This guy designed Lance's bike

Quoted message said:

Well, he was on the team that did, anyway. I've heard Michael speak.
What an amazing presentation! Anyway here's his bio, along with other
faces of Trek:
http://www2.trekbikes.com/us/en/Technology/ACG_Faces/Michael_Sagan.php

Spam, cookies and Flash. UGH.

Ozark Bicycle said:

Spam, cookies and Flash.

Oh my!

intersting article there.

in fact, im a college undergrad in mechanical engineering, and i have
roughly one year to graduate. i wonder what courses that i take most
would be most relevant to the bike industry. i know fluid dynamics is
one. (i would love to get into the industry!)

and what would a company like trek look for most in an engineering
candidate?

-b.d

bicycle_disciple said:

intersting article there.

in fact, im a college undergrad in mechanical engineering, and i have
roughly one year to graduate. i wonder what courses that i take most
would be most relevant to the bike industry. i know fluid dynamics is
one. (i would love to get into the industry!)

and what would a company like trek look for most in an engineering
candidate?

A strong minor in marketing?

Ozark Bicycle said:

Spam, cookies and Flash. UGH.

Do you use Flashblock? It makes surfing the web a much more pleasant
experience:

http://flashblock.mozdev.org/

Using Flashblock means that you can access Flash when you want it,
without having to tolerate it when you don't.

Chalo Colina

Chalo said:

Ozark Bicycle said:

Spam, cookies and Flash. UGH.

Do you use Flashblock? It makes surfing the web a much more pleasant
experience:

http://flashblock.mozdev.org/

Using Flashblock means that you can access Flash when you want it,
without having to tolerate it when you don't.

Thanks, Chalo, that's new (to me) info.

Ozark Bicycle says...

Quoted message said:

Spam, cookies and Flash. UGH.

Can you imagine designing these bikes 30 years ago before computers and
AMD products?

(retch, hurl, spew)

bicycle_disciple said:

intersting article there.

in fact, im a college undergrad in mechanical engineering, and i have
roughly one year to graduate. i wonder what courses that i take most
would be most relevant to the bike industry. i know fluid dynamics is
one. (i would love to get into the industry!)

and what would a company like trek look for most in an engineering
candidate?

They say that the only engineers they're looking for are sales engineers.

--
Phil, Squid-in-Training

Barnard Frederick said:

Ozark Bicycle says...

Quoted message said:

Spam, cookies and Flash. UGH.

Can you imagine designing these bikes 30 years ago before computers and
AMD products?

(retch, hurl, spew)

I can easily imagine these bikes never existing, to no detriment of the
(non-commercial) cycling community.

Phil said:

bicycle_disciple said:

intersting article there.

in fact, im a college undergrad in mechanical engineering, and i have
roughly one year to graduate. i wonder what courses that i take most
would be most relevant to the bike industry. i know fluid dynamics is
one. (i would love to get into the industry!)

and what would a company like trek look for most in an engineering
candidate?

They say that the only engineers they're looking for are sales engineers.

in terms of immediate job requirements, that's probably true, but big
picture, an understanding of materials seems to be sorely lacking in
some engineers, so having more schooling in that would give b.d. a
decisive advantage from what i can see. particularly as the bike
industry is /so/ dependent on advances in materials these days.

i agree to that. an expertise or experience in both conceptual and
practical working knowledge in composites would be good to have. i've
been involved with asme intercollege hpv competitions uptil now in
where we build our hpv model, and then buy a big roll of carbon fibre
and glue it with resin all over and leave it to cure. thats how i'm
starting out right now.

as far as computing knowledge, i must think that they use a lot of
pro-e or solidworks, and matlab for mathematics modeling. i'm trying to
learn as much of these outside the classroom as possible.

-b.d

i agree to that. an expertise or experience in both conceptual and
practical working knowledge in composites would be good to have. i've
been involved with asme intercollege hpv competitions uptil now in
where we build our hpv model, and then buy a big roll of carbon fibre
and glue it with resin all over and leave it to cure. thats how i'm
starting out right now.

as far as computing knowledge is concerned, i must think that they use
a lot of pro-e or solidworks, and matlab for mathematics modeling. i'm
trying to learn as much of these outside the classroom as possible.

-b.d

bicycle_disciple said:

i agree to that. an expertise or experience in both conceptual and
practical working knowledge in composites would be good to have. i've
been involved with asme intercollege hpv competitions uptil now in
where we build our hpv model, and then buy a big roll of carbon fibre
and glue it with resin all over and leave it to cure. thats how i'm
starting out right now.

as far as computing knowledge is concerned, i must think that they use
a lot of pro-e or solidworks, and matlab for mathematics modeling.

yes, the more modeling experience and competence you can show, the
better. modeling is already crucial and will only be more so.

Quoted message said:

i'm
trying to learn as much of these outside the classroom as possible.

-b.d

there must be a lot of competition to get a job in these companies
though!

bicycle_disciple said:

there must be a lot of competition to get a job in these companies
though!

sure, but that's a good thing. if your grades are good and you can
demonstrate a project of commitment and interest, much like damon
rinard's home-made c.f. frame, you're in.

Ozark Bicycle said:

bicycle_disciple said:

intersting article there.

in fact, im a college undergrad in mechanical engineering, and i have
roughly one year to graduate. i wonder what courses that i take most
would be most relevant to the bike industry. i know fluid dynamics is
one. (i would love to get into the industry!)

and what would a company like trek look for most in an engineering
candidate?

A strong minor in marketing?

Don't be petty. They hired Damon Rinard. If you review
his posts here I don't think you'll find a lot of fluff.

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Well, he was on the team that did, anyway. I've heard Michael speak.
What an amazing presentation! Anyway here's his bio, along with other
faces of Trek:
http://www2.trekbikes.com/us/en/Technology/ACG_Faces/Michael_Sagan.php

I thought it was THIS guy:

<URL:http://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/pr/831813573/Science_&_Society_P
icture_Library_10307718.jpg>

--
Dave Larrington - <http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/>
Historians' Right To Work Campaign - We Demand A Continuing Supply Of
History!

Quoted message said:

Well, he was on the team that did, anyway. I've heard Michael speak.
What an amazing presentation! Anyway here's his bio, along with other
faces of Trek:
http://www2.trekbikes.com/us/en/Technology/ACG_Faces/Michael_Sagan.php

Interesting, over the weekend I was watching The Travel Channels' "Made
In America" and they gave the host (John something or other, the guy
from the "cheers" t.v. show) a tour of the factory. And they showed some
of the steps in building a cf frameset. And other parts of the operation
as well.

Ken
--
New cycling jersey: $49
new cycling shorts: $39
Not being a slave to the petrol pump: priceless.

bicycle_disciple said:

intersting article there.

in fact, im a college undergrad in mechanical engineering, and i have
roughly one year to graduate. i wonder what courses that i take most
would be most relevant to the bike industry. i know fluid dynamics is
one. (i would love to get into the industry!)

and what would a company like trek look for most in an engineering
candidate?

A guy I know who designed racing bikes at Cannondale had a BS in
mechanical engineering from Cornell, a lot of expererience racing
bikes, experience in a bike shop (a two-person shop where he and the
owner worked with customers and on bike). The owner also built frames
but I'm not sure if this guy was involved with that.

JT

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