Comments on: 08/07/2010 – Commuter Points and the Car http://yehudamoon.com/20100807/ Wed, 22 May 2013 13:53:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Chocostove http://yehudamoon.com/20100807/#comment-45437 Chocostove Mon, 09 Aug 2010 16:46:00 +0000 http://localhost/kickstandcomics/08072010/#comment-45437 There is no such thing a no road grime ride in constant rain. Just minimized grime. And that's with full fenders and mudflaps. Cars and road inconsistencies see to that. Mind you I'm not complaining, just saying..... There is no such thing a no road grime ride in constant rain. Just minimized grime. And that’s with full fenders and mudflaps. Cars and road inconsistencies see to that. Mind you I’m not complaining, just saying…..

]]> By: JX75 http://yehudamoon.com/20100807/#comment-45389 JX75 Sun, 08 Aug 2010 19:41:30 +0000 http://localhost/kickstandcomics/08072010/#comment-45389 <span style="color: #808080;">Me too... It’s a bit like swimming: you don't like entering the rain any more than you like entering the water, but once you’re inside it, it can be actually pleasant provided that the temperature is not freezing.</span> Me too… It’s a bit like swimming: you don’t like entering the rain any more than you like entering the water, but once you’re inside it, it can be actually pleasant provided that the temperature is not freezing.

]]> By: JX75 http://yehudamoon.com/20100807/#comment-45439 JX75 Sun, 08 Aug 2010 19:37:13 +0000 http://localhost/kickstandcomics/08072010/#comment-45439 <span style="color: #808080;">I don’t have showers at work either and I’ve never been seen like Yehuda is... I wipe the sweat with the t-shirt I wear and I put on sme clean clothes that stay at my working place.</span> <span style="color: #808080;"></span> <span style="color: #808080;">BTW isn't Yehuda living at the shop anyway ?</span> I don’t have showers at work either and I’ve never been seen like Yehuda is… I wipe the sweat with the t-shirt I wear and I put on sme clean clothes that stay at my working place.

BTW isn’t Yehuda living at the shop anyway ?

]]> By: Pashley-Moulton http://yehudamoon.com/20100807/#comment-45425 Pashley-Moulton Sun, 08 Aug 2010 11:40:21 +0000 http://localhost/kickstandcomics/08072010/#comment-45425 <span style=""><span style="">It is patent any moron can get a driver's licence where YOU live. This is not so elsewhere in the world. Maybe you live in some anarchic part of the world where children are permitted to drive, Somalia maybe?</span><span style=""> </span></span> It is patent any moron can get a driver’s licence where YOU live. This is not so elsewhere in the world. Maybe you live in some anarchic part of the world where children are permitted to drive, Somalia maybe?

]]> By: weefoldingbike http://yehudamoon.com/20100807/#comment-45388 weefoldingbike Sun, 08 Aug 2010 06:28:50 +0000 http://localhost/kickstandcomics/08072010/#comment-45388 Current Sturmey Archer front hubs use normal "sealed" bearings. The back hubs have cup and cones. You don't need to remove the internals to get at the bearings but it's not hard to take it all out if you need to. You can do it with a hammer and punch or I've even got a big Sturmey Archer hook spanner for it. Current Sturmey Archer front hubs use normal “sealed” bearings.

The back hubs have cup and cones. You don’t need to remove the internals to get at the bearings but it’s not hard to take it all out if you need to. You can do it with a hammer and punch or I’ve even got a big Sturmey Archer hook spanner for it.

]]> By: Satan http://yehudamoon.com/20100807/#comment-45395 Satan Sun, 08 Aug 2010 06:18:33 +0000 http://localhost/kickstandcomics/08072010/#comment-45395 Everyone else here may be feeding you with the responses you so desperately need, but you have a purpose. I'm waiting for you mongo. Everyone else here may be feeding you with the responses you so desperately need, but you have a purpose. I’m waiting for you mongo.

