Maybe Yehuda was a bad ass attorney who wore pin-striped suits, drove a Mercedes, and shook down, legal opponents for all they worth over liability issues!
Yehuda Moon, High Powered CEO… accidentally bumped a bicyclist while driving to work. When he stopped to see if he was ok, was amazed by the totally chilled-out life the cyclist had, even after being knocked down. Had an epiphany and changed his life!
All this bearded laid-back cycling dude in sandals smacks of compensating for something. The man has a guilty conscience. Yehuda usedta drive a blue car.
I’m pretty sure all the Councilman means is that Yehuda was merely a “bike guy” with certain opinions about cycling and driver etiquette but hadn’t taken any action. Standing on one side or another of an issue doesn’t make you an advocate, doing something about it does. After all, it was the Councilman himself who catalyzed the change.
C’mon peeps – a guy doesn’t bust out ‘Maarten Van Andel’ by reading Wikipedia. He’s a well travelled man who has observed cultures with less busyness, and he’s drawn to attractiveness and simplicity of it all. Yet – he still has an attraction – dare I say ‘lust’ – of the rat race, which exposes itself in his advocacy.
As long as this doesn’t turn into a Yehuda Moon Prequel with Jar Jar binks and lots of cheezy bad dialog. Revenge of Yehuda Moon could be pretty bad. Crap did I just give Rick a bunch of ideas….
What’s Yehuda doing with the “dishrack” bike racks? Surely he’s tried to use them at least once and knows that they’re a terrible design. My high school had them and most people used the edges or locked bikes parallel to the rails since if you park your wheel in the middle only a long cable lock will reach from the frame to the bike rack.
You can drop your blue-car theory: Go back a few months to when Joe and Yehuda are trying to spur Fred’s memory of the license plate; there’s no way Yehuda would be doing that if he knew it was his own car that had done the deed. Plus, wouldn’t he be racked with guilt every time Fred appeared in the store?
Or… turn your bike around, put the rear wheel in the slot. *gasp* It’s got that nifty triangle of frame tubes right there to attach to. you can even pop your front wheel off and lock it up beside the rear at the same time.
Personally, I find the dishracks an excellent design, from the standpoint of being able to get lots of bikes in them. A lot of other designs look better, and seem more intuitive, in that you can just cram your bike into it facing the same direction you rode up to it, but they clog up mighty fast as soon as there’s a couple bikes in them, because people shove their bikes into them so far that you can’t get bikes in from both sides.
@ Capateto: Well-put! Also, Yehuda and Joe were friends with Fred before his accident. Go back to the Councilman’s first appearance. Yehuda references Fred’s Ghost Bike as the reason they opened the kickstand in the first place. However, a later comic featuring Fred suggests that they didn’t actually open it, but rather, took it upon themselves to keep Fred’s shop open and operating in his memory, which still supports the idea that they were all friends and riding buddies well before the blue car came along and ruined that.
@Robert in San Diego: Yes, I think he not-so-secretly approves, mainly b/c of his “before you arrived, students could ride to school” comment. That sounds like a snarky comment made to a new administrator. Rick, is this guy the coucilman (he sure looks like him!)? Is he also a teacher at the school? If he’s not a teacher, is his presence there because the new school headmaster called him so he could see what Yehuda was doing, or was his presence there happenstance? I’m very curious to see where this storyline goes…
It’s also interesting to note that Yehuda is wearing gloves… is he trying not to leave fingerprints, or is it really cold? I don’t see steam coming from his breath…
The “Dish Rack” Bike rack is better than most if you know how to lock up with it. It’s better than what I call “The Bobby pin” the single piece of curving Zig-zag fused in concrete.
Interesting comments about rack design. I am used to the Toronto “post and ring” design. For me that seems to be the best design, since it allows the entire bicycle to be easily locked up. But maybe that’s just because I’m used to it. See:
Yehuda has absolutely been an advocate against bikes. Remember when he was painting bike lanes, to keep inferior bikes out of the way of superior cars?
