Sheldon Brown (1944-2008) with a quirky “found” addition to his favorite bike helmet—a plastic eagle that once topped a small flag pole. From Dr. Baker: Here is Terry Gallagher’s last column in this series—and his 100th column at OurValues! Thank him by sharing news of this series with friends. You don’t have to be a bicycle fanatic to see the passion that Sheldon Brown put into an utterly comprehensive web-based guide he created as parts manager, tech guru and webmaster at Harris Cyclery in West Newton, Mass. The funky, improvised design dates from the web’s earliest days, and the tone reflects Brown’s profoundly quirky personality, but the information found there is absolutely invaluable to devotees of classic bicycles. “If Sheldon Brown had been only an excellent bicycle mechanic, the esteem in which he was held, while great, could not have extended much beyond his native Massachusetts,” the London Times wrote in a worshipful obituary after Brown’s 2008 death.

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