How old is your bike?

[GLC1968]

Terry Madeleine.

Heh - I was guessing that was a Madeleine in your photo, but it was too small to tell for sure!

My road bike is a 2005 Terry Isis in a very similiar paint scheme. My commuter is a 2004 Terry Classic and it's also got the smaller front wheel. I love my Terry bikes!

[ZenSojourner]

My road bike is a 2005 Terry Isis in a very similiar paint scheme. My commuter is a 2004 Terry Classic and it's also got the smaller front wheel. I love my Terry bikes!

I think the Classic was very similar to the Madeleine but I don't have the specs to tell for sure.

Hmmm, let me check Sheldon Brown's website, he has some old Terry info . . .

Yup, he's got some 2001 info. The geometry looks about the same, I can't tell if the Classic was geared as low as the Madeleine but at least it's a triple. The Classic is CrMoly, my Madeleine is aluminum. The Madeleine has drop bars, it looks like the Classic had flat bars, mt. bike style.

At least for 2001. Since yours is a 2004, it's only 2 years older than mine and the components may be more alike than they are different by then. I'm not sure why they changed the name of the bike, they look so similar.

Interesting, he doesn't have any info up about the 2009 models. Looks like it stops at 2007. I hope they haven't dropped the Terry's, Sheldon's been a long time Terry supporter.

[GLC1968]

Yeah, I converted my classic to drops and did a few other changes so that it basically matches my road bike geometry. It's heavy, but still rides wonderfully. Actually, it's not all *that* heavy for steel...but with panniers, it feels like a smooth tank.

My guess is that Sheldon's site probably hasn't been updated with new Terry info because of his illness and then death. Harris Cyclery is still listed as a dealer on the Terry site, so I'm sure they still carry them. Though, I had to buy mine online - no dealers within 500 miles of me back when I bought it.

[ZenSojourner]

My guess is that Sheldon's site probably hasn't been updated with new Terry info because of his illness and then death.

Sheldon's GONE? OMG, when did that happen? I'm pretty sure I talked to him just before I bought the Madeleine.

What happened? I can't believe he's gone. I was just thinking, too, its got the place where you can't be sure who's still around and who isn't. I was just wondering what ever happened to Jobst Brandt (a rec.bicycles regular), and that I was glad Sheldon at least was still around.

[Triskeliongirl]

He had MS, or an MS like illness. He documented it all on his blog. Indeed it is sad. He sold me my titanium isis, and also advised me on how to convert my steel isis to a travel bike that I mentioned in the other thread.

[ZenSojourner]

OMG, I'm really sad now!

I went and looked for his blog, and found his Wikipedia entry. His last blog entry was on Feb 3, 2008 - apparently just before he had a heart attack and died.

He helped me so much when I was trying to get the old almost-fits Trek 420 to, well, fit better. He's the one I went to for the small hands levers; he's the one who carried that Japanese seat with the cutout back when that was a really hard item to find; he's the one who patiently explained to me how to replace my stem and handlebars, including remounting the hoods and the brake levers and how to wrap tape. He's the one I got all the parts I needed from because my LBS wanted to make me put a LONGER stem on there, not a shorter one, and thought it was stupid to put narrower handlebars on (and anything else I was trying to do to make the thing they sold me fit). A longer seat post.

Nothing would have made that bike actually fit, but with Sheldon's help, I got it closer than should have been possible.

Dang! Dang dang dang!