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Date: 29 Oct 2006 01:48:51
From: Kenny
Subject: Sheldon Brown
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Came across some information concerning Sheldon on RBR.
http://sheldonbrown.org/journal/health.html
Thanks Sheldon for all the helpful advice you've given me. Keep the
faith.
Kenny
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Date: 13 Nov 2006 07:15:30
From: Bob
Subject: Re: Sheldon Brown
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Mike Kruger wrote:
> <folson@innercite.com> wrote in message
> news:1162638772.562645.64700@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...
> > Sorry to hear about your poor health, Sheldon, because your site has
> > been a help to me.
>
> JUST STOP THERE
>
> > I just wish you hadn't ruined it by injecting your
> > idiotic political beliefs into it. You don't know nearly as much about
> > politics, government and history as you do about bicycles. And really,
> > that shitty-looking beard has got to go!!
> >
> I just wish you hadn't ruined your message of sympathy.
>
Trolls being what they are- pathetic people desperate for *any*
attention, even if it is negative- I doubt either folson or Dolan will
take your message to heart. Of course, I also doubt they realize that
if someday they were to develop a debilitating condition that prevented
them from posting here the likely reaction wouldn't be an outpouring of
well wishes but a mostly unspoken, "It couldn't happen to a nicer guy".
Not a particularly humanitarian attitude but a well deserved one.
Regards,
Bob Hunt
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Date: 13 Nov 2006 21:28:05
From: Edward Dolan
Subject: Re: Sheldon Brown
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"Bob" <hunrobe@aol.com > wrote in message
news:1163430930.205274.129440@f16g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> Mike Kruger wrote:
>> <folson@innercite.com> wrote in message
>> news:1162638772.562645.64700@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...
>> > Sorry to hear about your poor health, Sheldon, because your site has
>> > been a help to me.
>>
>> JUST STOP THERE
>>
>> > I just wish you hadn't ruined it by injecting your
>> > idiotic political beliefs into it. You don't know nearly as much about
>> > politics, government and history as you do about bicycles. And really,
>> > that shitty-looking beard has got to go!!
>> >
>> I just wish you hadn't ruined your message of sympathy.
>>
>
> Trolls being what they are- pathetic people desperate for *any*
> attention, even if it is negative- I doubt either folson or Dolan will
> take your message to heart. Of course, I also doubt they realize that
> if someday they were to develop a debilitating condition that prevented
> them from posting here the likely reaction wouldn't be an outpouring of
> well wishes but a mostly unspoken, "It couldn't happen to a nicer guy".
> Not a particularly humanitarian attitude but a well deserved one.
Jeez, I just want old Sheldon to look nice resting in his casket after he
has shuffled off this mortal coil. But how can he look nice in his casket
with that freaking beard? No, it has got to go!
Regards,
Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota
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Date: 13 Nov 2006 07:06:07
From: Bob
Subject: Re: Sheldon Brown
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Kenny wrote:
> Came across some information concerning Sheldon on RBR.
>
> http://sheldonbrown.org/journal/health.html
>
Sincere if belated best wishes to Sheldon.
Regards,
Bob Hunt
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Date: 12 Nov 2006 22:25:47
From:
Subject: Re: Sheldon Brown
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Edward Dolan wrote:
> By the way, there are no women who ever liked men with beards. Even the
> Greeks and Romans had sense enough to be clean shaven.
The Greeks and Romans were not looking to have sexual
relations with _women_.
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Date: 13 Nov 2006 21:24:18
From: Edward Dolan
Subject: Re: Sheldon Brown
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<illoai@gmail.com > wrote in message
news:1163399147.231192.303760@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
>
> Edward Dolan wrote:
>> By the way, there are no women who ever liked men with beards. Even the
>> Greeks and Romans had sense enough to be clean shaven.
>
> The Greeks and Romans were not looking to have sexual
> relations with _women_.
The Greeks and the Romans were not nearly so depraved as are present day
homos. They merely liked young boys, not fully grown men. It is well known
that young boys can be a stand-in for women. Let us hope and pray that AIDS
will finish them all off.
Regards,
Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota
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Date: 11 Nov 2006 08:39:29
From: Johnny Sunset aka Tom Sherman
Subject: Sheldon Brown
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D_Frumiou...@ndersnat.ch wrote:
> ...
> Judging from your posts and your web page, you are an intelligent, good
> humored, tenacious, fit man. Use all of those qualities in your fight.
> If bicycling gets too tricky for you, you might want to try yoga. My
> daughter has done very well with it....
