The Bicycle Wheel
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| published = 1981
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| pages = 150
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The Bicycle Wheel is a treatise on wheelbuilding by Jobst Brandt first published in 1981.
Overview
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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.avocet.com/wheelbook/wheelbook.html |title=The Bicycle Wheel Book |access-date=2015-06-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150401171245/http://www.avocet.com/wheelbook/wheelbook.html |archive-date=2015-04-01 |url-status=dead }}
The book is made up of three parts. Part one, "Theory of the Spoked Wheel", examines how a wire wheel supports various loads, what causes wheel failure, what aspects of a wheel confer strength and durability, discusses each of the individual components that make up a spoked wheel, and examines wheel design. Part two, "Building and Repairing Wheels", explains how to select components, how to build a wheel, and how to repair various forms of damage. Part three, "Equations and Tests", provides a mathematical analysis of spoked wheels.{{cite book |title=The Bicycle Wheel |last=Brandt |first=Jobst |year=1981| publisher=Avocet |isbn=0-9607236-2-5}}
Reception
The Bicycle Wheel is considered by many to be the premier resource on building bicycle wheels. Noted bicycle mechanic and technical expert Sheldon Brown called it "the near-definitive text on the theory and practice of building spoked bicycle wheels".[http://sheldonbrown.com/brandt/ Articles by Jobst Brandt]