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33 of 33 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Hardcover
Clear, concise and straightforward to follow, the book gives invaluable information on the art of wheelbuilding. The science is covered in detail, but the most valuable section of the book is the build instructions.
I have used this book to build wheels for five bikes and achieved great results.
Thoroughly recommended.
20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
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Whereas Jobst Brandt will never win any awards for popular fiction, his engineering knowledge is hard to fault. All the scientific and engineering background behind wheels and their applications is explained clearly and concisely, giving any would-be wheelbuilder all the grounding they need. Brandt is somewhat dismissive of lightweight wheels and only skims over nonstandard spoking patterns, deep-section rims and other technological advancements in favour of teaching the basic principles - which is not necessarily a bad thing.
This book is aptly nicknamed "the Bible" amongst wheelbuilders - everything you need to know on your chosen subject, just not necessarily something you'd read all at one go.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By Martin A
Format:Hardcover
This is an excellent book - a masterpiece of clear writing and a delight to read.
If you have ideas of inventing a new way of spoking a wheel that has never been done before, the author suggests not bothering, as it will already have been tried by someone. Instead, he suggests letting your contribution be in building wheels of excellent quality.
Since buying my first copy of the book (later replaced after I lost the first copy), I have built maybe six wheels by following the instructions. They varied from a front wheel for an old Moulton bike with a front hub brake (with spokes only a few inches long) to 27-inch wheels for a vintage Carlton racer. In every case, I simply followed the step-by-step instructions - result, a perfect wheel, every time.
For anyone wanting to build bicycle wheels, or who simply wants to understand how they work, I recommend Jobst Brandt's book without reservation.
If you have ideas of inventing a new way of spoking a wheel that has never been done before, the author suggests not bothering, as it will already have been tried by someone. Instead, he suggests letting your contribution be in building wheels of excellent quality.
Since buying my first copy of the book (later replaced after I lost the first copy), I have built maybe six wheels by following the instructions. They varied from a front wheel for an old Moulton bike with a front hub brake (with spokes only a few inches long) to 27-inch wheels for a vintage Carlton racer. In every case, I simply followed the step-by-step instructions - result, a perfect wheel, every time.
For anyone wanting to build bicycle wheels, or who simply wants to understand how they work, I recommend Jobst Brandt's book without reservation.
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Excellent manual for the wheel builder, or even for those just interested. The author is an engineer and gives engineering and mathematical explanations for how the spoked wheel... Read more
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The most thorough bicycle wheels book available. Simply excellent
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Published on 18 Oct 2010 by M. Cummings
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The finest instructional book I have ever read.
I read this book 25 years ago when I was 13. Despite not being the brightest candle on the cake at 13, within hours of reading this book, I was successfully building wheels to... Read more
Published on 27 Feb 2010 by C. M. Stanton
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a very detailed book on cycle wheels
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I wanted to try making bicycle wheels. I thought I should gain some understanding of them first. This book is divided into two main sections. Read more
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One of the two 'texts' to have at hand. Useful to both beginners and 'old hands' -recommended.
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Quite simply the bible for anyone who intends to build their own spoked wheels. A lot of the theory is applicable to all spoked wheels and I used this as a basis for rebuilding... Read more
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