Old 07-25-16, 08:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Leisesturm
Is it me or has the ongoing annotation, expansion and occasionally re-purpose, of the Sheldon Brown bicycle encyclopedia reaching a critical mass?

Notwithstanding the points others have made that web sites aren't holy writ, I hit this point a few years ago. I was re-checking some point or other, and what was on "Sheldon's" site wasn't at all what I remembered. After scratching my head for a few minutes (Was I remembering things that wrong??), I noticed the re-write attribution. At that point I hit the wayback machine -- the re-write had violently changed the meaning of Sheldon's writing.


I haven't been back. Except for the gearing calculator.


If someone wants to make a real change in keeping up with technology, I'd certainly appreciate an update to Spocalc. The new models of hubs and rims have to be looked up individually, often over multiple sites, which really impacts the utility of the Spocalc calculator, IMHO.
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