Comments on: 10/15/2012 – The Cut of His Jib

By: Pierre

Pierre — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 11:39:17 +0000

Yep – I’ve got a Schmidt SON and it’s truly waterproof – I rode through a river at the start of a long mountain bike trail, it was submerged for a couple of minutes (yes, OK, I slipped in the river and had to walk out!) and the dynamo carried on working for the following 3+ hours of riding and has been fine ever since. They really are excellent.

By: vexedveloist

vexedveloist — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 07:10:00 +0000

Why am I being asked to log in on today’s comic (the one after this one)?

By: Pops

Pops — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 23:56:34 +0000

Its raining cats and dogs… I stepped on a poodle…

By: Tencon

Tencon — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 16:14:05 +0000

You said it Zman – in my cape I HAVE been blown to a full standstill by a squall one day. Only the brakes and my pressure on the pedals stopped me going backwards!
I do confess that I was riding uphill a bit that time though

By: aikigecko@yahoo.com

aikigecko@yahoo.com — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 15:25:51 +0000

Druid, you would always have a canvas (or other waterproof fabric) liner made for your basket, it can be snapped in place and it won’t effect your ability to bungie things in place. I made a liner for the wire basket I had on my scooter when I was living in Yokohama for the same reason

By: Stefan

Stefan — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 14:48:12 +0000

my bike dealer told me about problems with SRAM and Shimano Hub Dynamos if they get submerged in winter. With the SON this is normally not a problem because he is equiped with a pressure balancer.
If you put your hub under water the temperature inside falls, the pressure of air drops and the water gets sucked inside and causes corrosion.

By: BlindPilot

BlindPilot — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 14:25:42 +0000

He’s tacking.

By: cliftongk1

cliftongk1 — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 13:27:09 +0000

I haven’t submerged either of mine, but as for PacNW constant driving rains, I’ve done 200 and 300k rides where it rained for all 10+ hours and I never had a problem.
I use a SON28 on one bike, and a Shimano 3N72 on another.

By: Eddie Bricker

Eddie Bricker — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 12:52:32 +0000

This is hands down one of my favorite Yehuda funnies. I really really love this series.

By: Stuart

Stuart — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 12:41:52 +0000

Unfortunately, the wind would appear to be blowing Yehuda back to where he started.