Comments on: 07/05/2009 – How Full is Your Stable?

By: Guest

Guest — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 19:16:05 +0000

You don’t have hubs and spokes in your kitchen? Weird.

By: rander

rander — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 19:13:23 +0000

one reliable, bike that you can trust, and a backup in case something happens to your main

By: Martin Hartley

Martin Hartley — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:34:13 +0000

S-A equipped Hercules just brought a smile to my face. Old roadsters (some yanks call them “English Racers, but they are anything but a racing bicycle) will always find a welcoming home in my garage, even if mother doesn’t approve of the number of bicycles which are currently residing there.

By: Brookston John

Brookston John — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:08:15 +0000

I have around (I’ve lost count) 15 bikes. Everything from an experimental SWB ‘bent to a very BOBish Bridgestone. And a few of them I grabbed because there’s no way something like a S-A equipped Hercules should go to the landfill. Oh, my Norco is now a moped, so it doesn’t count in the inventory.

By: Mark H. Hendricks

Mark H. Hendricks — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:12:50 +0000

I think there is a huge difference between being a mechanic and a bike shop owner. The owner of our shop owned just one or two bikes at a time. They were the best, but not a lot of different ones. Also, I never knew of a mechanic that could just take shop bikes as loaners, or owners that would choose to do so. They needed that inventory to sell and riding them meant things could happen that would make a sale less likely. Mechanics tend to be in love with bikes and will buy whatever, as often as possible whereas owners tend to be a just a little more on the responsible side.

By: John A. Ardelli

John A. Ardelli — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:48:40 +0000

Interesting. I just noticed: Joe’s bike must communicate telepathically. Joe didn’t say a WORD during the entire comic; he only THOUGHT things, and most of his thinking was done BEFORE he got out in the garage. It seems his bike constantly knows what’s going on in his head…

I can see how that might be annoying from the bike’s point of view. “What most people fail to understand is the need to shut out the bedlam of other peoples’ thoughts and emotions.” – Spock, Star Trek, “Is There, In Truth, No Beauty?”

By: kim west

kim west — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:46:15 +0000

i think i’ve mentioned my excesses before here, and i wasn’t going to repeat them until i read about the overweight grandmother’s collection. without counting the four or five i have loaned out to friends and family, i have over 30 bikes downstairs. a baker’s dozen of old schwinns and old cruisers and stingrays, plus old race bikes and cyclo-cross and bmx [20" and 24"], tt [my old one has a 24" front--the funny bike style], my mountain bike, gravel bikes, touring bikes, track and fixies, and current racing bikes.
bikes are cheaper than wives, for sure. i have a tool box in the kitchen, zip wheels in the living room, and little bikes downstairs for the grandkids as they gow taller which are not included in the tally.

By: Johnny Sunset

Johnny Sunset — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:54:21 +0000

@BAW

There was a bike that looked very much like a RANS V-Rex in the shop for service in one strip.

By: BAW

BAW — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:32:08 +0000

Have we ever had recumbents on the strip? Why not?

By: Guy

Guy — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:14:50 +0000

I used to have two bikes. I thought I would switch off between the two but found that my mountain bike was more comfortable than my road bike. Thus I sold it and hope that it is being put to good use. On another note, without a second bike, if anything happens to my moutain bike, I’m S-O-L until it’s fixed and then I become caged again.