I hope this is the start of the Yehuda backstory. I would love to have some gaps filled in regarding the story before the start of the strip. Joe and Yehuda seem like an unlikely pair to be business partners, what was the relationship with Fred, how exactly did they come in to ownership of the Kickstand….
I bet we’ve all got our opinions or guesses, maybe this is the start of hearing Rick’s version of the story.
I think the Councilman isn’t anti-bike at all. Remember his response to the Yehuda-made bike lanes? ‘He just saved the city tens of thousands of dollars of studies!’ Sounded more like ‘Woohoo, someone just made my job easier’ than ‘Curse you and your little dog too!’
If you’re asking about why Yehuda is wearing gloves then you have obviously never done much work with metal. Wrangling those racks in bare handed is a sure way to lose some skin if not the use of a finger or two.
As for the back story, we all know Yehuda has been on the sneaky side of bike advocacy, now he’s out in the open.
@Howard
I’m not quite sure how to express my response to you in words, so instead I shall just say that I rested my face in my palm and sighed despairingly.
I don’t know about that town, but around here, any non-parent non-employee adult hanging around on school property without specific permission is subject to a squad car ride.
Sighing despairingly is easier, I know, but why not expend enough effort to learn something? Dozens of peer-reviewed studies showing the dangers of separated and segregated bike facilities are easily available. You could start by googling “Ken Cross” or “Wachtel and Lewiston”.
*Shock*Horror* !-)
a Yehuda back-story? excellent!
yeah a few weeks or month earlier Moon himself mentioned something about his car driving past
Yehuda may have been an advocate against bikes? woah.
but he’s obviously seen the light.
Is Yehuda a conversion not born in?
da-dun-dahhhh! I love it.
Maybe Yehuda was a bad ass attorney who wore pin-striped suits, drove a Mercedes, and shook down, legal opponents for all they worth over liability issues!
Ok I’m hooked on that bait. I’m ready for the Yehuda story.
Yehuda Moon, High Powered CEO… accidentally bumped a bicyclist while driving to work. When he stopped to see if he was ok, was amazed by the totally chilled-out life the cyclist had, even after being knocked down. Had an epiphany and changed his life!
All this bearded laid-back cycling dude in sandals smacks of compensating for something. The man has a guilty conscience. Yehuda usedta drive a blue car.
I’m pretty sure all the Councilman means is that Yehuda was merely a “bike guy” with certain opinions about cycling and driver etiquette but hadn’t taken any action. Standing on one side or another of an issue doesn’t make you an advocate, doing something about it does. After all, it was the Councilman himself who catalyzed the change.
The story goes…
At first cycle lane, now bike racks. But now Yehuda got his “ground troop” for his unpopular war.
C’mon peeps – a guy doesn’t bust out ‘Maarten Van Andel’ by reading Wikipedia. He’s a well travelled man who has observed cultures with less busyness, and he’s drawn to attractiveness and simplicity of it all. Yet – he still has an attraction – dare I say ‘lust’ – of the rat race, which exposes itself in his advocacy.
As long as this doesn’t turn into a Yehuda Moon Prequel with Jar Jar binks and lots of cheezy bad dialog. Revenge of Yehuda Moon could be pretty bad. Crap did I just give Rick a bunch of ideas….
@Karl On Sea: I was totally thinking your blue car theory!!
What’s Yehuda doing with the “dishrack” bike racks? Surely he’s tried to use them at least once and knows that they’re a terrible design. My high school had them and most people used the edges or locked bikes parallel to the rails since if you park your wheel in the middle only a long cable lock will reach from the frame to the bike rack.
@Karl
whoa what a dark past/post!
;-P
You can drop your blue-car theory: Go back a few months to when Joe and Yehuda are trying to spur Fred’s memory of the license plate; there’s no way Yehuda would be doing that if he knew it was his own car that had done the deed. Plus, wouldn’t he be racked with guilt every time Fred appeared in the store?
@tikun
Or… turn your bike around, put the rear wheel in the slot. *gasp* It’s got that nifty triangle of frame tubes right there to attach to. you can even pop your front wheel off and lock it up beside the rear at the same time.
