pedal Service-Crank Brothers®
- Crank Removal (three piece cranks)
- Crank Removal: Octalink® or ISIS® Drive spline
- Crank Installation—Octalink® or ISIS Drive® Splined
- Crank Installation: 3-piece Square Spindle
- External Bearing Crankset Systems
- Bearing Cup Installation
- Crank Installation & Removal of Compression Slotted Arm Cranks: Shimano® & FSA®
- Installation & Removal of Shimano® Octalink External Bearing Crank
- Installation & Removal of Race Face® X-type Cranks
- Campagnolo® & Fulcrum®: Ultra-Torque Crank
- Non-Threaded Crankset-BB30 & BB90
- Bottom Bracket Bearing System
- Bottom Bracket Tool Selection
- Cartridge Bottom Brackets
- Cartridge Bottom Bracket Removal & Installation
- Adjustable Bottom Brackets
- Adjustable Bottom Bracket Removal
- Adjustable Bottom Bracket Installation
- Adjustable Bottom Bracket Adjustment
- Chainrings
- Chainring Replacement Chainring Wear & Damage
Chapter 8: CHAINS
- Chain Sizing for Derailleur Bikes
- Shimano® Chain with Connecting Rivet
- Campagnolo® 10-speed Chain
- Chain with “Master-link”
- Chain with Reusable Rivets
- New Chain Installation on Derailleur Bikes
- Tight Link Repair
- Chain Sizing and Tension Adjustment: Two-Sprocket Bicycles
- Chain Tension-Two Sprocket Bikes without Tension Idler Device
- Chain Tension Using Idler Chain Tension Device
- Chain Tension: Eccentric Bottom Brackets on Tandem and Single Speeds
- Chain Wear and Damage
- Chain Cleaning
- Chain Lubrication
- Cable System
- Cable Housing Lengths
- Cable Lubrication
- Shift Levers
- Flat Bar Shifters
- Twist-Grip Shifters
- Above-The-Bar Shifters
- Drop Bar Integral Brake & Gear Shifters
- Down Tube Shifters
- Bar End Shifters
- Front Derailleur
- Derailleur Cable Attachment
- Height Adjustment
- Rotation Adjustment
- Limit Screw Adjustment
- L-limit Screw
- H-limit Screw
- Index Adjustment-Three Chainring Bikes
- Index Adjustment-Two Chainring Bikes
- Front Derailleur Performance
- Rear Derailleur
- Derailleur Capacity & Maximum Sprocket Size
- Derailleur Cable Attachment
- Limit Screw Adjustment
- H-limit Screw
- L-limit Screw
- B-limit Screw
- Index Adjustment
- Shimano® “Rapid Rise™” Derailleur—Indexing Adjustment
- Chainline
- Derailleur Hanger Alignment & Repair
- Derailleur Wear & Service
- Troubleshooting Derailleur Systems
Chapter 10: INTERNAL GEAR SYSTEMS
- SRAM DUALDRIVE®
- SRAM® I-Motion 9
- Shimano® Inter-7 or Inter-8 H 8-1 Brake Levers
- 8-2 Cable System
- 8-21 Cable Lubrication
- 8-3 Caliper Rim Brakes
- 8-31 Cantilever Caliper Adjustment
- 8-32 Linear Pull Caliper Adjustment
- 8-33 Dual Pivot Caliper Adjustment
Chapter 11: CALIPER DISC BRAKE SYSTEMS
- Caliper Types2
- Rotors
- Hydraulic Brake Levers
- Hydraulic Disc Calipers
- Hydraulic Brake Caliper Alignment
- Shimano® Hydraulic Brakes
- Magura® Hydraulic Caliper Brakes
- Hayes® Hydraulic Caliper Brakes
- Avid Hydraulic Caliper Brakes
- Avid® Brake Bleeding
- Mechanic Disc Calipers
- Brake Levers
- Caliper Pad Alignment & Clearance
- Shimano® Mechanical Disc Calipers
- Tektro® Mechanical Disc Calipers
- Hayes® Mechanical Disc Calipers
- Avid® Mechanical Brake
Chapter 12: Caliper Rim Brake Systems
- Brake Levers
- Upright Bar Brake Levers
- Drop Bar Brake Levers
- Cable System
- Cable Lubrication
- Cable Housing Length
- Caliper Brakes
- Brake Pads
- Vertical Height Alignment
- Tangent Alignment
- Vertical Face Alignment
- Pad Toeing
- Cantilever Caliper Adjustment
- Linear Pull Caliper Adjustment
- Dual Pivot Caliper Adjustment
- Side Pull Caliper Adjustment
CHAPTER 13: HANDLEBARS, STEMS, SADDLES & SEATPOSTS
- Upright Bars
- Drop Style Handlebars (Road Bars)
- Stems
- Quill Stems
- Threadless Stems
- Saddles
- Seat Post
- Headset Types
- Headset Service
- Threadless Headset Service
- Threaded Headset Service
- Headset Replacement & Installation
- Headset Stack Height
- Headset Removal
- Pressed Headset Installation
- Fork Crown Race Installation
- Star Nut & Compression Plug Installation
- Fork Sizing and Cutting
- Unthreaded Steering Columns
- Threaded Steering Columns
- Fork
- Head Tube
- Top Tube
- Down Tube
- Seat Tube
- Chain Stay
- Seat Stay
- Dropouts
- Bottom bracket shell
- Swing arm
- Frame Construction and Service
- Steel
- Shocks (Dampers)
- Suspension Linkages
- Service and Tuning
- Spring Preload
- Fluid Viscosity
- Valving
- Linkage
- Cyclist Posture
- Tire Contact
- Aluminum
- Titanium
- Carbon
Chapter 17: ON-THE-RIDE-REPAIRS
- Tool Choices
- Flat Tire
- Cut or Ripped Tire
- Broken Spoke
- Dented Rim
- Broken Chains
- Chain Suck
- Twisted Chain
- Squeaky and Noisy Chain
- Rear Derailleur Shifting into the Spokes or Frame
- Derailleur not Indexing Properly
- Broken Derailleur Body, Cage, or Hanger
- Missing Derailleur Pulleys
- Front Derailleur Cage Bent or Twisted
- Crank Falling Off
- Bent Crank
- Bottom Bracket Loose or Falling Apart
- Broken Derailleur Cable
- Broken Brake Cable
- Twisted or Bent Handlebars or Stem
- Bent Frame or Fork
- Bent Saddle or Seat Post
- Appendix A- Recommended Tool List
- Appendix B- Glossary
- Appendix C- Recommended Torque for Bicycle Components
- Appendix D- Bike Map
