Jobst Brandt
Jobst Brandt (born January 14, 1935 in New York City , New York - † May 5, 2015 in Palo Alto , California ) was an American mechanical engineer , inventor , bicycle enthusiast , teacher and author .
Life
Brandt was born in New York, where his father, in 1933 after the seizure of power by the National Socialists of Germany fled economist Karl Brandt , a professor at the New School for Social Research was.
The family moved to Palo Alto on the Pacific coast in 1938 , where Brandt not only spent his youth, but also studied mechanical engineering at Stanford University until 1958 . After two years of military service in the Army Corps of Engineers , which was stationed near Frankfurt am Main , he found a job at Porsche . His other employers have included Hewlett Packard , the National Accelerator Laboratory, and bicycle component maker Avocet. In the latter company he was also involved in the development of a cycle computer and a high-performance bike tire, and wrote the book The Bicycle Wheel , a treatise on the wheel building , which became a bestseller.
Act
In the late 1980s and 1990s during the Usenet era , Brandt made numerous contributions to rec.bicycles.tech and other public forums. His reliable explanations and concise, sometimes sharply formulated views on bicycle technology, as well as detailed descriptions of his bicycle holiday tours in the Alps and the legendary one-day trips to the mountains of Stana Cruz , reached a large readership among bicycle enthusiasts worldwide.
Individual evidence
- ^ Jobst Brandt: My Interviews . In: Ron George . Retrieved May 8, 2015.
- ^ Jobst Brandt from Palo Alto in 1940 Census District 43-38 . In: archives.com . Retrieved May 8, 2015.
- ↑ Beijing by the Bay: POISED BETWEEN PALO ALTO AND THE FOOTHILLS, STANFORD'S MADCAP BIKE SCENE HAS SPUN ITS OWN CULTURAL REVOLUTION . In: Stanford Today . January 1997. Archived from the original on April 9, 2015. Retrieved on August 20, 2017.
- ^ Jobst Brandt: Part IV . In: Ron George (cozybeehive.blogspot.com) . Retrieved May 8, 2015.
- ^ Jobst Brandt, cyclist, inventor, author and industry gadfly, dies at 80 . In: Bicycle Retailer and Industry News . Retrieved May 8, 2015.
- ↑ Articles by Jobst Brandt
- ^ Alps 2001 - Olaf Brandt
- ↑ Tour of the Alps (travel reports, collected on trentobike.org)
- ^ Coast Range Slide Show
Web links
- The Bicycle Wheel Jobst Brandt's book on bicycle wheels, 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
- Tom Ritchey: A Tribute to Jobst , Ritchey Design Current News
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brandt, Jobst |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American mechanical engineer, inventor, bicycle enthusiast, teacher, and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 14, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 5, 2015 |
| Place of death | Palo Alto , California , United States |