NBD: Sheldon's Ram!
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Nick Shoemaker
Aug 27, 2024, 10:13:38 AM8/27/24
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If ya know, ya know....
Sheldon was a huge influence in my early descent into bike obsession, and I doubt I would be here today as a competent mechanic, former wheelbuilder, fixie-converter, Riv-rider, etc, etc. without his incomparable contributions to the bicycle community. Sheldon made the world a better place, plain and simple!
So imagine my delight when his beautiful orange Ram showed up on ebay a couple of months ago and I somehow managed to win the auction! The bike is currently an impeccable time capsule, with everything but the tires matching the build description on his website. I intend to ride it, and will no doubt tinker (Sheldon-style) to try out a few different iterations for fun (fixie? 650b conversion? upright/swept-back?). Anyhow, enjoy a few pictures to revel in the nostalgia:
PS: I'm sticking with the Bio-Pace... :)
Bill Lindsay
Aug 27, 2024, 12:14:14 PM8/27/24
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That's the dream, isn't it? :
Curating bikes that will outlive us. That's the easy part.
Leaving enough of a mark so that people want your old build because it used to belong to you. That's the tricky part.
Bikes are easy. People are complicated
Ride it well!
Bill Lindsay
El Cerrito, CA
jaredwilson
Aug 27, 2024, 1:44:16 PM8/27/24
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Oh this is just lovely.
So happy to see that bike landed in the right hands, congratulations!
Enjoy :)
jared
SC, CA
Patrick Moore
Aug 27, 2024, 5:27:03 PM8/27/24
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Congratulations! I take it that that is Sheldon's gear chart, too? Please do post photos of your own modifications.
Patrick Moore, who recalls scrupulously calculating and typing out gear charts to tape to his stem -- tho' I always liked much closer ratios than Sheldon tolerated.
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Philip Williamson
Aug 27, 2024, 11:23:56 PM8/27/24
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Saint Sheldon!
What a beautiful bike. And the gear chart! 1x before 1x was 'a thing,' and that's a great gear set, both in the range and the specifics.
Congratulations. I'm happy you've got that bike.
As Bill said, a bike build that's more wonderful because of the mana of the builder/rider is pretty rare outside of bike racing.
Philip
Riding a Sheldon-inspired 'dingle' Quickbeam today in San Francisco and Santa Rosa - actually shifted for the headwinds/hills
On Tuesday, August 27, 2024 at 7:13:38 AM UTC-7 Nick Shoemaker wrote:
Jeremy Till
Aug 28, 2024, 3:47:49 PM8/28/24
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That's so cool. Like you, Sheldon is largely responsible for giving me my start in bike tinkering, and giving me an appreciation for fixed gear conversions, Bridgestones/Rivendells, and hot-rodding older bikes. This was the first Rivendell I ever lusted after (when it was in its fixed gear iteration), and I'm now the happy owner of one myself. I like that is still has the 27"/630mm BSD wheels on it--I daresay it's the only Rambouillet (or Rivendell?) that's ever been converted to 27" wheels.
I recently decided to go full-Sheldon and but a Biopace ring on my fixed gear. I like it. He might have been onto something there.
Jeremy Till
Sacramento, CA
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Huston
Aug 28, 2024, 4:02:06 PM8/28/24
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Nick,
An excellent score indeed. The provenance is superb. Plus the color, centerpull/sidepull brake combo, and excellent fender lines. And that gear chart ....
Huston
Lexington, KY
Andrew Janjigian
Aug 28, 2024, 4:08:56 PM8/28/24
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Amazing! Harris was one of my local bike shops (RIP), and when I first got into both fixed-gear and Rivendell bikes, I bugged Sheldon for advice many times. I’m so glad his web pages are still extant.
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Jason Fuller
Aug 29, 2024, 3:52:35 PM8/29/24
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Sheldon was a huge influence on me in the late aughts, which is evident by my Raleigh Twenty which has been thoroughly upgraded and has since been added to the website! https://www.sheldonbrown.com/fuller-twenty.html
Photo of a recent commute on it. I usually commute on either my Brompton or Bombadil though
Photo of a recent commute on it. I usually commute on either my Brompton or Bombadil though
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