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04/23/2012 – Hitting the Trail

by Yehuda Moon on April 23, 2012 at 12:01 am
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  1. K'Tesh
    K'Tesh
    April 23, 2012 at 7:06 am | # | Reply

    Ya(huda’s) got my Vote!

    • K'Tesh
      K'Tesh
      April 23, 2012 at 7:09 am | # | Reply

      I’d love a bumper sticker…  only problem is… I don’t have a bumper!

      • Birch Creek
        Birch Creek
        April 23, 2012 at 8:02 am | # | Reply

        Get one! Quite easy, if you have a (pannier-)rack. :)
        I made an DIY extension to the stock rack, going further to the back, primarily to prevent the corners of large pannier bag(s) from getting caught in the wheel (on a really harsh bump, when unevenly loaded etc.). Looks actually quite similar to the cargo frame Xtracles have. Later, I added a plastic plate to the back of it, to serve as an additional mud-guard (protecting those behind me) – and voila! a place where you can put a bumper sticker. :) Except, in my case, the sticker is not anything funny or election-campaign-related or whatever – but reflective. :)

      • Birch Creek
        Birch Creek
        April 23, 2012 at 8:23 am | # | Reply

        (followup)
        Well, seems that when there is a will (to have a bumper sticker), there is a way. :)
        What about… a milk crate on your rack?
        http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FJR/F9AY/GAPV3G0U/FJRF9AYGAPV3G0U.MEDIUM.jpg
        … or a basket?
        http://www.dwrl.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/images/bumpersticker_bicycle_.jpg
        … or a child’s seat?
        http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQCSIC95NXNe1qWgHzbNyUtR46i4mOsCf0k_n66wH0AxabCbPVeKkIzfl89
        … or… what is that… probably Xtracycle cargo frame
        http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2H3G4C5T6s0/Sonk8aXfgwI/AAAAAAAACj8/B1AZcrSJfpY/s400/bike+bumper+sticker.jpg
        Even if you are a weight-maniac and don’t want any extra accessories on your bike (warning: strong language) :)
        http://25.media.tumblr.com/sRuaM0uwinpr94koGDAsy7qfo1_400.jpg
        … but it doesn’t have to be neither that radical neither permanent
        http://findlaydonnan.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/bumper-stickers-for-shoes-awesome.jpg

        Well. Enough fiddling about, back to work.
        Just one more link, an inspiration for Joe (another “trick”)
        http://sf.streetsblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/03_12/Boy-yoga-surfing_1.jpg

        Good day to everyone!

      • Guest
        Guest
        April 23, 2012 at 4:50 pm | # | Reply

        … just a wet & muddy stripe up your back….

    • Zorba
      Zorba
      April 23, 2012 at 2:56 pm | # | Reply

      He’s better qualified than any of the jerks running for, or in, the office right now.

  2. K'Tesh
    K'Tesh
    April 23, 2012 at 7:08 am | # | Reply

    2nd comic…  looks like fun, but I’d never… ever… pull stunts like that w/o some really good rigging.

    • Yolanda
      Yolanda
      April 23, 2012 at 7:02 pm | # | Reply

      too bad for you, because they’re a lot more fun if you can get hurt doing them!  (mildly hurt, lets face it, it isn’t likely you’d be disabled or killed)  Well, you can always wear a helmet but may I suggest if you’re going for that, wear a real one made for real crashes, the kind that have DOT certification.

  3. Bicycle Bill
    Bicycle Bill
    April 23, 2012 at 7:12 am | # | Reply

    What is this world coming to?  Joe is actually having fun on a bike!!!

    • Syke
      Syke
      April 23, 2012 at 10:36 am | # | Reply

      Yeah, he’s forgetting that bikes are for training, not fun.

      • McQ
        McQ
        April 23, 2012 at 2:11 pm | # | Reply

        When Alberto Contador was asked where he would like to take a bike for a vacation, he replied that if it were a real vacation, he wouldn’t take a bike.

  4. Tencon
    Tencon
    April 23, 2012 at 7:25 am | # | Reply

    I love the campaign logo – ‘Moon in 2012′

    I think I remember the ‘Xtracycle surfing 101′ strip from somewhere before?
    With my (lack of) memory it is hard to be sure if a memory is a true one or something I make up to fit the moment!

    • K'Tesh
      K'Tesh
      April 23, 2012 at 7:45 am | # | Reply

      I seem to remember seeing it before too.

      • chillikebab
        chillikebab
        April 23, 2012 at 8:14 am | # | Reply

        This strip appeared in one of Rick’s articles in the features section; there was a photo of the original artwork on his desk.

        I have that exact bike (extracycle radish). However, having ridden it with someone sitting on the back, I’m not sure I’d want to try it with them standing…

  5. Adam DZ
    Adam DZ
    April 23, 2012 at 11:04 am | # | Reply

    Well, that could backfire:

    4 miles? 4 wheels
    :(

    • GaryL
      GaryL
      April 23, 2012 at 6:33 pm | # | Reply

      The close places for to go are 5 miles one way, do I need more wheels?

      • Tencon
        Tencon
        April 23, 2012 at 8:39 pm | # | Reply

        Yeah – one extra and get a trike so you can lock the parking brake and rest until tired legs get oxygen in them again and you can continue! :-)

        (says the man with a tandem-trike <Trandem> that has enabled the elderly and infirm to find a new lease of life…)

  6. bikeolounger
    bikeolounger
    April 23, 2012 at 11:17 am | # | Reply

    I’m also appreciating the nod to the Clif Bar 2-mile challenge: http://2milechallenge.com/

  7. deca2499
    deca2499
    April 23, 2012 at 12:02 pm | # | Reply

    When I was at PBP (Paris-Brest-Paris) last year, we had an asian man there with a tennis racket mounted on his bike as a rack…  Like Birch Creek said: When there is a will, there is a way.

    Oh yea, for a map holder on the handlebars, he had a plastic coathanger…  Quite interesting I might add…

    • yaleman
      yaleman
      April 23, 2012 at 12:16 pm | # | Reply

      Ooooooh, I want one of those stickers!

  8. Pops
    Pops
    April 23, 2012 at 12:15 pm | # | Reply

    Whee, whee, wheeeeeeeeee………..
    Do I smell a new insurance commercial???  Or a possible trip to the emergency ward…

  9. Ozark Nick
    Ozark Nick
    April 23, 2012 at 1:17 pm | # | Reply

    Hey where can we get those bumper stickers?!

    • Adam DZ
      Adam DZ
      April 23, 2012 at 2:09 pm | # | Reply

      Yeah, I’d totally want one too :) Yehuda Moon for President! Yeah!

      • Adam DZ
        Adam DZ
        April 23, 2012 at 2:10 pm | # | Reply

        LOL! I can like my own posts! Awesome! :)

  10. Tad
    Tad
    April 23, 2012 at 11:20 pm | # | Reply

    Rick, are going to see more Yehuda campaign products hitting the strip (and maybe store?)

  11. Jonah Chitty
    Jonah Chitty
    April 24, 2012 at 12:12 am | # | Reply

    Glad to see the xtracycle ad! Thanks for posting it again Rick! I get my freeradical and longtail kit next Monday can’t wait to surf!

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