Jobst Brandt
Jobst Brandt (January 1935 – May 5, 2015) was an American mechanical engineer, inventor, bicycle enthusiast, educator, and author.
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Early life
Brandt was born in New York City, where his father, the German-born agricultural economist Karl Brandt, was a professor at the New School for Social Research.[1][2] The family moved to Palo Alto in 1938. Jobst Brandt studied mechanical engineering at Stanford University, graduating in 1958.[3] After two years of military service in the US Army Corps of Engineers, stationed near Frankfurt, Germany, he found employment at Porsche.[4] His subsequent employers included Hewlett Packard, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, and Avocet.[5] At the latter company, he was involved in the development of a cyclocomputer, a high-performance bicycle tire, and published The Bicycle Wheel, a unique treatise on wheelbuilding which became a best-seller.
Legacy
In the late 1980s and early/mid 1990s, the era of the Usenet newsgroup, Jobst Brandt was a prolific contributor to rec.bicycles.tech and other public forums.[6] His authoritative explanations and incisive, sometimes tart opinions on bicycle technology, as well as the detailed descriptions of his inspiring bike holidays in the Alps[7] and epic one-day rides in the Santa Cruz Mountains,[8] brought him a wide readership among avid bicyclists well beyond the Bay Area, in the nascent online community.
References
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- The Bicycle Wheel book by Jobst Brandt, published by Avocet
- Archive of rec.bicycles.tech postings, mostly authored by Jobst Brandt
- Accumulating altimeter with ascent/descent accumulation thresholds, US patent # 5058427 A
- Cycling Legend Jobst Brandt Passes Away, by Matt Phillips, Bicycling magazine
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- ↑ Articles by Jobst Brandt
- ↑ Alps 2001 - Olaf Brandt
- ↑ Coast Range Slide Show
