Bike Mechanic
Bike Mechanic: Tales from the Road and the Workshop
by Guy Andrews and Rohan Dubash
with photography by Taz Darling
Bike Mechanic is a behind the scenes documentary on how far professional road bike mechanics have to go to keep their riders fast, and more importantly, safe. Being a mechanic is a hard and thankless job, far away from the glamour of the podium, but these essential members of the team are always the first up in the morning and the last to go to bed at night – the rock band roadies of the bicycle world.
The authors Guy Andrews and Rohan Dubash bring their own workshop experience and have followed several key professional teams over the past few years and Taz Darling has amassed a collection of wonderful images and experiences along the way to perfectly illustrate a mechanic’s life on the road.
“One of the most beautifully produced books I’ve ever read. In words, but most of all with arthouse standard photographs and layout a homage to those who build and maintain bikes”
“An essential guide for any cyclist for whom only the best will do when it comes to their beloved machines”
“Bike Mechanic is beautifully presented... filled with wonderful photography that really gets behind the scenes of the pro teams and in the mechanic’s workshop. If you’re looking for a birthday or Christmas present to give to a serious cyclist, this is absolutely perfect...will be a well thumbed reference book in 20 years time”
“If you think you know everything there is to know about bicycle mechanics (both the process and the individuals), this is the very book for you. For those of us who could spend hours simply staring at a Campagnolo peanut butter spanner, it is manna from heaven”
“An excellent read for dark winter evenings, fun to just browse through, and would be a fine gift for any cyclist, even one with or without a workstand”
Published in 2014 by Rouleur Books, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN 978-1-4081-8989-4