Jim,

The guy's name is Jobst, more than just a disgruntled ex-employee, (although
that by itself should be no reason to discount what he has to say), he also
wrote THE book on bicycle wheel design and building, "The Bicycle Wheel".

alistair

on 22/1/2001 10:52 PM, Jim Arnott at jrasite@EONI.COM wrote:

> The gentleman Jorst, certainly makes quite an argument against one of
> the most successful designs ever manufactured. Much of it is smoke and
> mirrors, not sound engineering. His rant against both torsion bar
> suspension and VW powerplant construction is *not* borne out by
> history. Some of my favorite cars (not VW) have used torsion bar
> suspension. And the VW powerplant is an exceedingly elegant design for
> its purpose.
>
> Well worth the read! Though his comments *do* seem like a disgruntled
> ex-employee.
>
> Jim
>
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