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The end of an eon. Harris Cyclery closes.
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That's a real shame. I wonder what brought this on? Their website is priceless..I hope someone squirrels away the Sheldon Brown content.
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I am given to understand the Sheldon Brown content is entirely separate from the shop - as in owned by his widow and maintained by third parties.
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That's good. Some great stuff from the old days on that site, if you ever run across vintage stuff.
I would have thought they could find somewhere else to operate. Maybe they're just kinda done with it.
I would have thought they could find somewhere else to operate. Maybe they're just kinda done with it.
Never met Sheldon Brown in person, but did through online groups and some brief direct conversation. Great guy.
And did a little mail order from the shop, including after he passed. It was a good place.
And did a little mail order from the shop, including after he passed. It was a good place.
Very Sad. If I had known the shop was closing, I would have ventured over there. I live about an hour away.
It was a classic shop. And talk about classic.....that would define Sheldon and all of his material and information. As said, sad.
It was a classic shop. And talk about classic.....that would define Sheldon and all of his material and information. As said, sad.
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I will echo everyone else’s comments here. My classic and vintage bike obsession began with the purchase of an old Robin Hood — a poor man’s Raleigh from back in the day — and Harris was an invaluable source of information.
Over time I rebuilt British, Italian, French, Swiss, and Japanese bikes. The British were hands down the biggest pains to work on. Harris (and Sheldon Brown) was the go-to place for information and parts.
Over time I rebuilt British, Italian, French, Swiss, and Japanese bikes. The British were hands down the biggest pains to work on. Harris (and Sheldon Brown) was the go-to place for information and parts.
Good to know Sheldon's legacy will soldier on. I never bought anything from Harris, but am saddened by the loss of yet another cycle store. They are getting few and far between in the San Diego area as well.
I saw on another forum that Sheldon's archives will continue. His pages are an invaluable resource to any DIY bike tinkerer.
The Harris Cyclery store was quite the haul for me, or at least was inconvenient, so I never went there.
And, frankly, thanks in large part to Sheldon's pages, the number of reasons I have to go to a bike shop these days for mechanical assistance are few and far between.
I met Sheldon briefly once on a local bike club ride. Any photo you see of him online shows his helmet adorned with an eagle sculpture of some sort, so he was pretty instantly recognizable.
The Harris Cyclery store was quite the haul for me, or at least was inconvenient, so I never went there.
And, frankly, thanks in large part to Sheldon's pages, the number of reasons I have to go to a bike shop these days for mechanical assistance are few and far between.
I met Sheldon briefly once on a local bike club ride. Any photo you see of him online shows his helmet adorned with an eagle sculpture of some sort, so he was pretty instantly recognizable.
That's a good point on the rent... Bike shops are known for having fairly low profit margins (at least on the bikes themselves) and Newton certainly qualifies as being "expensive".
This truly represents the end of an era.