Bike women too for that matter. But the recent passing of Sheldon Brown who worked at Harris Cycle shop in West Newton. Anyone, and I mean anyone, that wanted to use the web to find the history of bikes, how bikes work or were simply looking for some great advice eventually ended up at Sheldon's site. He was fearless in offering unbiased advice and fearless in taking on any bicycle fix up project including delving into the gearing structure of English Sturmey Archer three speed repairs.
He died recently at 61-years-old. You can read his Globe obit which does a good job at honoring him. In my opinion, Sheldon Brown for his huge enthusiastic knowledge of bikes and Paul Dudley White for his early advocacy of cycling in Boston are the two people who have so far contributed the most to the Massachusetts bicycle culture.
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