Everyday Bike
When people meet me they sometimes think I would always ride a fancy bike. But most days I ride a very plain hybrid. But what she lacks in style, she makes up in attitude. She’s very good at handling situations.
Like when would-be thieves approach her…
…She’s very feisty and doesn’t take any shit. She can handle whatever the city throws in her path.
Which is how she earned the name “Tank.”
However, Tank is a bit insecure sometimes. Especially around bike geeks.
So sometimes she gets angry and turns that attitude on me. She does things like finding a way to get her first flat tire in three years. In the pouring rain.
Okay, so she did get a little extra attention for that. And some down time.
She didn’t account for the fact I do have a fancier bike that I’ve been too nervous to ride in the city. But after a week on my other bike, I’m getting used to the idea of a better quality ride. So maybe I have been checking out other bicycles a little bit. Shhh…
all i can think about panel 2 is how much I wanna do that.
No one in the comments remarked on the license plate of that smushed car! I love that detail bikeyface! You go girl. Love your comics. And keep riding that hybrid, er maybe that’s the problem, you’re labeling her a hybrid which in itself co-notates “cheap”.Whatever you do, remember she is your old faithful.
I saw it and was going to google the license plate “A45″… but now I see it’s just my eyesight. 🙂
I tend to take the approach of “why get a new bike (frame) when you can just keep adding stuff to the bike?” That, of course, is how I have come to riding a very heavy – but also very well-prepared – bike around town.
I refer to my bikes as “my station wagon” (commuter bike) and “the sportscar” (road bike), I think, mostly because I have to explain to “car people” why I need at least two bikes.
Do you name any of your bikes? Just wondering. (Ah, maybe that’s another cartoon, blog post…)