Jobst Brandt The Bicycle Wheel

This is the 3rd edition of jobst brandt s classic work a necessary reference for any aspiring wheel builder and a handsome addition to any cycling lover s library.

Jobst brandt the bicycle wheel. December 16 1996 while writing the bicycle wheel to conclusively determine what effect tying and soldering of spoke crossings in a wheel had i asked wheelsmith to lend me an untied pair of standard 36 spoke rear wheels on campagnolo low and high flange hubs. All the basic premises are spot on but the reader should be aware that this is mainly in application to rim brake specific freewheel equipped 700c wheels as demonstrated by most of. Jobst brandt is a mechanical engineer stanford with extensive experience having worked for porsche automobiles stanford linear accelerator center hewlett packard and avocet bicycle products. A legendary cycling engineer s view of the intricacies and dynamics of the bicycle wheel.

Table of contents introduction 3 the wheel. Bicycle the wheel third edition jobst brandt illustrated by sherry sheffield palo alto california avocet inc. The bicycle wheel is a treatise on wheelbuilding by jobst brandt. Free shipping on qualifying offers.

Back in 1975 when his serious inquiry began. A perfect companion to gerg schraner s the art of wheelbuilding. Jobst brandt s application for this book focuses primarily on older wheel design the language for some the more detailed oriented sections needs to be updated. The book is made up of three parts.

Jobst brandt s the bicycle wheel. Jobst s pioneering research has much to do with the renaissance of wheel design now underway. I had an inner body of a freewheel machined with flats so that a wheel. Tied and soldered wheels from.

Part one theory of the spoked wheel examines how a wire wheel supports various loads what causes wheel failure what. He is best known in the bike industry as the author of the bicycle wheel the definitive text on the theory and practice of building spoked bicycle. Ancient and modern 4 the disk wheel 4 part i theory of the spoked wheel 5 how the wheel supports a load 6 tension and compression 7. The bicycle wheel 3rd edition.

The bicycle wheel is an educational book that explains the structural theory of a wire wheel and teaches the practical methodology of building bicycle wheels. This book is out of print. The bicycle wheel by jobst brandt.