To contrast the ATBing community's collective mourning of bicycle maintenance legend Sheldon Brown - writer of many things bike, but especially for me, the best guide ever on building wheels - I thought it would be good to mention that Ned Overend, one of the oldest men ever, is not dead.
Not now either. Or now. Really quite amazing.
Apologies if you're reading this a little later, and Ned is in fact dead. John Tomac is probably still alive if that's any good to you. Can't be sure about Gary Fisher.
RIP Sheldon.
Comments
I guess one of him must now be dead, as I swear there were two here earlier today....
Posted by: walleater at February 7, 2008 03:41 AM
poetic
Posted by: prawn at February 7, 2008 08:27 AM
That photo's a fugazi. The real Ned Overend would never push his bike up a hill.
Posted by: Mike at February 7, 2008 11:44 AM
John Tomac used to be my HERO, then he built/ endorsed a load of shitapult bikes
he was dead to me then
dead
RIP Vera Duckworth
Posted by: BAKES at February 7, 2008 04:38 PM