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Feb 5, 2008, 11:35 AM
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  Here we are! Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Out in the MA 'burbs near 495.
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 | Sheldon Brown 1944-2008 Sheldon Brown reportedly died of a heart attack this past Saturday night. His contributions to the cycling community will not be forgotten. Some links: http://thedailyrandonneur.wordpress....own-1944-2008/ http://www.bikeradar.com/news/articl...944-2008-14433 http://blogs.townonline.com/newton/?p=19172 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheldon...ycle_mechanic)
__________________ Skiing combines outdoor fun with knocking down trees with your face. - Dave Barry 21 days '07–'08 … bring on the '08–'09 season! Last edited by bvibert; Feb 5, 2008 at 11:46 AM. Reason: fixed wikipedia link |
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Feb 5, 2008, 11:45 AM
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 West Hartford Res 6/22/08 Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Torrington, CT
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| Don't forget his own website: http://sheldonbrown.com/home.html A sad day for cycling. I've gotten plenty of info from his website in the last couple of years that I've been MTBing seriously |
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Feb 5, 2008, 1:53 PM
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| Here we are! Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Out in the MA 'burbs near 495.
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| Ever-so-slightly-different-Sheldon Brown...
__________________ Skiing combines outdoor fun with knocking down trees with your face. - Dave Barry 21 days '07–'08 … bring on the '08–'09 season! |
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Feb 6, 2008, 11:20 AM
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 L-I-V-I-N Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: East Hampton, CT
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Feb 7, 2008, 9:23 AM
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 Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: springfield area Massachusetts
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| huge loss to the local and world community I met the guy a couple times and relied heavily on his web prescense for news repairs and random bicycle facts truly a loss.
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Feb 7, 2008, 3:27 PM
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 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CT, VT
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| Sheldon was a great educator and a nice guy too. He was the go to guy for anything bike hardware related. A virtual walking encyclopedia on bicycle hardware. I was just on his website a few days ago checking out specs on old quill stems for a replacement needed for my 1994 era Trek 5200. I learned a lot from his resources. Let's hope someone can take over from him? He was much too young to go. |
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Feb 8, 2008, 5:15 AM
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| Here we are! Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Out in the MA 'burbs near 495.
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| A really nice article about Sheldon in today's Boston Globe.
__________________ Skiing combines outdoor fun with knocking down trees with your face. - Dave Barry 21 days '07–'08 … bring on the '08–'09 season! |
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