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rickhardy
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
Posts: 1492
Location: Needham outside of Boston - the hub of the universe

6/12/21 9:02 AM

End of an era

https://www.harriscyclery.net/?fbclid=IwAR1PSxmSXmVoQFZN3c82BKMfKt1-iXPspB0cu_Flsqe4jJCFRDwmjBUxbds

Don't know the specifics, Sonny (the owner) is getting up there in years and given Harris's specialty in mail order parts which was a huge supplement to their physical retail store (and with Sheldon Brown pioneer on the internet I might add) it must have been a real hit with the shortage of parts due to COVID supply chain shortages.....

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dfcas
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
Posts: 2815
Location: hillbilly heaven

6/12/21 9:25 AM

I hope someone hosts Sheldon Browns stuff. Be a shame if it gets lost.

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lrzipris
Joined: 04 Mar 2004
Posts: 532
Location: Doylestown, PA

6/13/21 12:41 PM

FWIW, I sent an email to Adventure Cycling Association, the bike advocacy organization, to ask if ACA were interested in taking on the Sheldon Brown site.

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Andy M-S
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
Posts: 3377
Location: Hamden (greater New Haven) CT

6/14/21 8:39 AM

Sheldon's site

Pretty sure his widow is maintaining the site.

As for Harris, it's sad to see them go. I visited (kind of Sheldon Brown memorial visit) shortly after we moved to Connecticut. But it's a hard time to be a shop; I visited Devil's Gear this weekend, and they are doing all the service work they can handle, but are very short on parts, and are having trouble getting new bikes.

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Brian Nystrom
Joined: 26 Jan 2004
Posts: 5096
Location: Nashua, NH

6/15/21 11:40 AM

Sheldon's site is safe; it's managed by people outside of Harris Cyclery.

https://sheldonbrown.com/blog/2021/06/14/we-are-here/

Still, it's sad to see Harris Cyclery go under.

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dan emery
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
Posts: 6884
Location: Maine

6/15/21 3:46 PM

Thought of Sheldon last week

I have never really been into the technical weeds where Sheldon lurked, but I did enjoy some of his stuff. Last week I had the pleasure of having some dental work done where the dentist uses basically a tiny Allen key. I asked if this was a torque wrench, and he said yes and gave me the Newton-cm or whatever. I was tempted to use Sheldon’s term “Dork Wrench” but restrained myself. And I have used Sheldon’s description to avoid using this dorky device.

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rickhardy
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
Posts: 1492
Location: Needham outside of Boston - the hub of the universe

6/25/21 9:27 AM

Boston Globe

Don't know if this will be accessible due to a paywall but in today's Globe:

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/06/24/metro/we-had-people-with-tears-their-eyes-west-newton-bicycle-shop-closes-after-70-years/

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Tom Price
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
Posts: 505
Location: Rochester, NY

6/25/21 5:57 PM

If you give the Globe your email address you can read the complete story.

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