Originally Posted by
bkrownd
From my POV he's wrong about several things, IMO. However there's no reason that any one way of doing things will be best for all. I'm not part of the Sheldon Brown cult.
He
could be wrong about "several things". It might be interesting and useful to read specifics about
where he's wrong about "several things".
But he isn't wrong about stuff just because you (some random dude on the internet) say so
without any justification or real argument. It wasn't at all clear whether you even read the Sheldon Brown link.