Sheldon Brown passed away this week and the bicycling world is currently mourning our loss. Sheldon was literally an encyclodia of bicycle information, and his shop, Harris Cyclery in Newton, MA is a household name in citys thousands of miles away from Newton. Sheldon had compiled an extensive on-line reference source on bikes, bike repair, and anything else cycling related that you can think of. It was one of the first links I put into the "links" section on this page since it is so useful. Sheldon is probably the one person most responsible for my wanting to build a fixed gear bike. He was also very accessible and one of the most helpful on BikeForums.Net. He would often post a response or forward a link to solve a problem but never once came across as a know it all or lost patience with a forum member that I saw.
Not sure how to end this, but rest assured that we will all miss you, Sheldon.
Here is a link to Wikipedia for more on Sheldon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheldon_Brown_(bicycle_mechanic)
Here is Sheldon's web page: http://www.sheldonbrown.com/
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