Bicycle Wheel Engineer

[andrea.hopper@hbpsi.com]

I recruit for Hayes Bicycle Group. Any good suggestions on how to
find a Wheel Engineer? The position would be located in near
Milwaukee, WI.

[jobst.brandt@stanfordalumni.org]

Andrea Hopper writes:

> I recruit for Hayes Bicycle Group. Any good suggestions on how to
> find a Wheel Engineer? The position would be located in near
> Milwaukee, WI.

What do you visualize when you refer to a "Bicycle Wheel Engineer"?
Not having seen any mention of bicycle wheels in engineering school or
meeting any engineers who gave the wire spoked wheel any technical
consideration, I think it will be hard to fill that bill.

Another indication is that no engineering analysis of bicycle wheels
was published for the first 100 or more years of the bicycle industry.

Jobst Brandt

[Tom Sherman]

andrea.hopper@hbpsi.com aka Andrea Hopper wrote:
> I recruit for Hayes Bicycle Group. Any good suggestions on how to
> find a Wheel Engineer?

Offer lots of free local product (i.e. Sprecher or Lakefront). ;)

> The position would be located in near Milwaukee, WI.

This job, presumably: <http://www.sun-ringle.com/jobs.php5>?

Is the job in Mequon or Havenwoods?

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
"And never forget, life ultimately makes failures of all people."
- A. Derleth

[John Everett]

On 15 Jan 2008 21:26:56 GMT, jobst.brandt@stanfordalumni.org wrote:

>Andrea Hopper writes:
>
>> I recruit for Hayes Bicycle Group. Any good suggestions on how to
>> find a Wheel Engineer? The position would be located in near
>> Milwaukee, WI.
>
>What do you visualize when you refer to a "Bicycle Wheel Engineer"?
>Not having seen any mention of bicycle wheels in engineering school or
>meeting any engineers who gave the wire spoked wheel any technical
>consideration, I think it will be hard to fill that bill.
>
>Another indication is that no engineering analysis of bicycle wheels
>was published for the first 100 or more years of the bicycle industry.

I used to ride with a guy named Chris Hahn, who was the project
engineer on the development of the Rolf wheels at Trek. Apparently it
was a two person project. Chris once told me Rolf Dietrich was sort of
the "mad scientist" and he was engineer who tried to keep the whole
thing grounded.

Last I heard from Chris was a few years ago when he accepted a job
with an engineering firm in downstate Illinois. I've sort of lost
track of him but I know one friend of mine is still in touch with him.


--
jeverett3<AT>sbcglobal<DOT>net (John V. Everett)

[Andrea]

On Jan 15, 3:26*pm, jobst.bra...@stanfordalumni.org wrote:
> Andrea Hopper writes:
> > I recruit for Hayes Bicycle Group. *Any good suggestions on how to
> > find a Wheel Engineer? *The position would be located in near
> > Milwaukee, WI.
>
> What do you visualize when you refer to a "Bicycle Wheel Engineer"?
> Not having seen any mention of bicycle wheels in engineering school or
> meeting any engineers who gave the wire spoked wheel any technical
> consideration, I think it will be hard to fill that bill.
>
> Another indication is that no engineering analysis of bicycle wheels
> was published for the first 100 or more years of the bicycle industry.
>
> Jobst Brandt

The position is posted online on the Sun Ringle website: <http://
www.sun-ringle.com/jobs.php5>?. This should give you a pretty good
idea as to what I'm looking for.

[Andrea]

On Jan 15, 8:06*pm, Tom Sherman <sunsetss0...@REMOVETHISyahoo.com>
wrote:
> andrea.hop...@hbpsi.com aka Andrea Hopper wrote:
>
> > I recruit for Hayes Bicycle Group. *Any good suggestions on how to
> > find a Wheel Engineer?
>
> Offer lots of free local product (i.e. Sprecher or Lakefront). ;)
>
> > The position would be located in near Milwaukee, WI.
>
> This job, presumably: <http://www.sun-ringle.com/jobs.php5>?
>
> Is the job in Mequon or Havenwoods?
>
> --
> Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
> "And never forget, life ultimately makes failures of all people."
> - A. Derleth

Yes, that is the job posting for the Wheel Engineer. The job would be
located in Mequon, WI about 30 min from downtown Milwaukee.

[Andrea]

On Jan 16, 10:49*am, John Everett
<jeverett3@sbcglobal.DEFEAT.UCE.BOTS.net> wrote:
> On 15 Jan 2008 21:26:56 GMT, jobst.brandt@stanfordalumni.org wrote:
>
> >Andrea Hopper writes:
>
> >> I recruit for Hayes Bicycle Group. *Any good suggestions on how to
> >> find a Wheel Engineer? *The position would be located in near
> >> Milwaukee, WI.
>
> >What do you visualize when you refer to a "Bicycle Wheel Engineer"?
> >Not having seen any mention of bicycle wheels in engineering school or
> >meeting any engineers who gave the wire spoked wheel any technical
> >consideration, I think it will be hard to fill that bill.
>
> >Another indication is that no engineering analysis of bicycle wheels
> >was published for the first 100 or more years of the bicycle industry.
>
> I used to ride with a guy named Chris Hahn, who was the project
> engineer on the development of the Rolf wheels at Trek. Apparently it
> was a two person project. Chris once told me Rolf Dietrich was sort of
> the "mad scientist" and he was engineer who tried to keep the whole
> thing grounded.
>
> Last I heard from Chris was a few years ago when he accepted a job
> with an engineering firm in downstate Illinois. I've sort of lost
> track of him but I know one friend of mine is still in touch with him.
>
> --
> jeverett3<AT>sbcglobal<DOT>net * * *(John V. Everett)

Hi John,
I'd be really interested in talking to Chris. If you're willing to
find out his contact info or email address, that would be great. I'd
really appreciate it! I know this is going to be a hard position to
find candidates for so any sort of networking is definitely
appreciated.
Thanks again,
Andrea