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"The one book every disc golfer needs... If you only pick up one book on this list, make it this one... This is one of those books that will end up with highlighter and notes all over it as you read it again and again." - Mind Body Disc Golf Reading List (MindBodyDisc.com)

"It is a cool book to motivate and inspire you, speaking in terms that Disc Golfers can understand. Definitely check this book out." - Bobby Brown AKA Cool Daddy Slick Breeze (The Disc Golf Answer Man Podcast)

"Zen and the Art of Disc Golf is a perfect read anytime of the year to help your disc golf game...It's safe to say that you'll take something away from it and in the end, you'll take steps to being a better disc golfer with the knowledge you'll gain." - Zach Parcell (All Things Disc Golf)

Disc Golf is more than a game, Patrick D. McCormick carefully argues, it can be a window that shows us how we interact with the world. The way we play is the way we live.

This book is about the sport of Disc Golf, but it also is about so much more than throwing a disc at a basket. For the passionate practitioner, Disc Golf becomes a meditation, and practicing not only has the potential to make us better players, but better people as we begin to focus on what we are doing on the course that is working or not working versus what we are doing at home or in the office.

"Zen and the Art of Disc Golf" is about becoming the best players we can be and in turn becoming the best possible version of ourselves through cultivation of attitude, focus, determination, and mental strength. It is about mastering the mind, body, and spirit in such a way that we score better and live better.

Inside this book you will learn:
-What Disc Golf can teach us about life and success
-The secret formula for success on and off the course.
-How to create the proper attitude and focus to become better Disc Golfers and in turn live better lives.
-How visualization improves our game and our lives.
-Who you need to be playing with on the course.
-How to hit more chains and less trees.
-How to take yourself off autopilot and elevate your scores and your game.
-The 3 sides of Disc Golf and how to balance them.

Most importantly, after reading this book you will walk away ready to Ace holes and Ace life.

Disc Golf is life. Life is good.

Zinn & the Art of Road Bike Maintenance is the world's best-selling guide to bicycle repair and maintenance. From basic repairs like how to fix a flat tire to advanced overhauls of drivetrains and brakes, Lennard Zinn's clearly illustrated guide makes every bicycle repair and maintenance job easy for everyone.

Lennard Zinn is the world's leading expert on bike maintenance and repair. His friendly step-by-step guide explains the tools you'll need and how to know you've done the job right. The book's two-color interior is easy to read--even in a dimly-lit garage or workshop. Hundreds of hand-drawn illustrations and exploded parts diagrams show just the right level of detail to lead you through every bicycle repair task.

This smartly organized guide shows how to repair new and old bicycles from top to bottom. In over 500 pages, Zinn's guide includes simple instructions for hundreds of bike maintenance and repair jobs:

Basics: How to fix a flat tire, lube a bicycle chain, adjust the brakes

Emergency repairs: How to fix a broken chain, tighten loose spokes, repair a bent derailleur

Easy shifting: How to adjust shifters, derailleurs, and cables for clean and smooth shifting

Wheels: How to true a wheel, install a new tire, change a cassette, replace broken spokes, build your own wheels

Overhauls: How to service and replace pedals, chains and chainrings, saddles, handlebars, stems, headsets, forks, bottom brackets

New tech: How to maintain 11-speed systems, electronic and wireless shifters, disc brakes

Cyclocross: How to set up a 'cross bike for racing, select the right components, and make quick repairs

Troubleshooting: How to figure out what's wrong with any bike and fix it

Zinn & the Art of Road Bike Maintenance makes bicycle repair and maintenance easy, quick, affordable, and fun. With Zinn at your side, you'll know how to keep your bicycling running smoothly for years.

What's New in Zinn & the Art of Road Bike Maintenance, 5th Ed.:

More than 700 comprehensive illustrations and exploded views.

New chapter on electronic shifting covers maintenance, service, repair, and troubleshooting of all Shimano, SRAM, and Campagnolo electronic shifting groups.

New chapter on disc brakes covers maintenance, service, and repair of all hydraulic and mechanical systems.

New tech covered in depth: through-axle forks, SRAM eTap wireless shifting, second generation Shimano and Campagnolo electronic shifting, direct-mount sidepull brakes, SRAM X-Sync 1x11 cyclocross systems, tubular tire gluing tapes.

New troubleshooting charts

New master guide to press-fit bottom brackets

Also covered in the 5th edition: All derailleur shifting systems (5-speed through 11-speed); all bottom bracket systems (cone-and-cup through press-fit); all brake systems (including caliper, V-brake, cantilever, and disc); all headset, stem, handlebar and fork systems; wheelbuilding for all bikes including cyclocross and disc-brake wheels; special sections on cyclocross throughout including troubleshooting, maintenance, service, repair, and equipment selection; updated and expanded torque tables; complete illustration index and complete subject index.

The most concise, well-organized, and clearly illustrated reference available, Zinn and the Art of Mountain Bike Maintenance gently guides the reader - regardless of mountain bike experience or mechanical prowess - through every aspect of maintenance, repair, and troubleshooting in a succinct and easy-to-read format and presents the latest technological advances and equipment in mountain bike components. Detailed diagrams and simple instructions explain everything from repairing a flat tire to building a wheel. The instructions are useful for anyone interested in mountain bikes, yet concise and complete enough to cover every state-of-the art technical concern facing today's mountain biker. This timely revision offers updated information on shock pump adaptors, master links, V-brakes, cleat mounting and pedal overhaul, oversize handlebars, carbon steering tubes, tubeless rims, and much more. Repairs are rated for degree of difficulty while line drawings illustrate how parts fit together and show the tools needed to keep bikes in top shape and pedaling smoothly both on and off the trail.