]]> By: dr2chase http://yehudamoon.com/20100807/#comment-45387 dr2chase Sun, 08 Aug 2010 03:06:28 +0000 http://localhost/kickstandcomics/08072010/#comment-45387 This is the main downside of fancy hubs (internal-geared, dynamo) -- I don't like to think about what high water would do to them.  Otherwise, just tear down and rebuild. This is the main downside of fancy hubs (internal-geared, dynamo) — I don’t like to think about what high water would do to them.  Otherwise, just tear down and rebuild.

]]> By: Widsith http://yehudamoon.com/20100807/#comment-45410 Widsith Sun, 08 Aug 2010 03:05:46 +0000 http://localhost/kickstandcomics/08072010/#comment-45410 When I first began reading Tolkien's books in the early '70s I used to ride my bike to a bookstore to buy the books one at a time.  Then I'd ride through a wooded area to a nice, secluded spot on the bank of a river and sit there to read.  That area was like my own personal Shire back then.  Not long ago I looked up aerial photos of it on Mapquest and was very pleased to see that, although there's development all around it, my own little Shire is still there, and there still appear to be bike trails through it. When I first began reading Tolkien’s books in the early ’70s I used to ride my bike to a bookstore to buy the books one at a time.  Then I’d ride through a wooded area to a nice, secluded spot on the bank of a river and sit there to read.  That area was like my own personal Shire back then.  Not long ago I looked up aerial photos of it on Mapquest and was very pleased to see that, although there’s development all around it, my own little Shire is still there, and there still appear to be bike trails through it.

]]> By: Widsith http://yehudamoon.com/20100807/#comment-45386 Widsith Sun, 08 Aug 2010 02:34:38 +0000 http://localhost/kickstandcomics/08072010/#comment-45386 My least pleasant ride took place on a cold, blustery day when I was in high school.  I was coming down with the flu, but had gone to school anyway because I didn't want to miss a big math test.  As I was riding home (with a fever) I remembered an errand I really wanted to run and decided to do it even though it would add about two extra hours to my ride.  When I finally got home I practically collapsed into bed and was out of commission for several days.  My parents thought the long ride in the cold weather was what made me sick; I didn't have the nerve to tell them that I was already sick before starting the ride. My least pleasant ride took place on a cold, blustery day when I was in high school.  I was coming down with the flu, but had gone to school anyway because I didn’t want to miss a big math test.  As I was riding home (with a fever) I remembered an errand I really wanted to run and decided to do it even though it would add about two extra hours to my ride.  When I finally got home I practically collapsed into bed and was out of commission for several days.  My parents thought the long ride in the cold weather was what made me sick; I didn’t have the nerve to tell them that I was already sick before starting the ride.

]]> By: Widsith http://yehudamoon.com/20100807/#comment-45385 Widsith Sun, 08 Aug 2010 02:24:20 +0000 http://localhost/kickstandcomics/08072010/#comment-45385 One of my most interesting rides ever was when I got caught in a flash flood in downtown Norfolk, Virginia, in 1974.  I set out from home in Portsmouth wearing a poncho because it was raining lightly.  By the time I had crossed the river into Norfolk it was raining so hard that it had overwhelmed the storm drain system and the downtown streets were flooded.  It was interesting (and fun!) to ride in water too deep for the cars to go, with my feet and pedals under water.  The riding was slow and difficult, like riding into a strong headwind, and the large, noisy whirlpools above the storm drains made me a bit nervous so I passed them with lots of clearance.  But it was quite an adventure, and I thoroughly enjoyed it, though I had to disassemble and regrease my hubs, bottom bracket and derailleurs the next day. One of my most interesting rides ever was when I got caught in a flash flood in downtown Norfolk, Virginia, in 1974.  I set out from home in Portsmouth wearing a poncho because it was raining lightly.  By the time I had crossed the river into Norfolk it was raining so hard that it had overwhelmed the storm drain system and the downtown streets were flooded.  It was interesting (and fun!) to ride in water too deep for the cars to go, with my feet and pedals under water.  The riding was slow and difficult, like riding into a strong headwind, and the large, noisy whirlpools above the storm drains made me a bit nervous so I passed them with lots of clearance.  But it was quite an adventure, and I thoroughly enjoyed it, though I had to disassemble and regrease my hubs, bottom bracket and derailleurs the next day.

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