Recommended mechanical references
- Sutherland’s
- Zinn’s cycling primer (Lennard Zinn)
- Zinn and the art of road bike maintenance (Lennard Zinn)
- Complete guide to bicycle maintenance and repair (bicycling magazine)
(lots of step-by-step photos, 1990) - Bicycle care and repair (Coles)
(Lots on coaster and 3-speed hubs)
Further mechanical references
- The mountain bike book (Rob van der Plas)
- The bicycle repair book (Rob van der Plas)
- Mountain bike maintenance (Mel Allwood)
- The bicycle (R John Way)
- The Canadian cycling book (Ken Smith)
(lots of photos, 1972) - Reconditioning the bicycle (Bicycling books)
- Handy pocket guide to bicycle repair (Eugene A. Sloane)
(quick reference, 1993) - Road bike maintenance (Guy Andrews)
- Do it! quick bike repairs (Chronical books)
(quick reference, 1994)
All about cycling
- The complete book of bicycling (Eugene A. Sloane)
(Advice, info, history, good pics and illustrations, 1970) - The book of the bicycle (Roger St. Pierre)
- Cycle Canada (Bud Jorgensen)
Canada routes and trail guides
- The great Toronto bicycling guide (Elliott Katz)
- Mountain bike adventures in the northern Rockies (Michael McCoy, 1989)
- The complete guide to bicycling in Canada (Elliott Katz, 1989)
- Mountain bike guide to Ontario (Rider Mel, 2003)
- Ontario mountain bike trail guide (Ron Seca, 1994)
Other cycling guides
- The ultimate great rides (Procycling)
(routes and trails worldwide, 2004) - enCycleopedia: the international buyer’s guide to alternatives in cycling (Overlook press)
(all about the different types of bikes, good pics, 1997) - Andy Pruitt’s complete medical guide for cyclists (Andy Pruitt, 2006)
- The complete book of road cycling skills (Ed Pavelka)
- Bicycling for dummies (Allen St. John)
- Extreme mountain biking (Universe publishing)
- Mountain bike! (William Nealy)
- Training plans for cyclists (Gale Bernhardt)
- China by bike (Roger Grigsby)
Nontechnical
- Bicycles locked to poles (John Glasse)
(photo art, 2004)The Tour de France 2005 (Bob Roll, Dan Koepell) - Wheels within wheels (Dervla Murphy)
- Bicycling: a history (Frederick Alderson)
- It’s not about the bike (Lance Armstrong)