Sheldon Brown has already addressed the issue of bicycling being too
difficult: <http://www.sheldonbrown.org/greenspeed/ > and
<http://www.sheldonbrown.org/journal/health.html >.
--
Tom Sherman - Post Free or Die!
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Date: 06 Nov 2006 17:14:31
From: Rex Kerr
Subject: Re: Sheldon Brown
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> > I just wish you hadn't ruined it by injecting your
> > idiotic political beliefs into it.
>
> Here's a tip: I generally keep my idiotic politial beliefs on my
> _personal_ sites, sheldonbrown.ORG and sheldonbrown.NET. Those are the
> ones you should avoid if you want to maintain your intellectual and
> political purity.
I love the way that you handle these messages! I've seen a few
directed your way and I'm always impressed with your responses!
> > You don't know nearly as much about
> > politics, government and history as you do about bicycles.
>
> True.
> +----------------------------------------------+
>
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Date: 04 Nov 2006 13:33:23
From: Paul Turner
Subject: Re: Sheldon Brown
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On Nov 4, 10:50 am, "Edward Dolan" <edo...@iw.net > wrote:
***
> A new day is underway.To wear a beard in this day and age is a sign of the barbarian. I do not
> like any facial hair at all. It makes men look even dippier than they
> already look. God, it is just so pathetic the way some men strive to gain
> fake masculinity by wearing ridiculous looking facial hair. I mean, it is so
> uncouth!
>
> By the way, there are no women who ever liked men with beards. Even the
> Greeks and Romans had sense enough to be clean shaven. It was only the
> barbarians who looked like the savages that they were with beards down to
> their navels. Hey, you look like an ape, you will behave like one too.
Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, cus Aurelius, Augustine ...
And of course a large proportion of those acknowledged as saints by
anyone but themselves.
--
Paul Turner
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Date: 04 Nov 2006 16:11:05
From: Edward Dolan
Subject: Re: Sheldon Brown
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"Paul Turner" <pturner@mcandl.com > wrote in message
news:1162676003.899278.126200@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>
>
> On Nov 4, 10:50 am, "Edward Dolan" <edo...@iw.net> wrote:
>
> ***
>> A new day is underway.To wear a beard in this day and age is a sign of
>> the barbarian. I do not
>> like any facial hair at all. It makes men look even dippier than they
>> already look. God, it is just so pathetic the way some men strive to gain
>> fake masculinity by wearing ridiculous looking facial hair. I mean, it is
>> so
>> uncouth!
>>
>> By the way, there are no women who ever liked men with beards. Even the
>> Greeks and Romans had sense enough to be clean shaven. It was only the
>> barbarians who looked like the savages that they were with beards down to
>> their navels. Hey, you look like an ape, you will behave like one too.
>
> Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, cus Aurelius, Augustine ...
But they were academics and intellectuals, not the solid citizens who
mattered (cus Aurelius being the exception). Also, a middle aged or older
man who has given up on sex can be permitted to wear a beard.
> And of course a large proportion of those acknowledged as saints by
> anyone but themselves.
The main reason for not shaving in former times was because of the
difficulty of it. That is no longer a credible excuse today. I will admit I
get occasionally lazy and get a several days growth of whiskers myself. But
a beard? Perish the thought!
Regards,
Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota
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Date: 04 Nov 2006 08:41:25
From: Sheldon Brown
Subject: Re: Sheldon Brown
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folson@innercite.com wrote:
> Sorry to hear about your poor health, Sheldon, because your site has
> been a help to me.
Thanckx, glad to help.
> I just wish you hadn't ruined it by injecting your
> idiotic political beliefs into it.
Here's a tip: I generally keep my idiotic politial beliefs on my
_personal_ sites, sheldonbrown.ORG and sheldonbrown.NET. Those are the
ones you should avoid if you want to maintain your intellectual and
political purity.
While the my bleeding-heart liberal, tax-and-spend Democrat outlook may
somehwat pervade my thinking and writing, I try to keep most of the
more overtly political stuff out of the bicycle stuff at
sheldonbrown.COM
> You don't know nearly as much about
> politics, government and history as you do about bicycles.
True.
> And really, that shitty-looking beard has got to go!!
I tried that a couple of years ago, but when I discovered how many
chins I actually have, I realized it has to stay! ;-)
See: http://sheldonbrown.org/journal/journal-0305.html
Sheldon "Barbarossa" Brown
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Date: 04 Nov 2006 03:12:52
From:
Subject: Re: Sheldon Brown
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Sorry to hear about your poor health, Sheldon, because your site has
been a help to me. I just wish you hadn't ruined it by injecting your
idiotic political beliefs into it. You don't know nearly as much about
politics, government and history as you do about bicycles. And really,
that shitty-looking beard has got to go!!
