Re: [CR]Jobst Brandt Info

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Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 21:27:37 -0400
From: "Steve Freides" <steve@fridayscomputer.com>
Organization: Friday's Computer
To: Janis Johnson <picabo58@earthlink.net>
Cc: Classic Lightweights <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR]Jobst Brandt Info
References: <5.1.0.14.0.20011016173553.009ff8d0@pop.earthlink.net>


I think I speak for us all when I say I hope Jobst make a full and complete recovery in record time.

And I hope you made sure the man-made mitral valve contains no titanium, aluminum, or carbon fiber, only Reynolds 531 steel. It would be even better if it were stamped Campagnolo somewhere but it's probably too late for that.

<smile>.

Please give him my best. I enjoy his comments on the Bicycle Science list and elsewhere.

-S-

Janis Johnson wrote:
>
> To all CR list members:
>
> The following is a brief update regarding Jobst Brandt, cycling legend and
> author of the book The Bicycle Wheel. He is a very close friend of mine and
> was my mentor when I first started racing back in 1978. Jobst inspired me
> to have the courage to ride my bike alone through the Swiss and Italian
> Alps in the fall of 1981 when I was 21 years old. Something I never
> imagined would be possible.
>
> * * *
> Jobst received a new mitral valve for his heart on Monday, October 15.
> Heart surgeons at Stanford Hospital installed a man-made mitral valve.
> Today, Tuesday, he is fully awake, fit, and recovering at Stanford
> Hospital. Family and doctors anticipate his continued excellent recovery.
>
> After many years of extraordinary physical achievement on his bicycle, the
> damage to his mitral valve as the result of childhood rheumatic fever began
> to impair his bicycling and threatened his future. We all look forward to
> what he'll do next...
>
> As Jobst has been known to say:
> Ride Bike!
>
> Jan Johnson
> Portola Valley, California
>
> * * *
> you may send e-mail to Jobst at
> jobst.brandt@stanfordalumni.org