The Bicycle Wheel

The Bicycle Wheel is a treatise on wheelbuilding by Jobst Brandt first published in 1981.

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.

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.

Noted bicycle mechanic and technical expert Sheldon Brown called it "the near-definitive text on the theory and practice of building spoked bicycle wheels".