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Date: 04 Nov 2006 20:03:39
From: Mike Kruger
Subject: Re: Sheldon Brown
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<folson@innercite.com > wrote in message
news:1162638772.562645.64700@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...
> Sorry to hear about your poor health, Sheldon, because your site has
> been a help to me.
JUST STOP THERE
> I just wish you hadn't ruined it by injecting your
> idiotic political beliefs into it. You don't know nearly as much about
> politics, government and history as you do about bicycles. And really,
> that shitty-looking beard has got to go!!
>
I just wish you hadn't ruined your message of sympathy.
I doubt there are many people who know as much about politics, government
and history as Sheldon knows about bicycles.
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Date: 11 Nov 2006 16:26:23
From:
Subject: Re: Sheldon Brown
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> > Sorry to hear about your poor health, Sheldon, because your site has
> > been a help to me.
I'll add my voice to those who are saddened to hear about your illness,
Sheldon. MS, in the words of Teri Garr, is "a vicious, nasty, sonofabich
of a disease." It's also completely idiosyncratic and unpredictable.
Some people are completely debilitated by it. OTOH, I read once about a
guy who went to bed one night completely healthy, and woke up the next
morning paralyzed in half of his body from MS. He fought back to a point
where he was able to do a Colorado "grand slam"--there are 54 mountains in
that state over 14,000' feet high, and he climbed them all.
May I offer some observations from the POV of a parent with a kid with
MS? (I'm not a doctor by any stretch of the imagination, and I could as
easily be wrong as right, but sometimes a detached perspective can be
useful.) If I read your account correctly, you've had an awfully large
number of those ridiculously expensive MRI's. Maybe your case is just a
difficult one to diagnose, but I think if I were in your shoes I'd be
asking the doctors why so many. My daughter's lesions are plain as day in
her MRI images. Are they doing anything for you besides taking pictures
and running tests? There are drug treatments out there, and maybe it's
time to start treating, not just diagnosing. At the risk of sounding like
a pharmaceutical company commercial, I suggest that maybe you should "ask
your doctor if Tisabri is right for you."
Judging from your posts and your web page, you are an intelligent, good
humored, tenacious, fit man. Use all of those qualities in your fight.
If bicycling gets too tricky for you, you might want to try yoga. My
daughter has done very well with it. Don't be like her in one other way,
though. If the docs tell you to jab yourself with needles,
fercryinoutloud do it.
Have you discovered alt.support.mult-sclerosis yet? It's a lot like
this group: fraught with spam, off-topic posts, and trolls. But there as
here you still meet some very knowledgeable, worth-while people.
NOTE TO ALL: it's kind of a silver lining to the dark cloud of MS that
it is linked surprisingly closely to bicycling. State and local MS
societies all over the country sponsor rides that raise substantial
amounts of money for MS treatment and research. The one I'm involved
with, for instance, raised over a million dollars last year. The Texas
MS-150, which IIRC runs one-way from Houston to Austin, has attracted so
many participants that they've had to put a cap on it: 13,000 riders!
MS is surprisingly common. If you went to school with 1000 kids, the
law of averages says that sooner or later two of the girls and one of the
boys will be diagnosed with MS. Even if you don't know anyone personally
who has MS, you know of well-known people who have it. Richard Pryor had
MS. So do Annette Funicello, Montel Williams, Teri Garr, Roman Gabriel,
David Lander, Alan Osmond, Louise Mandrell, and half a million others.
Cases range from mild to severe, and the onset can come late, as it has
with Sheldon, or early in childhood.
Anybody here who wants to do more than just offer sympathy to Sheldon
can join in and ride in an MS-150. Anyone who doesn't have time to ride
can donate. I will be posting a link sometime next year for anyone who
wants to support my ride, and I invite other riders to do the same.
Bill in Utah
__o
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Date: 11 Nov 2006 16:44:59
From: Bill Sornson
Subject: Re: Sheldon Brown
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D_Frumious_B@ndersnat.ch wrote:
>>> Sorry to hear about your poor health, Sheldon, because your site has
>>> been a help to me.
>
> I'll add my voice to those who are saddened to hear about your
> illness, Sheldon. MS, in the words of Teri Garr, is "a vicious,
> nasty, sonofabich of a disease." It's also completely idiosyncratic
> and unpredictable. Some people are completely debilitated by it.
