Jobst Brandt (1935-2015) was a California cyclist and engineer whose passion and intellect changed the way we ride bikes today. Years before the evolution of mountain bikes and gravel bikes, his legendary ‘Jobst rides’ took riders and their bikes to places they hadn’t gone before. Over half a century he regularly spent summers in the Alps, lightweight touring and adventuring over 2,000 miles each time, always carrying a camera to document his trip. He was also the mind behind innovations such as the bike computer and smooth tyres, and even influenced the birth of the mountain bike. The book tells the story of his life and rides through unseen photos and original documents, with thousands of pictures and testimonies from Tom Ritchey, Gary Fisher, Joe Breeze and others.