My favorite is his gearing. I believe he had something like a 52/47 chainrings upfront and like 13-24 in the rear. In his "later years" he put on a 13-26. So on all those wonderful alpine climbs he did, Jobst basically grinded up standing in his 47x26 gearing. But I understand that was his style. He wasn't the fastest up, but he got there. When he was on rec.bicycles.tech, he basically chew people out for people trying to challenge his findings without any evidence to support their claims. I miss those days....
On Friday, September 14, 2018 at 9:19:48 AM UTC-7, Patrick Moore wrote: > > John: see: > > https://www.trentobike.org/byauthor/JobstBrandt.html > > https://yarchive.net/bike/index.html > > Etc. > > Somewhere online Jobst described his history of alpine touring, starting > shortly after WW II (wooden rims, tubulars). For ~50 years he toured the > alps, paved and dirt, dry and wet, on a road bike with 5 or 6 speed > freewheels, Carradice saddlebag, toe clips/straps; fenders and racks were > as foreign to him, apparently, as electric assist. > > > On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 9:58 PM, Lum Gim Fong <john1...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> I am interested to know what mega milers like him think about use of >> racks, fenders, luggage, and lighting, since they have that stuff all >> worked out. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. > By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. > Other professional writing services. > http://www.resumespecialties.com/ > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, New Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique > ************************************************************************** > ************** > *Auditis an me ludit amabilis insania?* > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
