Sheldon Brown is a legend. Amazing resource.
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#12If you're unsure about Sheldon Brown's authority on bikes this sticker sums it up: http://images.ecdn.bigcartel.com/bigcartel/product_images/31...
Totally picking some of these up. Thanks for this!
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#13This was an absolutely indispensable resource when I built my bike many years ago. The man's a genius, and I was incredibly sad when he passed. RIP
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#14Sheldon Brown's site is amazing but I'm afraid it's going to get increasingly stale now that he's passed on.
I've thought it'd be neat to turn the site into a wiki that can be maintained by bicycle enthusiasts.
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#15Sheldon Brown's site is amazing but I'm afraid it's going to get increasingly stale now that he's passed on. I've thought it'd be neat to turn the site into a wiki that can be maintained by bicycle enthusiasts.
I had the same thought, and started trying to do it, but I ran into too many edge cases trying to automate the importing...
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#16One of the best sources on the net for cycling esoterica. I practically lived on this site when I was putting together and fixing up older bikes. Especially good information on practical fixed gears and three speed hubs. Before he passed, I sent an e-mail asking a few questions and Sheldon responded personally, with fairly detailed responses. It was pretty rad. There's a lot of really useful information on there. Som…
I love his page on wheel/tire sizes, http://sheldonbrown.com/tire-sizing.html
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#17The author is sadly deceased and while this is a great resource it's worth noting that a lot of the technical stuff on here is not very applicable to newer bicycles which use threadless headsets etc.
Well, that specific example isn't true: http://sheldonbrown.com/headsets.html
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#18Sheldon Brown's site is amazing but I'm afraid it's going to get increasingly stale now that he's passed on. I've thought it'd be neat to turn the site into a wiki that can be maintained by bicycle enthusiasts.
That was the first bookmark i added to my browser when i got a bike a long time ago. If you work on your own bike, and you are a geek/nerd, you will end up on this site regardless.
i'm using a lot the bicycle site at stackexchange. granted that most answers are just pointers to sheldon's site for now :)
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#19Sheldon Brown's site is amazing but I'm afraid it's going to get increasingly stale now that he's passed on. I've thought it'd be neat to turn the site into a wiki that can be maintained by bicycle enthusiasts.
That was the first bookmark i added to my browser when i got a bike a long time ago. If you work on your own bike, and you are a geek/nerd, you will end up on this site regardless. i'm using a lot the bicycle site at stackexchange. granted that most answers are just pointers to sheldon's site for now :)
Hadn't know there was a bike s.e., thanks!
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#20Sheldon Brown's site is amazing but I'm afraid it's going to get increasingly stale now that he's passed on. I've thought it'd be neat to turn the site into a wiki that can be maintained by bicycle enthusiasts.
I remember, when he was still alive, a heated flamewar would break out on Bikeforums and he'd appear out of the ether and authoritatively quash all argument with his immense knowledge. RIP