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Southernwayfare 02-04-08 02:33 PM

Rest in peace, Sheldon Brown.

cutality 02-04-08 02:37 PM

So, so sad.

RIP, Sheldon. You did good.

Ray_B 02-04-08 02:38 PM

Very sad indeed.
Through correspondence with him, I was put on fixed gear path.
A great biking advocate has been lost.
- RIP -

gargiulo.mike 02-04-08 02:39 PM

W T F!!!!!!!!

bward1028 02-04-08 02:39 PM

Rest In Peace. i feel as bad as i did the day vonnegut died...

oeuf 02-04-08 02:40 PM

Wow. I only know of the man through my many visits to his site, which I still go to to find answers and learn.
Rest in peace Mr. Brown.

MIN 02-04-08 02:41 PM

Wow I was just emailing with him a few weeks ago. His legacy will live on. This is quite tragic.

InternetDisease 02-04-08 02:42 PM

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br995 02-04-08 02:43 PM

I signed on just to pay my respects.


Can someone reprint the "Sheldon Is My Co-Pilot" stickers?

bikebuddha 02-04-08 02:44 PM

I have no doubt Sheldon is now in cycling nirvana.

Billygoat 02-04-08 02:45 PM

I am very sad to loose a great bicycle advocate. God bless his family and friends.

wroomwroomoops 02-04-08 02:47 PM

*******..... is the first thing I said. This can't be true. I refuse to accept this. We had a nice e-mail conversation going on a couple weeks back..... there was NOTHING that would make me thing it's going to end soon.

For now... I can't accept. I fscking can't accept this. There's so much stuff I wanted to discuss with him.

plodderslusk 02-04-08 02:48 PM

Thoughts go out to his family from far away. We dedicated bicyclists are an international crowd and the net made Sheldon Brown an authority all over the world. He will be greatly missed by us all.

bward1028 02-04-08 02:48 PM


Originally Posted by br995 (Post 6107979)
Can someone reprint the "Sheldon Is My Co-Pilot" stickers?

yeah, now they have an unfortunate meaning.

wroomwroomoops 02-04-08 02:49 PM

Is there a way to send our condolences to his family? They deserve to know how much he was loved.

Iser@n 02-04-08 02:50 PM

I just laced a wheel using his website and then i read this.. So sad to hear this. One of the most colourful people in cycling. I'm truing the wheel now, thinking about Sheldon.

wroomwroomoops 02-04-08 02:50 PM


Originally Posted by plodderslusk (Post 6108004)
Thoughts go out to his family from far away. We dedicated bicyclists are an international crowd and the net made Sheldon Brown an authority all over the world. He will be greatly missed by us all.

I concur.

toddistic 02-04-08 02:52 PM

RIP Sheldon Brown :(

gehrkead 02-04-08 03:02 PM

I can't believe. His site has helped with countless things. Major loss.

Retem 02-04-08 03:13 PM

someone should contact sun race and see if they will dedicate the new asc to Sheldon since he did champion the effort to bring it back

DiSrUpToR 02-04-08 03:17 PM

oh no!

I haven't logged onto bf in months, and the first thing I see is this news.

what an inspiration... what a true character.

the world is a lot less interesting today.

geeknerd99 02-04-08 03:19 PM

I became a mechanic because of his website. Perhaps I will name my next bike after him, as my two bikes thus far are named after friends who have passed.

RIP

queerpunk 02-04-08 03:19 PM

so many of us are so grateful for his life and his influences, it's strange thinking of his death as a loss. i prefer to think of his life as a gift.

every time i emailed him, he responded with one useful piece of information, and something hilarious. he seemed to take a lot of joy in life. he's got joke pages on his website, and pictures of him riding a tandem alone. he built crazy bikes out of what seemed like curiosity - or because he hadn't seen it done before.

he got so many people riding bikes. and that's great.

http://images.easyart.com/i/prints/r...elo-300707.jpg

wolfbrother 02-04-08 03:22 PM

He will be missed. I wish I could have met him.

jdms mvp 02-04-08 03:24 PM

Rip..


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