> OTOH, I read once about a guy who went to bed one night completely
> healthy, and woke up the next morning paralyzed in half of his body
> from MS. He fought back to a point where he was able to do a
> Colorado "grand slam"--there are 54 mountains in that state over
> 14,000' feet high, and he climbed them all. May I offer some
> observations from the POV of a parent with a kid with MS? (I'm not a
> doctor by any stretch of the imagination, and I could as easily be
> wrong as right, but sometimes a detached perspective can be useful.)
> If I read your account correctly, you've had an awfully large number
> of those ridiculously expensive MRI's. Maybe your case is just a
> difficult one to diagnose, but I think if I were in your shoes I'd be
> asking the doctors why so many. My daughter's lesions are plain as
> day in her MRI images. Are they doing anything for you besides
> taking pictures and running tests? There are drug treatments out
> there, and maybe it's time to start treating, not just diagnosing.
> At the risk of sounding like a pharmaceutical company commercial, I
> suggest that maybe you should "ask your doctor if Tisabri is right
> for you." Judging from your posts and your web page, you are an
> intelligent, good humored, tenacious, fit man. Use all of those
> qualities in your fight. If bicycling gets too tricky for you, you
> might want to try yoga. My daughter has done very well with it.
> Don't be like her in one other way, though. If the docs tell you to
> jab yourself with needles, fercryinoutloud do it. Have you
> discovered alt.support.mult-sclerosis yet? It's a lot like
> this group: fraught with spam, off-topic posts, and trolls. But
> there as here you still meet some very knowledgeable, worth-while
> people. NOTE TO ALL: it's kind of a silver lining to the dark
> cloud of MS that it is linked surprisingly closely to bicycling.
> State and local MS societies all over the country sponsor rides that
> raise substantial amounts of money for MS treatment and research.
> The one I'm involved with, for instance, raised over a million
> dollars last year. The Texas MS-150, which IIRC runs one-way from
> Houston to Austin, has attracted so many participants that they've
> had to put a cap on it: 13,000 riders! MS is surprisingly common.
> If you went to school with 1000 kids, the
> law of averages says that sooner or later two of the girls and one of
> the boys will be diagnosed with MS. Even if you don't know anyone
> personally who has MS, you know of well-known people who have it.
> Richard Pryor had MS. So do Annette Funicello, Montel Williams, Teri
> Garr, Roman Gabriel, David Lander, Alan Osmond, Louise Mandrell, and
> half a million others. Cases range from mild to severe, and the onset
> can come late, as it has with Sheldon, or early in childhood.
> Anybody here who wants to do more than just offer sympathy to
> Sheldon can join in and ride in an MS-150. Anyone who doesn't have
> time to ride can donate. I will be posting a link sometime next year
> for anyone who wants to support my ride, and I invite other riders to
> do the same.
Great post, Johhny Sunset notwithstanding.
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Date: 04 Nov 2006 15:44:03
From: Edward Dolan
Subject: Re: Sheldon Brown
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"Mike Kruger" <MikeKr@mouse-potato.com > wrote in message
news:vm63h.1498$vP1.515@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com...
> <folson@innercite.com> wrote in message
> news:1162638772.562645.64700@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...
>> Sorry to hear about your poor health, Sheldon, because your site has
>> been a help to me.
>
> JUST STOP THERE
Hell, if the message had stopped there I wouldn't have bothered to read it.
>> I just wish you hadn't ruined it by injecting your
>> idiotic political beliefs into it. You don't know nearly as much about
>> politics, government and history as you do about bicycles. And really,
>> that shitty-looking beard has got to go!!
>>
> I just wish you hadn't ruined your message of sympathy.
Sheldon has already gotten enough messages of sympathy. Now it is time to
get back to reality and do something about that freaking beard.
> I doubt there are many people who know as much about politics, government
> and history as Sheldon knows about bicycles.
Yeah, but Folson and I do not like beards. We think it makes men look dippy.
What is the problem anyway? There is a whole industry devoted to shaving off
those whiskers. If and when Sheldon dies, he will want to look nice in his
casket, but how can he with that freaking beard.
Regards,
Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota
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Date: 04 Nov 2006 16:08:25
From: Bill Sornson
Subject: Re: Sheldon Brown
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folson@innercite.com wrote:
> Sorry to hear about your poor health, Sheldon, because your site has
> been a help to me. I just wish you hadn't ruined it by injecting your
> idiotic political beliefs into it. You don't know nearly as much
> about politics, government and history as you do about bicycles. And
> really, that shitty-looking beard has got to go!!
