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Old April 11th 17, 11:30 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Tim McNamara
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On Tue, 11 Apr 2017 13:35:47 -0700 (PDT), jbeattie
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On Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at 11:58:55 AM UTC-7, Garrison Hilliard
wrote:
On Mon, 03 Apr 2017 20:19:31 -0500, Tim McNamara
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Every April 1st I am reminded of how much I miss Sheldon.

https://www.sheldonbrown.com/ridewithoutgps.html


Dammit. Just.... dammit.


I miss Mister Brown also.


If it matters at all, he is still being discovered. I was talking
with my son the other day about some bicycle maintenance or repair
issue, and he was telling me about doing research on the internet and
seeing this whacky guy with a bird on a helmet, etc., etc. I said,
"hey man, show some respect. That's Sheldon Brown." So now he knows
Sheldon.


Cool. It matters.
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Old April 11th 17, 11:46 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Andre Jute[_2_]
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On Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at 10:32:51 PM UTC+1, jbeattie wrote:
My headset wrenches are useless to me except for home defense.


Why would you need to set your head with a wrench? Are you a robot, or a psychopath, or some kind of religious nut?

Andre Jute
I actually still have a bike with a threaded headset.
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Old April 12th 17, 12:21 AM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Doug Landau
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On Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at 2:32:51 PM UTC-7, jbeattie wrote:
On Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at 1:54:08 PM UTC-7, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 4/11/2017 4:35 PM, jbeattie wrote:
On Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at 11:58:55 AM UTC-7, Garrison Hilliard wrote:
On Mon, 03 Apr 2017 20:19:31 -0500, Tim McNamara
wrote:

Every April 1st I am reminded of how much I miss Sheldon.

https://www.sheldonbrown.com/ridewithoutgps.html


Dammit. Just.... dammit.

I miss Mister Brown also.

If it matters at all, he is still being discovered. I was talking with my son the other day about some bicycle maintenance or repair issue, and he was telling me about doing research on the internet and seeing this whacky guy with a bird on a helmet, etc., etc. I said, "hey man, show some respect. That's Sheldon Brown." So now he knows Sheldon.


I think that does matter. It would be a shame for such excellent work
to fall out of use.

We should also recognize John Allen, who has taken on the task of
maintaining and updating the site.


Apart from the people, the knowledge is being forgotten -- or it is becoming irrelevant except to a select few. People are more interested in programming Di2 than whether hubs stand on or hang from the spokes or substitutes for French bottom brackets -- or options for upgrading a 1987 Dura-Ace UG seven-speed freehub, etc. I was changing into my cycling shoes in the lunchroom the other night and yaking at a young associate who rides. He was amazed to learn that we once nailed cleats onto our shoes. My headset wrenches are useless to me except for home defense.

-- Jay Beattie.


He is still a staple on CL
https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/bik/6068203260.html
This bridgestone owner must be the 1st in 10 yrs to neglect to cite Sheldon citing Andy on ishiwata tubing "... [as delivered to the builder]"
 




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