krome

All of them.

I've never communicated with him directly, or met him, but his web encyclopedia has helped immensely on all my bike projects.

He will be missed. I'm sure he had forgotten more about bicycles than I could ever hope to learn.

Thanks for your contributions Mr. Brown.

Michel Gagnon

What a moving tribute!
Congratulations to you, and thanks again to Sheldon for his unfailing work.

wroomwroomoops

Not meaning to spam the threads, but you might otherwise miss this: guestbook at Harry's Cyclery:
https://htmlgear.tripod.com/guest/con...ris/index.html
In memory of Sheldon.

geo8rge

Sheldonbrown.com was the starting point of all bicycle related questions. In particular I built 2 wheels following his instructions. Countless smaller consultations.

aesmith

All of them. I came back to bikes recently with a couple of renovation/repair projects, only to find that most of the technology I had to work with had been invented since my time, and already gone obsolete. I can't think how many wrong bits I'd have ordered without Sheldons's explanations and reference guides.

04jtb

Thanks for that

RichinPeoria

I cannot count the number of times I went to his web pages for information.

frozin

When I started working at a bike shop I was thrown directly into the shop to be a full time mechanic, but all I knew how to do was work on single speeds. If it wasn't for Sheldon and his website I would not have been as successful as I have been so far in the industry, so I owe every bike I've built and repaired to Sheldon.

nowheels

A few years ago Sheldon helped convert my Biancha San Jose over to a 1 x 8 .
https://sheldonbrown.com/harris/bianc...os8/index.html

royalflash

I built a wheel based on Sheldon´s instructions and bought the wheel building tools (stand, spoke tensionmeter etc) from Harris Cyclery due to Sheldon´s website. His webpages have been an invaluable source of information for me for all my bike repairs and renovations. Its amazing how much wisdom and knowledge he had about cycling matters and he had the generosity to share it with people all round the world. A real loss to us all.

Here´s to Sheldon- a real gentleman

TimJ

This bike is a Sheldon bike. I got excited about fixed gear by reading his articles on it, I got excited about doing a conversion of an old lugged frame the same way, and I got a brooks because I trusted his opinion as a lifetime brooks sitter-onner. I had been out of cycling for years and really it was thanks to Sheldon's impassioned writing that I caught the bug again. Everything I forgot I relearned through his site, everything that was new I got familiar with. His presence was awesome and I'll miss him.

caloso

I was swapping wheels on my bike this morning and I suddenly remembered that I emailed him a question about quick releases. A really small, stupid question (should I upgrade the QRs that came with my Ultegra hubs?) but Sheldon emailed back within a few hours to say I should save my pennies.

tellyho

Most recent Sheldon-inspired bike is an old Giant Boulder, now with a 3 spd rear wheel built using his page. Sturmey Archer maintenance would have been impossible without Sheldon. Hell, so would most other work.

wharfrat

Here is a Raleigh Comp that is in various stages of completion. I'm building a rear wheel for it now that matches the front. I just corresponded back and forth with Sheldon last Thursday and Friday about some things I needed to do to get it done. He offered a lot of good advise as always. This Raleigh will take on some special significance for me now.

rodar y rodar

I never emailed the man, but his website was the main instruction for building my first wheelset last summer. It also merits saying that his articles on the Nexus 8 and on dyno hubs got me so excited that I had to build the wheels before I even came up with a bike to park over them. Thank you, Sheldon "Show Me How" Brown!

BicycleTutor

When I recorded the first bike tutor video, I sent Sheldon a link to see what he would say. He responded very quickly and honestly. He thoroughly critiqued every aspect of the video, and gave me a lot of advice and guidance about making future videos. Since then I've received a few more reviews from Sheldon which have really helped me learn and improve. I am really impressed by the amount of time and thought he spends helping others and responding to email.

My hat goes of to Sheldon for helping so many people around the globe learn and enjoy the culture of bicycling!

oilman_15106

Me too. I was so sad to hear the news but I thought about the projects I have not completed and will finish them in his memory.

Thirstyman

helped me bring my 1981 Lotus Unique into the 21st century. I had the pleasure of his generousity of knowledge on several occasions when his marvelous web site didn't somehow answer my questions. Thanks you Sheldon.

relyt

I am just finishing building my first bike, from the frame up, and I could not have done it without his website.

z415

Crap, I found out about his passing on my browser's homepage (Bicycling.com) and I was shocked.

Without his detailed, encyclopedia-like bike knowledge I would have never understood half the things I was doing to my bikes.

Without his great Interbike 2007 photos, I would have nothing to drool over with my likewise bike crazy former roommate.

Without his humorous mechanical alternatives (tried his chain cleaning method anyone?) we'd all be stuck with simpleton ha-ha's such as "You know you're a cyclist when..." that are funny, yes, but not all that sophisticated.

Finally, without his Bikeforum posts, we all have one less example of immaculate grammar and spelling that some would say a good number of posters on BF sorely need.

Crap.

dahoss2002

Information from Sheldon has helped me with little things like chain sizing and bigger projects like spreading the rear triangle and dropout alignment. His other articles about vintage bikes influenced my decisions on EBAY bids on older bikes from the 80's. I ended up with 3 classic steel bikes and have no regrets at all. Thank God, his work and spirit will live on as we continue to reference his wisdom for years to come.

orangepaint

My fixed gear commuter and an upcoming track bike would not exist without Sheldon. I probably wouldn't own a road bike either; in fact, I'd probably not be the avid cyclist I am now.