A Legacy of Knowledge

On an extremely sad note, I found this item on BikeRadar:

Sheldon Brown, the human encyclopedia of bicycling knowledge and a famous employee of Harris Cyclery in Massachusetts, died of a massive heart attack Sunday evening, February 3, according to his wife Harriet.

I didn't know Sheldon personally, but he helped me and thousands of others whenever we had an issue with a bike or needed information about it. If you were lucky enough to interact with Sheldon, whether it be through email, one of his online write-ups, or his MySpace page you knew instantly that you weren't alone and that a fix was right around the corner.

To his immediate family and those at Harris Cyclery in West Newton, MA, our sincerest condolences.