Why I made this blog

Yesterday, after a massive heart failure, one of the internet's most influential and positive cycling advocate passed away. Without the seemingly endless pages of his website, uncountable thousands would have had no where else to go for vital information not easily attainable at their own bike shops. You could easily make an argument that he single handedly enabled the single speed/fixed gear movement, which has both breathed new life into the cycling industry and exposed a car free life to young and old. Sheldon Brown was a both a wealth of knowledge and a patient, intelligent tinkerer who was not only a bicycle mechanic, but a frame builder, part-modifier and most importantly teacher. His death made me think about producing my own contribution to the internet cycling community, aside from posting more often than not correct posts on message boards. So here's to Sheldon, he will always be remembered.