Personally, I find the dishracks an excellent design, from the standpoint of being able to get lots of bikes in them. A lot of other designs look better, and seem more intuitive, in that you can just cram your bike into it facing the same direction you rode up to it, but they clog up mighty fast as soon as there’s a couple bikes in them, because people shove their bikes into them so far that you can’t get bikes in from both sides.
Le sigh
Sheldon locking technique ftw!
“In the first place, God created idiots. That was for practice. Then He created school boards.” -Mark Twain
I’ve seen very little to belie this quotation in my 50 years on the planet. It usually extends to school adminstrations as well…
@ Capateto: Well-put! Also, Yehuda and Joe were friends with Fred before his accident. Go back to the Councilman’s first appearance. Yehuda references Fred’s Ghost Bike as the reason they opened the kickstand in the first place. However, a later comic featuring Fred suggests that they didn’t actually open it, but rather, took it upon themselves to keep Fred’s shop open and operating in his memory, which still supports the idea that they were all friends and riding buddies well before the blue car came along and ruined that.
Anyone get the feeling the Councilman is secretly enjoying watching the racks go back up?
@Robert in San Diego: Yes, I think he not-so-secretly approves, mainly b/c of his “before you arrived, students could ride to school” comment. That sounds like a snarky comment made to a new administrator. Rick, is this guy the coucilman (he sure looks like him!)? Is he also a teacher at the school? If he’s not a teacher, is his presence there because the new school headmaster called him so he could see what Yehuda was doing, or was his presence there happenstance? I’m very curious to see where this storyline goes…
It’s also interesting to note that Yehuda is wearing gloves… is he trying not to leave fingerprints, or is it really cold? I don’t see steam coming from his breath…
The “Dish Rack” Bike rack is better than most if you know how to lock up with it. It’s better than what I call “The Bobby pin” the single piece of curving Zig-zag fused in concrete.
Interesting comments about rack design. I am used to the Toronto “post and ring” design. For me that seems to be the best design, since it allows the entire bicycle to be easily locked up. But maybe that’s just because I’m used to it. See:
http://www.toronto.ca/cycling/bikeplan/parking.htm
@ Alex-
Yehuda has absolutely been an advocate against bikes. Remember when he was painting bike lanes, to keep inferior bikes out of the way of superior cars?
If he’s seen the light since then, I missed it.
I hope this is the start of the Yehuda backstory. I would love to have some gaps filled in regarding the story before the start of the strip. Joe and Yehuda seem like an unlikely pair to be business partners, what was the relationship with Fred, how exactly did they come in to ownership of the Kickstand….
I bet we’ve all got our opinions or guesses, maybe this is the start of hearing Rick’s version of the story.
I think the Councilman isn’t anti-bike at all. Remember his response to the Yehuda-made bike lanes? ‘He just saved the city tens of thousands of dollars of studies!’ Sounded more like ‘Woohoo, someone just made my job easier’ than ‘Curse you and your little dog too!’
If you’re asking about why Yehuda is wearing gloves then you have obviously never done much work with metal. Wrangling those racks in bare handed is a sure way to lose some skin if not the use of a finger or two.
As for the back story, we all know Yehuda has been on the sneaky side of bike advocacy, now he’s out in the open.
Yehuda probably used to own GM or something.
I resent the idea that a CEO wouldn’t ride a bicycle.
@Howard
I’m not quite sure how to express my response to you in words, so instead I shall just say that I rested my face in my palm and sighed despairingly.
I don’t know about that town, but around here, any non-parent non-employee adult hanging around on school property without specific permission is subject to a squad car ride.
@ Erik, Papa John’s founder was hit by thrown object while riding a bicycle.
http://www.cyclingforums.com/archive/index.php/t178524.html
@ RichardT
Sighing despairingly is easier, I know, but why not expend enough effort to learn something? Dozens of peer-reviewed studies showing the dangers of separated and segregated bike facilities are easily available. You could start by googling “Ken Cross” or “Wachtel and Lewiston”.