Lugged Bicycle Frame Construction: Third Edition

"Printed by Amazon". Pretty good book, not as good as Patrek but a bit easier to read and about a seventh the price. The "print on demand" nature of the book Marrs the quality of the page layout a bit. Chimonas repeats a few phrases to the point of farse, "X will not be discussed in this book" being a favorite. Overall it's an accessible introduction to framebuilding with an emphasis on doing things at home using tools and fixtures available to the home builder without the crazy expense of some pro level tooling. The diagrams concerning geometry could have been much clearer. I would recommend it to the less experienced builder.

It's Ok

Husband is very pleased with how much information this bike book has, to help him build a bicycle from scratch. Great purchase for anyone looking to build their own bike. Book arrived in great condition.

Gives lots of info for the amateur frame builder.

I have learnt a lot from this book, very interesting.

Excellent product and service was as always brilliant!!!

I bought this for my husband as he's building a bike from scratch. He is an engineer but a beginner at bike building, and this is the only book he's needed. There are some tricks to brazing that are missing and that he's had to learn by trial and error, but it is well written with illustrations, and it it good enough to be used as the only reference manual for beginners.EDIT: He is now using the book in combination with this one to fill in some of the gaps on the brazing side: Soldering and Brazing (Workshop Practice) by Tubal Chain https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0852428456/ref=cm_cr_ryp_prd_ttl_sol_27

Bought this for my husband. Says he will now have to retire!!