JOBST BRANDT RIDE BIKE! book

JOBST BRANDT - RIDE BIKE! Features unseen photos and documents from Jobst Brandt’s archive and contributions from Tom Ritchey, Gary Fisher, Joe Breeze and those who knew Jobst best. Cyclist, inventor, maverick: the untold story of one of cycling’s most influential outsiders and inspiring explorers. Jobst Brandt (1935-2015) was a California cyclist and engineer whose passion and intellect changed the way we ride bikes today. Years before the evolution of mountain bikes and gravel bikes, his legendary ‘Jobst rides’ took riders and their bikes to places they hadn’t gone before. Best known for writing The Bicycle Wheel, the maverick California engineer pioneered dirt riding and lightweight touring. His legendary “Jobst rides” took Bay Area racers including Tom Ritchey, Gary Fisher and Eric Heiden over dirt roads and landslides in the Santa Cruz mountains and the Sierras, and he maintained a love affair with the Alps, touring 2,000 miles across Europe’s mountain passes for almost 50 ye