Ah, the sun is in the sky, coffee is fresh, and /folson/ has made a complete
ass of himself (ASSuming he here) once again.
A new day is underway.
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Date: 04 Nov 2006 10:50:56
From: Edward Dolan
Subject: Re: Sheldon Brown
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"Bill Sornson" <askme@ask.me > wrote in message
news:ZV23h.15796$8C4.2470@tornado.socal.rr.com...
> folson@innercite.com wrote:
>> Sorry to hear about your poor health, Sheldon, because your site has
>> been a help to me. I just wish you hadn't ruined it by injecting your
>> idiotic political beliefs into it. You don't know nearly as much
>> about politics, government and history as you do about bicycles. And
>> really, that shitty-looking beard has got to go!!
>
> Ah, the sun is in the sky, coffee is fresh, and /folson/ has made a
> complete ass of himself (ASSuming he here) once again.
>
> A new day is underway.
To wear a beard in this day and age is a sign of the barbarian. I do not
like any facial hair at all. It makes men look even dippier than they
already look. God, it is just so pathetic the way some men strive to gain
fake masculinity by wearing ridiculous looking facial hair. I mean, it is so
uncouth!
By the way, there are no women who ever liked men with beards. Even the
Greeks and Romans had sense enough to be clean shaven. It was only the
barbarians who looked like the savages that they were with beards down to
their navels. Hey, you look like an ape, you will behave like one too.
Regards,
Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota
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Date: 02 Nov 2006 10:29:38
From: Ozark Bicycle
Subject: Re: Sheldon Brown
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Sheldon Brown wrote:
> SlowRider wrote:
> > Johnny Sunset aka Tom Sherman wrote:
> > > But only if you have FUN doing the ride:
> > > <http://www.sheldonbrown.com/thons.html>.
> >
> > These events have never seemed like suffering to me. I get to
> > socialize with a ton of other cyclists; usually there are sag wagons,
> > mechanics at the rest stops, FOOD at the rest stops, enthusiastic
> > volunteers, and on and on. It's one big party with a nice long ride
> > thrown in, plus I get to raise money for medical research -- who could
> > ask for more?
> >
> > Suffering? Hardly. :-)
>
> But I'll bet you're an experienced cyclist, or you wouldn't be on this
> Newsgroup.
>
> It's the _newbies_ who suffer, and many of them get turned off of
> cycling by trying to bite off more than they can chew...
>
I've done the mechanical support for the MS150 in my state for the past
several years. I do see quite a few riders who don't have enough base
mileage prior to the event and/or come out on an inappropriate bike.
That said, I don't recall seeing many folks who "suffered" to the point
of being turned off to cycling. More often, I see those folks back the
next year, better triained and/or on more appropriate bikes. The ride
has a very high returning rider rate. We have rest stops every 10
miles, really great lunch stops (with real food, not just sandwiches
and such), a "no stigma" sag program, a great "awards dinner" on
Saturday night and a really great group of riders.
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Date: 02 Nov 2006 07:49:18
From: SlowRider
Subject: Re: Sheldon Brown
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Sheldon Brown wrote:
> It's the _newbies_ who suffer, and many of them get turned off of
> cycling by trying to bite off more than they can chew...
...from the man himself!
You've got a point there - in fact I've seen more than a few
not-so-newbies beating their bodies into submission on some challenging
rides.
I will say, though, that well-organized events take pains to emphasize
training months in advance of the longer rides. Some even organize
several pre-event training rides. If newbies ignore those
opportunities, then yup, they're going to be in deep doo-doo come ride
day.
Sometimes it takes a bad experience to appreciate the need for
training...
-JR
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Date: 01 Nov 2006 12:52:51
From: Sheldon Brown
Subject: Re: Sheldon Brown
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SlowRider wrote:
> Johnny Sunset aka Tom Sherman wrote:
> > But only if you have FUN doing the ride:
> > <http://www.sheldonbrown.com/thons.html>.
>
> These events have never seemed like suffering to me. I get to
> socialize with a ton of other cyclists; usually there are sag wagons,
> mechanics at the rest stops, FOOD at the rest stops, enthusiastic
> volunteers, and on and on. It's one big party with a nice long ride
> thrown in, plus I get to raise money for medical research -- who could
> ask for more?
>
> Suffering? Hardly. :-)
But I'll bet you're an experienced cyclist, or you wouldn't be on this
Newsgroup.
It's the _newbies_ who suffer, and many of them get turned off of
cycling by trying to bite off more than they can chew...
