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zebragonzo
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by zebragonzo on Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:18 pm

An email just came in from the Massbike list.

"Sheldon's wife Harriet sent out mail this morning saying that Sheldon Brown died of a massive heart attack last night."

I expect that every one of us has relied on him over the years to find out anything about bikes.

A sad day. :(
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by Weenie on Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:18 pm


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by RTW on Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:37 pm

I will be the first to add my condolences. He is not someone I had met as yet in the industry, but his reputation preceeds him. Rest in peace.
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by Mr.Gib on Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:57 pm

Very sad.

I exchanged a few emails with Sheldon about a year ago about his bizarre but very serious illness. I wonder if that is what ultimately led to his demise.

Love to use his gear calculator when messing with cassettes.

RIP
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by Coolhand on Mon Feb 04, 2008 9:45 pm

The industry has lost a legend.

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This forum would be a better place if you had to know what you were talking about prior to posting. And if you took yourself less seriously.
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by marecej on Mon Feb 04, 2008 10:57 pm

sheldon brown was the greatest person with knowledge about bikes on the world...and his 1st april jokes were hammer!!!
surely the very sad day for every cycling related person
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by bobbyOCR on Mon Feb 04, 2008 11:23 pm

Big loss. Big big loss. We'll miss him.
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by geraldatwork on Mon Feb 04, 2008 11:41 pm

A very sad day

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by CharlesM on Tue Feb 05, 2008 1:07 am

One of the nicest, crabbiest, coolest, hottest guys ever. Master of the obscure, old and new and there's nothing we'll invent in the next 20 years that that guys hasn't thought of...

:cry:
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by GonaSovereign on Tue Feb 05, 2008 2:41 am

Master of the obscure indeed! He helped me out more than once.
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