Two days ago, Sheldon Brown died as the result of a heart attack that was related (I think) to his MS. If you are not familiar with Sheldon Brown, he was the proprietor of a website by the same name that is undoubtedly the biggest and best resource for cyclists on the web, despite its low-tech appearance. His page represents thousands of hours of work, all of it done not for money, but for the love of bicycles. A quick survey of some bike blogs and forums reveals his importance to the greater cycling community. Between bikesnob NYC, trackosaurus, bikeportland, the fixed gear forum, and bikeforums.net, there are over three hundred comments of fans and admirers. Probably people that never met him, but people like me who have visited his many pages dozens of times every time we ever had any sort of question about bikes.
He will definitely be missed.
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