Sheldon "Not For Everyone" Brown
+-----------------------------------------+
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Date: 01 Nov 2006 11:37:55
From: SlowRider
Subject: Re: Sheldon Brown
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Johnny Sunset aka Tom Sherman wrote:
> But only if you have FUN doing the ride:
> <http://www.sheldonbrown.com/thons.html>.
These events have never seemed like suffering to me. I get to
socialize with a ton of other cyclists; usually there are sag wagons,
mechanics at the rest stops, FOOD at the rest stops, enthusiastic
volunteers, and on and on. It's one big party with a nice long ride
thrown in, plus I get to raise money for medical research -- who could
ask for more?
Suffering? Hardly. :-)
-JR
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Date: 31 Oct 2006 20:58:10
From: Johnny Sunset aka Tom Sherman
Subject: Re: Sheldon Brown
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H M Leary wrote:
>
> I had the honor and privelige of meeting Sheldon early this past summer.
> I constantly peruse his Web site for advice and information, and even
> got a Greenspeed GT5 because of his enthusiasm. I met him when I took
> the trike to Harris Cyclery....
Only weirdoes ride tadpole trikes!
--
Tom Sherman - Here, not there.
Blue Earth Cycles Dragonflyer [TM] (recumbent tadpole trike)
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Date: 31 Oct 2006 10:13:14
From: AustinMN
Subject: Re: Sheldon Brown
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Kenny wrote:
> Came across some information concerning Sheldon on RBR.
>
> http://sheldonbrown.org/journal/health.html
>
> Thanks Sheldon for all the helpful advice you've given me. Keep the
> faith.
>
> Kenny
Hey Sheldon,
Don't loose the sense of humor. I have always looked forward to your
April 1 posts.
Austin
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Date: 31 Oct 2006 08:32:32
From: treynolds@my-deja.com
Subject: Re: Sheldon Brown
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Johnny Sunset aka Tom Sherman wrote:
> But only if you have FUN doing the ride:
> <http://www.sheldonbrown.com/thons.html>.
>
Interesting article. I did the MS150 from Irvine to San Diego just a
couple of weeks ago. It's not an event where you pledge per mile. You
have to raise $350 ahead of time plus $60 sign-up fee before you are
allowed to start.
The part about people starting this event without any mileage base is
certainly true. It is a two day event. At the beginning of the first
day I saw some bikes that were sorely in need of maintenance. I heard
one person instructing another how to shift STI shifters. I guess
these people had enough because I didn't see such things on the second
day.
But the money is raised whether they ride or not. So I guess it
doesn't matter.
Tom
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Date: 30 Oct 2006 18:51:51
From: Johnny Sunset aka Tom Sherman
Subject: Re: Sheldon Brown
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SlowRider wrote:
> That absolutely sucks. I've known people with MS and with neuropathy,
> and they're both nasty.
>
> I can't even count the number of times I've gone to Sheldon's site.
> I've got printouts all over the house (mostly by my workstand in the
> garage). I probably refer to Sheldon more than I refer to Zinn, and
> that's saying something.
>
> So, in Sheldon's honor, I'm going to add the MS150 to my list of events
> for next year.
But only if you have FUN doing the ride:
<http://www.sheldonbrown.com/thons.html >.
--
Tom Sherman - Here, not there.
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Date: 30 Oct 2006 18:47:14
From: Johnny Sunset aka Tom Sherman
Subject: Re: Sheldon Brown
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Zoot Katz wrote:
> On Sun, 29 Oct 2006 18:03:33 -0600, "David L. Johnson"
> <david.johnson@lehigh.edu> wrote:
>
> >On Sun, 29 Oct 2006 01:48:51 -0700, Kenny wrote:
> >
> >> Came across some information concerning Sheldon on RBR.
> >>
> >> http://sheldonbrown.org/journal/health.html
> >>
> >> Thanks Sheldon for all the helpful advice you've given me. Keep the
> >> faith.
> >
> >Sheldon has been a friend to all of us. It's a shame this has happened to
> >him. I hope and pray for a quick recovery.
>
> I know MS patients who have found some relief from the spasms through
> the use of "medical ijuana". It's the only way one friend has
> been able to continue playing his guitar. I don't know that his MS is
> the same a Sheldon's uncommon type but he was using it long before he
> could get a prescription for it.
>
> I don't believe Sheldon smokes but cannabis tincture is also an
> effective way to regulate ones maintenance doses.
In the US fuggeddaboutit! Due to know-nothing hysteria whipped up by
politicians, idiotic talking TV heads and others of their ilk, cannabis
is classified as a Schedule I drug under the Controlled Substances Act,
which allows no medical use. When states pass laws allowing for the
medical use of cannabis, the federal government throws states rights
[1] and goes after the users anyhow.
