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5	''[[http://www.yehudamoon.com/ Yehuda Moon & the Kickstand Cyclery]]'' was a SliceOfLife Webcomic created by ShuckComics' Rick Smith with editing by Tania Menesse and occasional writing by former bike shop employee and mutant bike builder Brian Griggs. It centers around the Kickstand Cyclery, a bicycle shop owned by Yehuda Moon and Joe King which specializes in bikes that use frames built by a local Shaker community.
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7	The comic moved back and forth between gag-a-day strips making fun of cycling stereotypes and more serious story arcs. The strip starts shortly after owner Fred dies in a cycling accident, forcing shop mechanics Yehuda and Joe to take over.
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9	Rick Smith drew and inked the comics by hand and then scans them into Photoshop for coloring. The strip almost exclusively uses a four panel format. Smith officially ended the strip at the end of September 2011 after a multi-week hiatus because other commitments were keeping him from working on it; strips continued to appear on the website until the end of 2012.
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11	After a three-year gap, Rick Smith and Brian Griggs resurrected "Yehuda Moon" and began publishing strips on a regular basis on the 1st January 2016. On the 20th of March 2017 they announced that the comic would go back on hiatus due to real life issues intruding again and the last strip to date was published on the 24th March 2017. The website is still live however.
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14	!!Tropes used by this webcomic:
15	* ArtEvolution:
16	** The drawing style is very loose in the beginning. Yehuda goes from very thin to a normal body size while Joe's unibrow is replace by two bushy eyebrows.
17	** Thistle gets noticeably thinner, but this may be justified as she starts bicycling everywhere.
18	* AccidentalAthlete: [[spoiler: Schrader]]
19	* AwesomeButImpractical: Arborium is an extremely light alloy that would be excellent for bikes if it wasn't so fragile.
20	* BagofHolding: Yehuda's panniers hold everything he owns.
21	* BlandNameProduct: Rival Cycles' exterior is identical to chain store Performance Cycles.
22	%%* ButtMonkey: Yehuda
23	* CerebusRollercoaster: Moves back and forth between GagPerDay strips making fun of cycling stereotypes to more serious story arcs, i.e. Yehuda's tracking of the mythical bike ninja versus his hunt for the SUV that ran him over.
24	* CoolCar: Parodied with Thistle's bakfiets.
25	* CutShort:
26	** The comic ended before Yehuda and Joe considered Gordon's offer and went to Interbike.
27	** The last time Yehuda is seen, he's ''in a shipping container.''
28	** A fourth volume of comics is being published which promises to tie up loose ends.
29	%%* DarkAndTroubledPast: There's a [[UnwittingPawn reason]] why Yehuda is so vocal about bicycle development.
30	%%* DeliberatelyCuteKid: Fizz
31	* EmbarrassingRescue: After the Kickstand burns down,[[spoiler: Joe is hired by Rival Cycles, letting him support himself while the shop is rebuilt.]]
32	* EstablishingCharacterMoment: When Yehuda puts on his cycling cap, symbolizing his career change.
33	* ExplosiveOverclocking: Arborium is an extremely light alloy that would be ideal for building bikes if it didn't have a tendency to break, causing harm to the rider.
34	* TheGhost: Thistle's husband is never shown directly.
35	* HomelessHero: Yehuda gave up what he had in order to save the shop. He mostly sleeps in the shop, occasionally squatting in abandoned houses.
36	* ImprobableWeaponUser: The Bike Ninja throws cassette cogs instead of ninja stars.  This may also be a reference to a superhero-like costumed character named "Sprocketman" who appeared in bike safety PSA comic books and other materials during the 1970s and 1980s and occasionally used a freewheel cluster in a similar manner.
37	* MagicFeather: [[spoiler: The bike Flux constructs for Kevlar is made out of cheap steel, not arborium. It's fast because Schrader's riding it.]]
38	* MeaningfulName: Most characters have names related to bicycle parts or cycling slang.
39	* MentorOccupationalHazard: Fred dies in a cycling accident not long before the comic starts.
40	* {{Mithril}}: Arborium is an extremely light alloy that has a legendary reputation among cylists.
41	* {{Ninja}}: The bike ninja.
42	* OddCouple: Traditional cyclist Yehuda and former racer Joe
43	%%* OnlySaneEmployee: Flux at Rival Cycles.
44	* OlderIsBetter:
45	** Yehuda believes in this as far as cycling equipment is concerned.
46	** The Lauterbrunnental Leaflet — an obvious reference to the real-life "Rivendell Reader" — is published for this crowd of cyclists.
47	* OriginsArc: The Shaker Woods story arc.
48	* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Fred appears now and then as an almost physical person, even to the point of interacting with real life objects to disastrous effect. He mostly appears when Yehuda or Joe need advice.
49	* ProductDisplacement:
50	** Averted. Joe and Yehuda have no problem mentioning cycling-related companies. In one story arc a brand name item becomes an important plot point.
51	** Walz Caps, the makers of the "official" Yehuda Moon cycling cap, is noticeably absent from these mentions.
52	* ShowWithinAShow: Sidewalk Joe's "Road Rage," a CutAndPasteComic strip that uses [[UsefulNotes/{{Fonts}} Comic Sans]].
53	* SleazyPolitician: Averted with Councilman Turner, who has to realistically deal with his constituents.
54	* SoapboxSadie: Yehuda on bicyling, much to the annoyance of Joe and Sister Sprocket.
55	* StrawmanPolitical: Sidewalk Joe's view of cyclists and pedestrians.
56	* TheRival: Rival Cycles, Sister Sprocket to Yehuda.
57	* TheVoiceless: Brother Pilot takes a vow of silence after Fred's death, but has no problem communicating by writing on a notepad.
58	* UltimateBlacksmith: Only Brother Pilot seem know the exact composition of Arborium.
59	* WebComicTime: Averted. Story arcs follow the year, with shifts in weather and activity at the shop.
60	* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: References to Cleveland are made on occasion.
61	%%* WrenchWench: Thistle

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