[SDCBC] Sheldon Brown

[Neil Brooks]

Wow.

I've been in Yosemite, snowshoeing for a few days, and just checked e-mail.

When I saw Tom's subject line ... I just knew.

Like you, John, I made the pilgrimage.  I have been fighting medical battles of
my own for quite some time, and was in Boston for, of course, doctor visits.  I
spent a couple hours with Sheldon, and then we corresponded occasionally to
gauge "how went the battle."

Not many kinder souls have I met in my time on this Earth.  Rather than seek
his fortune by publishing his vast knowledge, Sheldon simply passed it on.

I was deeply pained by the play-by-play of how his disease unfolded.  I'm
hoping that -- in that weirdest of ways -- this was for the best.

If anybody knows of any foundation -- for his wife, or his kids, or his
website, or his memory, generally -- I'd be grateful.  I'll check into it when
I get back.

Really, really sad news ... for cycling.

Neil

--- John Eldon <j.eldon at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Thank you, Tom. Sheldon and I exchanged a number of cordial and constructive
> emails over the years, and I am extremely glad I made the commuter rail
> pilgrimage to West Newton to visit him at Harris Cyclery four years ago, when
> I was in Boston on business.
> 
> I am certainly going to miss him. Since my mother died from MS complications
> at age 66, I know a little bit of what he was going through.
> 
> As Sheldon would always sign off to me in emails: "All the best"
> 
> John
> 
> Tom Lettington <tlettington at san.rr.com> wrote: Sad news today.  Sheldon Brown
> died yesterday of a massive heart 
> attack. :-( As many of you know, he has been suffering for some time 
> with MS and life has been very difficult.
> 
> He made so many amazing contributions to the world of cycling over 
> the years.  He'll be sorely missed.  His famous web site will now be 
> static, but no doubt will contribute an astounding volume of valuable 
> information for a long time to come.
> 
>     - Tom
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