The hypocrites in Congress will happily let the very sick suffer
immensely to score a few political points with the uninformed masses.
The DEA even prosecutes doctors for prescribing sufficient amounts of
LEGAL pain medication to patients.
[1] Were not the Republicans supposed to be supporters of states rights
and individual freedoms? (Bwhahaha).
--
Tom Sherman - Here, not there.
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Date: 30 Oct 2006 19:58:38
From: David L. Johnson
Subject: Re: Sheldon Brown
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On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 10:58:25 -0800, SlowRider wrote:
> So, in Sheldon's honor, I'm going to add the MS150 to my list of events
> for next year.
That is an excellent idea. Count me in.
--
David L. Johnson
__o
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Date: 30 Oct 2006 17:40:55
From: Veloise
Subject: Re: Sheldon Brown
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SlowRider wrote:
...
> So, in Sheldon's honor, I'm going to add the MS150 to my list of events
> for next year.
What a nice thing to write.
--Karen D.
me too!
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Date: 30 Oct 2006 10:58:25
From: SlowRider
Subject: Re: Sheldon Brown
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That absolutely sucks. I've known people with MS and with neuropathy,
and they're both nasty.
I can't even count the number of times I've gone to Sheldon's site.
I've got printouts all over the house (mostly by my workstand in the
garage). I probably refer to Sheldon more than I refer to Zinn, and
that's saying something.
So, in Sheldon's honor, I'm going to add the MS150 to my list of events
for next year.
-JR
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Date: 30 Oct 2006 20:00:20
From: Bill Sornson
Subject: Re: Sheldon Brown
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SlowRider wrote:
> That absolutely sucks. I've known people with MS and with neuropathy,
> and they're both nasty.
The ailments, one trusts, not the people. (Sorry <eg > )
FWIW, I know a woman -- a former psychiatric nurse -- who was diagnosed with
MS many years ago (15, at least). At age 60+ she went back to school and
earned a Masters (Psychology I believe; she became a counselor). Whenever I
see her she's always brightly dressed with ribbons and flowers adorning her
cane. (She's also been ried roughly 10 times, including three to the
same man!)
If anyone's spirit can cope with and overcome infirmity, hers -- and
Sheldon's -- can.
You go, Mr. Brown! Go!
Bill S.
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Date: 30 Oct 2006 10:01:14
From: Paul Hobson
Subject: Re: Sheldon Brown
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Kenny wrote:
> Came across some information concerning Sheldon on RBR.
>
> http://sheldonbrown.org/journal/health.html
>
> Thanks Sheldon for all the helpful advice you've given me. Keep the
> faith.
>
> Kenny
>
endless good vibes sent his way
\\paul
--
Paul M. Hobson
Georgia Institute of Technology
.:change the f to ph to reply:.
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Date: 31 Oct 2006 13:44:06
From: H M Leary
Subject: Re: Sheldon Brown
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In article <ei53us$dfa$1@news-int.gatech.edu >,
Paul Hobson <fobson@gatech.edu > wrote:
snip
> > Thanks Sheldon for all the helpful advice you've given me. Keep the
> > faith.
> >
> > Kenny
> >
>
> endless good vibes sent his way
> \\paul
I had the honor and privelige of meeting Sheldon early this past summer.
I constantly peruse his Web site for advice and information, and even
got a Greenspeed GT5 because of his enthusiasm. I met him when I took
the trike to Harris Cyclery.
He was hobbled when I met him, but he still bubbled over with this
enthusiasm for all things and life in general.
God bless, Sheldon!
Keep the faith
HAND
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Date: 29 Oct 2006 18:03:33
From: David L. Johnson
Subject: Re: Sheldon Brown
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On Sun, 29 Oct 2006 01:48:51 -0700, Kenny wrote:
> Came across some information concerning Sheldon on RBR.
>
> http://sheldonbrown.org/journal/health.html
>
> Thanks Sheldon for all the helpful advice you've given me. Keep the
> faith.
Sheldon has been a friend to all of us. It's a shame this has happened to
him. I hope and pray for a quick recovery.
--
David L. Johnson
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Date: 30 Oct 2006 00:03:30
From: Zoot Katz
Subject: Re: Sheldon Brown
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On Sun, 29 Oct 2006 18:03:33 -0600, "David L. Johnson"
<david.johnson@lehigh.edu > wrote:
>On Sun, 29 Oct 2006 01:48:51 -0700, Kenny wrote:
>
>> Came across some information concerning Sheldon on RBR.
