Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for December 30, 2022

You’re in trouble when Calvin is the voice of reason.

And that’s why it’s better to have your own home gym.

Dad, you’re a real athlete…..

know of anyone who really cycles in the snow?

Cyclic insanity

Dad is my idol, love it when he shows his cyclist chops. Meanwhile, in Real Life, Finland shows how it’s done in cold and on snow. https://youtu.be/Uhx-26GfCBU

I can’t believe noone has said it yet: “and it builds character…”

Snow is best experienced from afar.

He needs to warm his chestnuts over an open fire…….

I’ve seen people ride year around. They just change their tires to suit the surface.

I do every day, but the snow is generally not very deep here and people sand the sidewalks. If there is a bad spot I push a bit. I am 79 but self-employed and go to work at my weavery.

I once hit my optimum heart rate when I hit a patch of ice and skidded under a dump truck that fortunately was in the process of slowing for a stop sign.

Dad needs a strong heart to keep up with Calvin.

Count my lucky stars I quit the road bike before being run over by a motorist, like Shawn Bradley and David Feherty were.

Aww, Calvin does care!

You should have an indoor exercise bike…accomplishes the same task and you don’t have to worry about the snow…

We usually rode our bikes to class in the snow while I was attending university in northern Michigan. By the time others had shoveled their cars out and found a parking spot, we were there waiting. Good times.

I’m at the age where standing up gets me to my optimal heart rate.

‘sno use, Cal. He’s a goner.

I’ve seen golfers playing in the snow. I guess it relives them of the courtesy of replacing their divots.

Oy!

And work up a good sweat.

It’s not the snow that worries me this time of year – it’s all the rock salt that gets poured onto the streets, that stuff destroys bikes.

He also kayaks in de Nile.

Just don’t try to make a turn, Dad.

The blizzard weather in this comic reminds me of last friday.

He’s not stubborn. He’s dedicated. Frankly, in that stuff he’ll be worn out by the end of the driveway. Probably got a workout putting on all the cold weather gear.

I have seen it… YES. Even seen guys golfing in a light snow. LOL…

I’ve seen pictures in the news media lately. My friends and I tried it when we were kids (a long time ago), but it was too exhausting.

But he doesn’t reach anywhere else. :)

I used to be an ardent cyclist. Thanks to advances in psychotherapy and pharmacy, all that is behind me now.

I used to live in Gunnison, CO. Very cold and snowy winters there. My next-door neighbor rode his bike to work every day year-round. He had studded tires and rode even when it was icy. It was two or three miles one way.

That’s what I like about ice skating; you get your heart rate up without breaking a sweat because it’s so cold

Calvin has genes of this person, alright.

We hope each of you has a wonderful New Year and pray that you will find peace and friendship, wherever and whoever you are.

And, as this is my 87th new year, my sweet blue-eyed girl’s 82nd, and our 60th anniversary, we will add this that we have learned.

One sure pattern for life is to hold tight to your families and loved ones, your deepest beliefs, and your sense of what is right.

Hold tight to your self-respect, your respect for others, and your love of your country

Hold tight to the truth that, while no one is your better, no one is less.

Hold tight as bad as your pain is, others suffer more.

Know it is up to you – always has been and always will be.

Hold Tight

Another reason to avoid becoming an adult. I’m in my sixties, by the way.

Heh, Calvin’s dad looks like a robot dressed that way! I wonder how many motorists laughed at him as he was cycling in the snow?

You know, I gotta say, good on Dad for being unwilling to give up despite all odds.

And when the sweat freezes they’ll call you Frosty…

Dad’s a nut. Hasn’t he ever heard of the gym?

He had a fat tire bike before they were even a thing! Go Dad!!

Plus, snow tires.

People have seen Frazz as an adult Calvin, mainly because of the way he’s drawn. But his behavior is more in line with Calvin’s dad.

Calvin senses a dimming in Dad’s brightness!!!!

Where I live, rich people ride up n down the street on $6000 “fat tire” bikes so they can posture themselves as “outdoorsy”.But there’s also REAL bike riders who ride in the snow, either to commute or for exercise (or both!).

Calvin must be adopted.

I usually end bike riding in November, pick up in late March or early April depending on the weather.

This is the first time I have ever seenCalvin expressing any genuine concern about either of his parents — or anyone else, come to think of it.

I see a lot of them here in Santa Fe

I saw dumb cyclists on campus in worse conditions: on glare ice, even. Idiotic. Physics took over and over they’d go.