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Sheldon Brown

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  • 04-02-2008 9:44pm
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    Chips Lovell
    Moderators, Politics Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,269 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Just heard that Sheldon Brown passed away. Very sad news. He taught a lot of people a lot of things about bikes.


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    Mr. Bones
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    sad news indeed. I always turn to his site to help solve all those problems i inevitably encounter when trying to self-service the bikes. R.I.P.


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    Gavin
    Registered Users Posts: 4,676 ✭✭✭Gavin


    That is a shame alright. Only 64, he must have been ill.


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    mloc123
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    Sad to read that.


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    cunnins4
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    shít, that sucks. His site was a good source of info.

    Very sad news indeed.


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    TinyExplosions
    Registered Users Posts: 6,860 ✭✭✭TinyExplosions


    According to Wikipedia
    "In August 2007 Sheldon was given a fairly definitive diagnosis of "primary-progressive" multiple sclerosis."

    Maybe that's what got him in the end.... it is an awful loss though, very useful guides on his site


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    Ghost Rider
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    Sad, sad news. Thankfully, I got the chance to mail him a few months ago to tell him how awesome his website was.


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    Hermy
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 11,375 Mod ✭✭✭✭Hermy


    I'm so sorry to hear/ read this sad news but thank you OP for posting it. Sheldon was a good man and the world is a lesser place without him.

    Genealogy Forum Mod



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    Itsfixed
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    Very sorry to hear that. His site was a mine of information, and which singlehandedly taught me to build a wheel.


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    Bicyclegadabout
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    :(


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    penexpers
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    He died of a massive heart attack - it wasn't MS in the end. RIP.


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    unionman
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    Very sorry to hear that news. Loved his site, he had a contagious passion for cycling, and he came across as a really decent guy too. Answered all my questions about fixed gear when I started looking into it.

    The world is poorer without him today.


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    Frog Brother
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    Use the site alot for info and advice, on an internet full of haters and critics his love for all things cycling was fatherly. I hope they maintain the site.

    maybe he'll be reincarnated as a handbuilt italian track frame, who knows?

    R.I.P.


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    sdep
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    I was very sorry to hear this. His site showed him to be a very generous man who lived life to the full. I'm sure he'll be widely missed.


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    el tel
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    That's very sad news indeed. His website was mega; learned lots from it and saved me making some silly mistakes. What a loss.


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    niceonetom
    Registered Users Posts: 4,833 ✭✭✭niceonetom


    he'll be missed.


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    Killgore Trout
    Registered Users Posts: 681 ✭✭✭Killgore Trout


    Very sad news - really enjoyed wasting work time reading his site


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    flickerx
    Registered Users Posts: 1,234 ✭✭✭flickerx


    Amen to all the above - cant say I ever conversed with him but his site was a goldmine of information, always positive and encouraging, and I read his autobiog with pix of him and his family, seemed like a very down to earth person. His name was known all over the internet as the authority on fixed gear bikes, and his pages were of great help to me when I built my first bike.

    Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.


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    Type 17
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    :(

    The cycling world is a poorer place without him...

    :(


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    fish-head
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    I'd know f-all about biked without him. What a man. God rest his soul.


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    E@gle.
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    I used his site quite a lot to find info on bike repairs.

    R.I.P


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    Mucco
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    Small piece in the Grauniad yesterday:
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/feb/07/ethicalliving.cycling


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    Alkers
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    Legend
    RIP


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