They have installed a ghost bike for Tracy Milillo…be careful out there folks.

Got this email today. I, like everyone else, was very sad when Sheldon Brown died. He was a giant in the bicycle world, and was widly known for knowing more about cycling than any man should. Seems his wife and a couple old friends are selling his old bikes (he had many) on ebay and craigs list. This is a sad sad day, but might be your chance to own a bit of history.

Over the next few months, several of Sheldon Brown’s bicycles, and
numerous components, will be for sale on EBay and Craigslist. My son
Jacob and I are helping Harriet sell these items.

At this time, the first item, a Brooks Professional saddle, is for
sale on EBay. Bids have gone up to $57 so far; bidding closes at 5:17
PM EST Sunday, This item amounts to just dipping a toe into the
water — *many* more items will be for sale.

Search on to find these items (and to avoid
the many items of memorabilia related to

Generally, items of special interest, with a limited market but
likely to sell at a good price and/or easy to ship (e.g., customized
bicycles, 16-inch Greenspeed rear wheel, saddles, will go up on EBay,
and items of more general interest that will probably sell locally
(e.g., steel frames suitable to build up into fixed-gear bikes) on
Craigslist. Run-of-the-mill stuff that wouldn’t sell for much, but
can be used to build up usable bicycles, is being donated to Bikes Not Bombs.

If Interested, please keep checking at EBay and Craigslist! I’ll be
posting a message here occasionally as more items are posted.

John S. Allen

Found via a Reddit link. I have not heard of Ian Hibell before, I think now I’m going to have to buy his book. His story sounds amazing; unfortunately it came to and unhappy ending as he was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver in Greece.

Ian took cycling to incredible places. It seems such a waste to have a unique person like that taken away – after everywhere that he travelled and all the challenges he overcame it was another human’s crime that he could not in the end avoid.

I wonder what accomplishments that driver thinks he would have taken away for having a faster car than another guy. How is that even impressive? And because of him a true adventurer rides no more.

Makes me sad and feel sick. RIP Ian.

On second thought: Ride on, Ian.

Sheldon Brown, known to many as Captn Bike, or the human bicycle encyclopedia has passed away. He will be sorely missed.

Jones Wares expresses this loss much better than I could

For anyone that hasn’t yet heard, the great bike tech guru, Sheldon Brown, passed away last night. He was THE source roadies nationwide turned to for not only bike advice, but general cool info as well. For years he was a fixture at Harris Cyclery in West Newton. His website was a hoot. He did some amazing things with the ol’ bicycle. At 63, he left too soon.

I spoke with him two weeks ago about the wool cycle wear company my sister and I recently launched. We talked about how great it is that the East coast is finally starting to catch up with the West; they returned to wool a few years ago! He had his standard witty lines and told me he still has gear from Jones Cycle Wear (though added it’s getting pretty sad looking)…a business our parents had during the 70s through early 90s. He agreed to try out some of our new Joneswares stuff, if he was able to ride in the spring; his MS was beginning to keep him off the bike. As recently as Friday night I logged on to his site for info about putting a brake on my fixed gear (I’m getting to old to be that scared going down the steep hill I live on).

Our thoughts are with his wife, Harriet, and their two kids of whom he was so proud.