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Hubris- Miles to go before I gloat

Mar15

by Greg Cravens on March 15, 2012 at 11:31 pm

Chapter: Comic

Poor Lowell. It’s hard to be proud of your accomplishments before you make them.

Here’s a nice video of the sort of thing that Hubris is fooling around with.

└ Tags: bicycle, bike, cartoon, comic, comic strip, commute, cravens, greg, Greg Cravens, hubris, Lowell, outdoor, outdoors, outside, sportsmart, throw up

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Hubris- Getting there is half the funny

Mar14

by Greg Cravens on March 14, 2012 at 6:23 am

Chapter: Comic

I used to be baffled by people who put their bikes on cars and went somewhere to ride them. Why not, I thought in my fourteen-year-old’s experience, ride your bike THERE and then see it, and ride HOME. That silly idea (like most silly assumptions we make) stuck with me until I discovered that clearing the first twenty miles out of the way left more time to enjoy the actual ride at the destination. My wife taught me that. Then I took it where I wanted, and the destinations became less about what interesting part of town, or another person’s interesting town, than about riding a piece of dirt that you REALLY REALLY enjoy but wouldn’t want to ride to on a bet because the car drivers around here are dumb as dirt. But that’s another story. Or maybe three.

└ Tags: aero helmet, bicycle, bike, cartoon, comic, comic strip, commute, cravens, greg, Greg Cravens, hubris, Lowell, outdoor, outdoors, outside, work, work out

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Hubris- Early Start

Mar11

by Greg Cravens on March 11, 2012 at 8:03 pm

Chapter: Comic

Remember starting a new habit or hobby? You get nervous about how much or how little preparation you need? Maybe you start running, and no one’s told you that you dress for the SECOND mile. Maybe you’re going to join a boot camp workout and you don’t realize that you SHOULDN’T have breakfast before you trot out in the pre-dawn to lift weights and do crunches. So here’s Lowell, starting a new and healthy life… and camping out on Hubris’ doorstep so he doesn’t miss the alarm clock. If you have something to add about the whole ‘new hobby’ thing, you let me know. I’ll try to write it in if possible.

└ Tags: bicycle, bike, camelbak, camping, cartoon, coffee, comic, comic strip, cravens, doorstep, Dr. Kara Biner, greg, Greg Cravens, hubris, Kara, Lowell, outdoor, outdoors, outside, squirt

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Hubris- For Shadowing

Mar02

by Greg Cravens on March 2, 2012 at 12:01 am

Chapter: Comic

Cue the organ music. DUAH DAH DAAAAAAAHHHHHHH! There you go. End of one day, beginning of the next. New storyline next week. Pow.

└ Tags: bicycle, bike, cartoon, comic, comic strip, cravens, Dr. Kara Biner, greg, Greg Cravens, hubris, ibuprofen., injury, Kara, Lowell, Night, paste, sleep, videogame

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If I wanted to SIT, I’d’a stayed on the couch.

Mar01

by Greg Cravens on March 1, 2012 at 10:12 am

Posted In: Talk About Toys

So I lucked up into this nice full sized trials bike. A guy that had worked for a local bike shop (The Peddler) had owned it. Nice clean paint job. Most of the parts are ‘Tank’, a brand I wasn’t familiar with, but it was tight as a tick (as people used to say around h’yar) and seemed pretty fun. I saw it when I had taken my little BMX sized trials bike in for brake repair (but that’s another post) and they sold it to me for a price designed to get it instantly out of their store-room and into my dining room- til I make more room for in the bike shed (anyone want to buy a little 16″ trek kids bike, or a 1979 Mongoose BMX with Ashtabula forks?)

Those who do not mess around with the odder bicycles available look at this thing and rightly say “Where the heck is the seat?” Then, sometimes, they realize that the frame isn’t even designed to accommodate anyone who would consider adding a seat. There ain’t noplace for such, y’see. If it had a seat, any time you did a trick like maybe grabbing the front brake and balancing the bike on it’s front tire, then the seat would bump you in the butt and throw you over the handlebars. That’s not a good trick.

Now, if you like dinking around with tricks like that, this is an okay bike. If you find one for a couple of hundred bucks, and you have that kind of money to spend on a bike that won’t get you where you’re going, but will allow you to have a fun time when you get there, then go for it. It’s a wonderful workout. Remember to keep your head up, your knees bent, and feel your way to your balance point. Looking at your tire is not helpful, so don’t.

If you really, really, really like dinking around with tricks like that, and you want the best of the best, this might not be the bike for you. You might wish for a better balanced frame. You might also want disc brakes, which I fell in love with on my DMR, and had decided that I never wanted any other kind. The cantilever V brakes on this bike have surprised and pleased me, though. I’m glad I didn’t pass on this bike because of the lack of discs.

If you want a bike that’ll get you where you want to go, then let you ride trials, then get you back home, look for something with more gears. This is just a workout/play bike. It won’t get you anywhere efficiently unless it’s downhill of where you are at the moment.

Have fun!

└ Tags: bicycle, bike, caliper brakes, disc brakes, endo, Peddler, tank, trials, trials bike, V brakes

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Hubris- Sure Intention

Feb22

by Greg Cravens on February 22, 2012 at 12:01 am

Chapter: Comic

Never be convinced you know what everyone in your crowd is there for. While you’re here, are you Hubris’ facebook friend? Have you voted at TWC today? Toss us onto Reddit? Twitter? Feel free to follow @hubriscomics. I’ll try to be clever, not just brief. THANKS FOR BEIN’ HERE!