RIP Sheldon Brown...

[JulesMaximus]

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Dear Harris Cyclery friends and customers,
It is with heavy hearts that we convey to you the news that Sheldon Brown has passed away. Our thoughts go out to his family at this time. The cycling community has lost one of it's most passionate members.

Just heard about this on Bikeforums.com. Apparently, he suffered a heart attack yesterday. He was 63 years old.

Pretty much sums it up for me: Cycling has lost a great ambassador and friend.

I've learned a great deal of information about wrenching on bikes from his website over the years.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Holy Shit!

RIP

 

[LS21]

poor captain.. his health's been bad the last few years

 

[classy]

Man when I seen the name Sheldon Brown I thought it was Sheldon from the Eagles. But my condolescenses.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Too bad - he was a great guy.

 

[fatpat268]

Originally posted by: classy
Man when I seen the name Sheldon Brown I thought it was Sheldon from the Eagles. But my condolescenses.

ditto

RIP

 

[Dessert Tears]

I hope they keep his website up.

 

[skyking]

Link to one of my favorite "products".
RIP Sheldon.

 

[eplebnista]

 

[Capt Caveman]

<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2008/02/08/homepsun_wisdom/">Homepsun wisdom
Beloved Newton bike-shop mechanic, cyber-sage Sheldon Brown will be missed</a>

 

[BrokenVisage]

So it's NOT the Eagles CB Sheldon Brown, right? Whew.. RIP whoever this guy is though.

 

[PClark99]

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
So it's NOT the Eagles CB Sheldon Brown, right? Whew.. RIP whoever this guy is though.

I was thinking the same thing at first, just what the team needed was another Jerome Brown moment.

 

[Kev]

Originally posted by: classy
Man when I seen the name Sheldon Brown I thought it was Sheldon from the Eagles. But my condolescenses.

Yeah me too, I thought things couldn't get worse after hearing they put the franchise tag on LJ Smith.

 

[Dirigible]

Originally posted by: eplebnista

Sheldon recently helped me build a bicycle wheel for the first time. I'm sad.

 

[zebano]

=(

This is sad news even though I never knew the guy outside of bike forums. Hopefully someone maintains that excellent web site of his.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: zebano
=(

This is sad news even though I never knew the guy outside of bike forums. Hopefully someone maintains that excellent web site of his.

I knew him from there and his website. I almost bought a fixie from him a while back that he was selling on ebay.

 

[Capt Caveman]

I met him at a New England Mountain Bike Association event. Great guy!

 

[tigersty1e]

That's too bad.

 

[arrfep]

Whaaat??

His pages on the Harris Cyclery site were like an encyclopedia of esoteric cycle-knowledge. Learned tons about fixies and SS's from there...and about understanding gear inches when I was setting up my touring bike.

Sad.

But I have to disagree with this:

Originally posted by: skyking
Link to one of my favorite "products".
RIP Sheldon.

All Time Best Product.

Almost got one of those instead of a Brooks.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: arrfep
Whaaat??

His pages on the Harris Cyclery site were like an encyclopedia of esoteric cycle-knowledge. Learned tons about fixies and SS's from there...and about understanding gear inches when I was setting up my touring bike.

Sad.

But I have to disagree with this:

Originally posted by: skyking
Link to one of my favorite "products".
RIP Sheldon.

All Time Best Product.

Almost got one of those instead of a Brooks.

I always liked his method of chain cleaning. If you want your chain clean...there really is no other way.

 

[skyking]

Originally posted by: arrfep
Whaaat??

His pages on the Harris Cyclery site were like an encyclopedia of esoteric cycle-knowledge. Learned tons about fixies and SS's from there...and about understanding gear inches when I was setting up my touring bike.

Sad.

But I have to disagree with this:

Originally posted by: skyking
Link to one of my favorite "products".
RIP Sheldon.

All Time Best Product.

Almost got one of those instead of a Brooks.

I agree, the saddle is classic. I like the torque-grip because it crosses over into general mechaniking, another passion of mine