Frazz by Jef Mallett for August 03, 2013
Transcript:
Man: It's funny. For $1.99 you can get an app that makes your phone do everything you bike computer does. Frazz: True. But there's an issue with attachment. Man: Well, yeah. I need to get a thing to mount on my bars. Another kind of attachment issue. Man: Hang on-I gotta take this.
tammyspeakslife Premium Member over 11 years ago
Because people get too attached to their things?
stlmaddog5 over 11 years ago
More like they become slaves to their technology.
alviebird over 11 years ago
I once pulled my phone out (while riding) just to see who was calling, never even intending to answer. I broke the non-replaceable derailleur hanger off the dropout, two ribs, and cracked my acetabulum (part of the pelvis).
Yeah, go ahead and say it. I busted my ace…..
Varnes over 11 years ago
Frazz, aren’t you afraid your tight clothes will show your package…..of energy snacks…Stolen with pride from Pearls….
burly666 over 11 years ago
Jef the biker in PBS is homage to Frazz by Jef Mallett?
leons1701 over 11 years ago
I’ve answered the phone while on my bike before. Of course, I used a very important piece of accident avoidance technology first. The brakes.
Ned Snipes over 11 years ago
My phone stays home when I ride. NOTHING is that important!
Phosphoros over 11 years ago
Wow; “knowing” Frazz as I have come to know him through the years – in my mind I actually got his meaning the first time, by that second panel, before his buddy did.
Zaristerex over 11 years ago
Some people use bike computers; others use phone apps. Personal preference. Unlike cars, it’s a lot easier to pull a bike over to the side of the road/sidewalk if you get a phone call, and stop, so there is no excuse to crash a bike when you bring your phone.
puddleglum1066 over 11 years ago
When I’m riding my bicycle, I keep the phone in a pack on a rack behind the seat. Last time it rang, I was midway up a fairly long hill. I stopped, got off, opened the pack, and answered the phone just in time for it to go to voice mail. The phone didn’t work very well after that, due to an… “accident…” in which it hit the pavement at a high velocity.
This is why I have had an endless succession of $15 disposable flip phones rather than a smartphone… and, for future reference, I’m remembering to set the phone on “silent” rather than “sports” mode when I put it on the bicycle…
Dampwaffle over 11 years ago
And he crashes right into that sign post while texting on his bike…
catzilla23 over 11 years ago
Went ridding with a friend who took a phone with him, he did stop for every call, the ride took 3 times as long to finish as it did solo. Never rode with him again.
Lorenzo Browncoat over 11 years ago
I see people biking and using their cell phones ALL THE TIME. Isn’t that practically suicidal? On their unprotecting vehicle, on the same road with killer monsters that are faster than they are, that outweigh them by a factor of at least 10, that are operated by other fallible, distracted humans, they divert their attention form their own safety, distract themselves, and let go of the controls with one hand. Way more dangerous than driving while cell-phoning, even. When I rode a bike to work for a while, defensive driving, keeping my self safe form the cars, was my number 1 and only concern.
RoninBob over 11 years ago
The gentleman with the phone reminds me of a traffic accident I saw going to work one morning. I was setting at a stop light in the left lane, there was a police car in the right lane just ahead of me in the right lane with no one behind him. Suddenly he was pushing himself back into the seat as hard as he could. I turned around to see what was happening and saw a very pretty young lady talking on her cell phone, phone in one hand, the other waving exspressivly, and still going full speed when she hit the cop, with no seat belt. I saw her bite her steering wheel then the airbag went off. She lost most of her teeth and had a broken neck. She did survive. The moral is you wanna talk on the telephone while driving or riding pullover and stop.
jessegooddoggy over 11 years ago
I only take my phone with me in case of an accident, as i ride on many lonely dirt roads out of town.
alviebird over 11 years ago
In my defense, it was a quiet residential neighborhood, I wasn’t going fast, and I was just going to glance at it to see who it was. I was on my way to church, and was afraid it was someone looking to pick me up for church. But it took longer to get the phone out than expected (dang gloves), and I had to brake unexpectedly (but not very hard) with only one hand on the bars. Not enough forward motion to get any road rash, and didn’t even drop my phone. Just fell straight down on my side. I jumped up, called for a ride, loaded my bike on the truck, and went to church. Afterward, I went to the ER, where they said I broke two ribs. I hobbled around for a week before I went back and they discovered the broken pelvis.
lmonteros over 11 years ago
Bikes have computers? Why? Do they automatically stop bikes at red lights and stop signs?
alviebird over 11 years ago
rfeinberg about 11 years ago
Dude has a “bike computer”? It’s JUST A BIKE, for crying out loud! (And you don’t need to wear that silly shirt in order to pedal a bike…)