RIP Sheldon Brown..
02-04-08 | 12:39 PM
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RIP Sheldon Brown..
From the IBOB mailing list...
"Sheldon's wife Harriet sent out mail this morning saying that Sheldon Brown died of a massive heart attack last night."
RIP Captain Bike. You'll be missed.
edit: official notice on the harris cyclery site.
(thread made into sticky - pitboss, 02/04/08)
"Sheldon's wife Harriet sent out mail this morning saying that Sheldon Brown died of a massive heart attack last night."
RIP Captain Bike. You'll be missed.
edit: official notice on the harris cyclery site.
(thread made into sticky - pitboss, 02/04/08)
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02-04-08 | 12:40 PM
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Wow... RIP
02-04-08 | 12:46 PM
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if this is some kind of joke thread the cycle gods will punish you
oh my god! this is horrible news (if it's true)
RIP sheldon, you were one of the only people I trusted for information, and one of the funniest people I ever read.
oh my god! this is horrible news (if it's true)
RIP sheldon, you were one of the only people I trusted for information, and one of the funniest people I ever read.
02-04-08 | 12:47 PM
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That suxs. Best wishes to his family.
02-04-08 | 12:51 PM
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Bad news indeed. Cycling is a lot less rich with the loss of a guy like Sheldon. If anyone hears about any memorial charities for remembrance donations, please post it.
02-04-08 | 12:52 PM
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This is Africa, 1943. War spits out its violence overhead and the sandy graveyard swallows it up. Her name is King Nine, B-25, medium bomber, Twelfth Air Force. On a hot, still morning she took off from Tunisia to bomb the southern tip of Italy. An errant piece of flak tore a hole in a wing tank and, like a wounded bird, this is where she landed, not to return on this day, or any other day.
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02-04-08 | 12:53 PM
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That must be incredibly sad for his wife and the cycling community will miss his input.
I am thinking of doing a massive archive / dump of his site so that if somewhere down the road his site goes down his contributions could be re-hosted as they were very helpful to so many of us.
I am thinking of doing a massive archive / dump of his site so that if somewhere down the road his site goes down his contributions could be re-hosted as they were very helpful to so many of us.
02-04-08 | 12:53 PM
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+1 He has a lot of fans who would be glad to help
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02-04-08 | 12:57 PM
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That must be incredibly sad for his wife and the cycling community will miss his input.
I am thinking of doing a massive archive / dump of his site so that if somewhere down the road his site goes down his contributions could be re-hosted as they were very helpful to so many of us.
I am thinking of doing a massive archive / dump of his site so that if somewhere down the road his site goes down his contributions could be re-hosted as they were very helpful to so many of us.
02-04-08 | 12:59 PM
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02-04-08 | 12:59 PM
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Sheldon's website is what got me into FG/SS and ultimately back into cycling altogether. I'm sure that I'm not the only one who can say that.
