Sheldon Brown would have been 75 years old today. We miss him dearly.
Sheldon Brown T-shirts are sold by Harris Cyclery at the store and by mail order.
Proceeds from the sale of these T-shirts will be donated to bicycle charities.
Sheldon Brown would have been 75 years old today. We miss him dearly.
Sheldon Brown T-shirts are sold by Harris Cyclery at the store and by mail order.
Proceeds from the sale of these T-shirts will be donated to bicycle charities.
Harriet Fell, owner of this site, was one of the first Americans to finish the iconic 1200km Paris-Brest-Paris ride, and was one ammong several people to give talks about PBP at an event run by the Charles River Wheelers bicycle club in February, 2019.
Here is a video of her talk. You may click on the link to YouTube in the video to view it in HD resolution and with closed captions. (We are still looking for someone to clean up the Google translation into French…interested?)
Several other people also spoke at the February event. We have a new page linking to all the videos and to our articles about PBP.
Harriet Fell tells the story of her 1975 Paris-Brest-Paris ride. She was one of the first Americans to complete PBP. The story is online at sheldonbrown.com, and her illustrated talk is on Youtube.
Harriet Fell riding PBP in 1975
Heart monitor belt a bother? Ditch the itch and breathe free! ShelBroCo has a better way.
Just say no to itchy, uncomfortable heart-rate monitor belts!
Major revision to our article about Sturmey-Archer indicator spindles — which ones fit which hubs. Also a new article on how to measure for an indicator spindle in case you can’t identify the hub. Many thanks to Bruce Dance for suggestions, corrections and new material!
While devoted to building his site on technical bicycle information, Sheldon also documented his other interests and activities and his family history. Links to these pages are at https://www.sheldonbrown.com/SheldonMemory2019.html and most have been recently updated to display properly in modern browsers.
Article about how to build up a tandem crankset using solo-bike parts. Save money, try different ideas, enjoy…
We have a new page about tubeless tires for bicycles. We aren’t great tubeless-tire fans and we’ll tell you why!
New article about drum brakes — how they work, their advantages and disadvantages, installation, maintenance, safety considerations.
Bicycle drum brake, partially disassembled