Sheldon Brown (bicycle mechanic)
| Sheldon Brown | |
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Sheldon Brown, icebiking
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| Born |
July 14, 1944 Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
| Died | February 4, 2008 (aged 63) Newton, Massachusetts, USA |
| Cause of death | Heart attack |
| Residence | Newtonville, Massachusetts |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Christopher Joyce (nom de plume); Carapace Completed Umber (alter ego) |
| Occupation | bicycle shop employee |
| Employer | Harris Cyclery |
| Home town | Marblehead, Massachusetts |
| Spouse(s) | Harriet Fell |
| Children | Tova and George |
| Parent(s) | George Matson Brown and Madalyn Joyce Brown |
| Website | http://sheldonbrown.com/ |
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Sheldon Brown (July 14, 1944 – February 4, 2008) was an American bicycle mechanic, technical expert and author. He contributed to print and online sources related to bicycling and bicycle mechanics, in particular the web site Sheldon Brown's Bicycle Technical Info. His knowledge of bicycles was described as "encyclopaedic" by The Times of London.
Brown was the parts manager, webmaster and technical consultant of Harris Cyclery, a bike shop in West Newton, Massachusetts, as well as an enthusiast of vintage and classic bicycles in addition to cycling in general. Brown maintained Sheldon Brown's Bicycle Technical Info, a web site highlighting a broad range of cycling subjects ranging from how to fix a bicycle flat tire to details on Raleigh and English three-speed bicycles,Sturmey-Archer hubs,tandems, and fixed-gear bicycles. He repaired cameras, and was an amateur photographer and his site features his photographic work.
Brown maintained an English-French cycling dictionary, having lived and cycled in France and written about his family's travels in France.
After developing nerve deterioration over the last years of his life, Brown lost his ability to ride an upright bicycle and continued riding with a recumbent tricycle. In August 2007, Brown was diagnosed with primary progressive multiple sclerosis. He died on February 4, 2008 in Newton, Massachusetts, after a heart attack. Brown was an atheist.
Brown's website, developed with Harris Cyclery, includes a deeply knowledgeable and accessible database of technical bicycle information. In particular a wide selection of knowledge of common bicycles from the second half of the 20th century that use non-standard parts. The site remains current as of 2017—the commercial pages are maintained and updated by Harris Cyclery employees, and the informational pages by his widow, Harriet Fell, and his friend John Allen, "a nationally recognized bicycling expert who helped found the Cambridge Bicycle Committee." Brown maintained the site's glossary of bicycling terminology, online guide to wheelbuilding, as well as the mirror sites of the technical work of Damon Rinard,Jobst Brandt, and others. Brown had also participated in online cycling forums such as rec.bicycles.tech newsgroup and bikeforums.net.
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