It is a great loss to the cycling community that Sheldon Brown, one of cycling’s great characters passed away recently. Sheldon Brown was known as a human encyclopedia of bicycling knowledge and was a famous employee of Harris Cyclery in Massachusetts
Sheldon Brown had a great love for cycling, especially experimenting with new features and fixing up old bikes. Sheldon particularly loved the old classic bikes such as sturmey archer gears, and fixed wheel gears.
This is a photo of Sheldon on a tandem. As he wryly notes “I couldn’t find a stoker, but it was a very aero position.”
You can see more of Sheldon Brown’s unique bike photos here
Sheldon was diagnosed with primary progressive multiple sclerosis in August 2007. After losing his ability to balance an upright bicycle to the disease, he was able to continue pedaling by using a recumbent tricycle. Sheldon died on February 3, 2008 after a heart attack.
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