>>
>> http://sheldonbrown.org/journal/health.html
>>
>> Thanks Sheldon for all the helpful advice you've given me. Keep the
>> faith.
>
>Sheldon has been a friend to all of us. It's a shame this has happened to
>him. I hope and pray for a quick recovery.
I know MS patients who have found some relief from the spasms through
the use of "medical ijuana". It's the only way one friend has
been able to continue playing his guitar. I don't know that his MS is
the same a Sheldon's uncommon type but he was using it long before he
could get a prescription for it.
I don't believe Sheldon smokes but cannabis tincture is also an
effective way to regulate ones maintenance doses.
--
zk
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Date: 29 Oct 2006 17:59:30
From: catzz66
Subject: Re: Sheldon Brown
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Kenny wrote:
> Came across some information concerning Sheldon on RBR.
>
> http://sheldonbrown.org/journal/health.html
>
> Thanks Sheldon for all the helpful advice you've given me. Keep the
> faith.
>
> Kenny
>
MS is a tough row to hoe. Best of luck, Sheldon.
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Date: 29 Oct 2006 18:08:58
From: Mike Kruger
Subject: Re: Sheldon Brown
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"Kenny" <Postoasted@gmail.com > wrote in message
news:1162111731.365144.317130@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> Came across some information concerning Sheldon on RBR.
>
> http://sheldonbrown.org/journal/health.html
>
> Thanks Sheldon for all the helpful advice you've given me. Keep the
> faith.
>
As I sit here at the computer, I see a Raleigh Twenty that I bought solely
because of Sheldon's enthusiasm for this model
http://sheldonbrown.org/raleigh-twenty.html
I'm sure lots of us here have done things with bicycles -- good stuff --
that we wouldn't have done without Sheldon's writing.
Best of luck, Sheldon!
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Date: 29 Oct 2006 10:06:50
From: Ted
Subject: Re: Sheldon Brown
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Kenny wrote:
> Came across some information concerning Sheldon on RBR.
>
> http://sheldonbrown.org/journal/health.html
>
> Thanks Sheldon for all the helpful advice you've given me. Keep the
> faith.
>
> Kenny
Best of luck, Sheldon.
Ted.
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Date: 01 Nov 2006 18:52:16
From: TonyKiz
Subject: Re: Sheldon Brown
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Dear Sheldon,
Sorry to hear about your health problems.
Thanks for all you've done to inform and entertain us on everything cycling.
Tony
"Ted" <plpfoot@gmail.com > wrote in message
news:1162145209.950865.170120@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
>
> Kenny wrote:
> > Came across some information concerning Sheldon on RBR.
> >
> > http://sheldonbrown.org/journal/health.html
> >
> > Thanks Sheldon for all the helpful advice you've given me. Keep the
> > faith.
> >
> > Kenny
>
> Best of luck, Sheldon.
> Ted.
>
>
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Date: 29 Oct 2006 11:24:45
From: Bill Baka
Subject: Re: Sheldon Brown
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Ted wrote:
> Kenny wrote:
>
>> Came across some information concerning Sheldon on RBR.
>>
>> http://sheldonbrown.org/journal/health.html
>>
>> Thanks Sheldon for all the helpful advice you've given me. Keep the
>> faith.
>>
>> Kenny
>>
>
> Best of luck, Sheldon.
> Ted.
>
>
Ditto that. Sheldon's problem is making my worst day look like a good day.
Get well Sheldon, or at least don't get worse.
Good luck finding a doctor that can help.
--
Bill (Sleepless biker) Baka
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<pre wrap="" >Kenny wrote:
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://sheldonbrown.org/journal/health.html" >http://sheldonbrown.org/journal/health.html</a>
Thanks Sheldon for all the helpful advice you've given me. Keep the
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Kenny
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Ditto that. Sheldon's problem is making my worst day look like a good
day.<br >
Get well Sheldon, or at least don't get worse.<br >
Good luck finding a doctor that can help.<br >
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Date: 29 Oct 2006 10:27:54
From: Earl Bollinger
Subject: Re: Sheldon Brown
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"Kenny" <Postoasted@gmail.com > wrote in message
news:1162111731.365144.317130@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> Came across some information concerning Sheldon on RBR.
>
> http://sheldonbrown.org/journal/health.html
>
> Thanks Sheldon for all the helpful advice you've given me. Keep the
> faith.
>
> Kenny
>
Thanks for all your advice it has helped me immensely over the years.
Good luck.
I'll pray that you will be around and cycling again before you know it.
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