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  1. Check it out.

    sheldonbrown.comeagle.html

    Art Harris

  2. "Harris" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    sheldonbrown.comeagle.html

    Art Harris

    I guess he took to heart all the Jobst-posts about stuff flapping in the breeze and ruining his TT
    times. Disc wheels next...and a skin suit.... ;-)

    Cheers,

    Scott..

  3. Harris said:

    Check it out.

    sheldonbrown.comeagle.html

    Can you say, "Mr. Clean"?!

    Bill Kingson Caribou, Maine

  4. "Harris" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Art Harris

    Oh Jesus, that looks like something off Death row.

    A bit like me.

    Keep up the good work, Sheldon!

    Tim.

  5. << Check it out.

    sheldonbrown.comeagle.html

    Copy to Mr Willet

    Peter Chisholm Vecchio's Bicicletteria 1833 Pearl St. Boulder, CO, 80302
    (303)440-3535 vecchios.comvecchios.com "Ruote convenzionali costruite eccezionalmente bene"

  6. Harris at [email hidden] wrote on 5/11/03 6:05 AM:

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    Art Harris

    Pantani, Marco ?

  7. In rec.bicycles.misc Harris <[email hidden]> wrote:
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    : sheldonbrown.comeagle.html

    : Art Harris

    Knocked about 10 years of his age buy cutting all that hair.

    --------------------------------
    Bob Masse' [email hidden]
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  8. Quoted message said:

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    sheldonbrown.comeagle.html

    Sheldon't choice of lens for his glasses worn in the picture intrigues
    me. The lens is an unusual type known as a "Double D" which features a second bifocal above the
    usual line of sight. It is useful in situations where the wearer needs to have clear near
    vision in the upwards direction.

    It is most common among mechanics of the auto and truck persuasion, and may be used by Sheldon for
    similar reasons. But they would be useless for riding in anything but an upright riding position.

    --
    Ted Bennett Portland OR

  9. Ya look about 30 years younger. Leave the beard off, too.

    "Harris" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    sheldonbrown.comeagle.html

    Art Harris

  10. Harris said:

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    Bring back the beard! The avuncular hero of cyclists worldwide now looks like a wrestler! I wish I'd
    been there when he walked into the shop that morning, though :-)

    Guy
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    dynamic DNS permitting)
    NOTE: BT Openworld have now blocked port 25 (without notice), so old mail addresses may no longer
    work. Apologies.

  11. Quoted message said:

    Check it out.

    sheldonbrown.comeagle.html

    Not since 1968!? Not since LBJ!? Not since Vietnam!? Not since before the moon landing!? Not since
    the height of the Beatles!? Not since before I was born!? Incomprehensible.

  12. Ted Bennett said:
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    Sheldon't choice of lens for his glasses worn in the picture intrigues
    me. The lens is an unusual type known as a "Double D" which features a second bifocal above the
    usual line of sight. It is useful in situations where the wearer needs to have clear near
    vision in the upwards direction.

    It is most common among mechanics of the auto and truck persuasion, and may be used by Sheldon for
    similar reasons. But they would be useless for riding in anything but an upright riding position.

    Actually, no. These are normal bifocals with the line higher than usual. The lower prescription is
    right for a computer screen, the upper part is just my astigmatism correction.

    These are the first glasses I've had since I needed bifocals that work for pretty much everything. I
    have some more conventional bifocals, wiht slightly greater magnification, but neither the upper nor
    lower part worked for me on a computer screen. I couldn't focus in the upper, and the lower was too
    low so I had to crane my neck back at an uncomfortable angle.

    It took a bit of persuading to get my optometrist to make these up, but they really work very
    well for me.

    Sheldon "Highliner" Brown +---------------------------------------------------------------------+
    | A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, | since it is only by coming to
    | grips with difficulty | that he can realize his potentialities. -- Charles DeGaulle |
    +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ Harris Cyclery, West Newton,
    Massachusetts Phone 617-244-9772 FAX 617-244-1041 harriscyclery.comharriscyclery.com Hard-to-find parts
    shipped Worldwide captainbike.comcaptainbike.com sheldonbrown.comsheldonbrown.com

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    Art Harris

    That's not Sheldon! Sheldon's been abducted by aliens! Call the FBI! Call the CIA! Call your mother!

    Ohh!! The horror, the horror...

    Jeff

  14. Sheldon 'Highliner' Brown said:

    These are the first glasses I've had since I needed bifocals that work for pretty much everything.
    I have some more conventional bifocals, wiht slightly greater magnification, but neither the upper
    nor lower part worked for me on a computer screen. I couldn't focus in the upper, and the lower
    was too low so I had to crane my neck back at an uncomfortable angle.

    It took a bit of persuading to get my optometrist to make these up, but they really work very
    well for me.

    He or she was probably weighing legal liability against the comedic value of the sight of a
    bespectacled middle-aged man dropping into an open manhole, because he couldn't see it.

    For anyone still following this thread, I find Sheldon's words, above, to be reassuring with regards
    to his ability to work with any mechanical thing. Careful observation, logical thinking, and an
    accurate parsing of the problem led to a simple and effective solution.

    --
    Ted Bennett Portland OR

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    oh. my. god. is this a sign of the apocalypse?

    better watch out: he may go all hollywood on you and start doing stand-in work for vin diesel.

    fred

  16. "Fred Clydesdale" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    oh. my. god. is this a sign of the apocalypse?

    YES

    I so love things that are signs of the apocalypse.

    Bring it on!

  17. I'm confused: I thought you are supposed to shave your legs.... --Roy Zipris

  18. Bellissimo! The Pantani haircut is most becoming.

    Mike Yankee

    (Address is munged to thwart spammers. To reply, delete everything after "com".)

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    "Fred Clydesdale" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    oh. my. god. is this a sign of the apocalypse?

    YES

    I so love things that are signs of the apocalypse.

    So you love "Dubya and Friends" on CNN?

    -Barry

  20. In article said:

    I'm confused: I thought you are supposed to shave your legs....

    That's where he started- he just wasn't sure where to stop!

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