Bike Mechanic (Instant Expert)

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PUBLICATION MAY 2012

Description

Amaze your friends (and annoy your enemies) with your expert knowledge of a massive range of subjects! Instant Expert takes the hottest topics for ages 12+ and turns readers from novices into knowledge-gurus. Jam-packed with information, each book offers practical, hands-on advice from insiders - people who know the subject best. Want to know how to stop your bike's brakes squealing? The best compound wheels to use for ramp skating? Or how to defend yourself if you are attacked? Instant Expert guides will show you how. Illustrated with a combination of high-impact images and step-by-step photos, these books are designed as a resource that readers will be able to return to again and again, as well as being useful for a single hit of knowledge. Exciting online video links are also provided to carefully demonstrate techniques, enabling readers to watch an expert and see how it's done.

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Packed with all the info you need to know - and nothing you don't! Specially commissioned step-by-step full-colour photos will clarify and explain text. YouTube and web links are provided throughout to demonstrate expert techniques. High interest information seamlessly links into science topics. Smart, informative and easy to follow, this will appeal to both boys and girls who want to show off their practical skills.

Author description

Paul Mason is an experienced freelance writer and editor of a variety of children's information books, with subjects including extreme sports, geography and travel. These include books in the Can Science Solve...? series (Heinemann), Forests Under Threat (Heinemann) and books in the Know Your Sport series (Franklin Watts) He is a keen sportsman and particularly enjoys surfing, mountain biking and snowboarding.