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!