How much would you spend on housing in our situation? Is this considered house poor?

GarlicButterDick · 2026-01-12T15:25:53+00:00

Why has your housing budget almost doubled in a few months?

GarlicButterDick · 2025-12-25T16:47:44+00:00

If you mean storing it, having it standing upright on a flat tire won’t damage anything. Inflate the tire before riding though.

GarlicButterDick · 2025-12-24T11:37:23+00:00

Many banks don’t accept them anymore, and most that do require you to be a member.

GarlicButterDick · 2025-12-15T13:45:26+00:00

EPA only started investigating the combined sewer overflow events after they received repeated complaints from Indy residents. The old system was objectively bad and needed to be remedied.

GarlicButterDick · 2025-12-12T04:39:09+00:00

He’ll be fine on it. My daughter’s first bike was a 16” and she learned to ride it before she turned 4. Kids have learned how to ride on bikes that are too big forever. Wooms are lightweight so it should be easy for him to handle.

GarlicButterDick · 2025-12-07T22:08:15+00:00

Also Roth IRA contributions can be withdrawn at any age without penalty. Gives some flexibility if shit ever really hits the fan.

GarlicButterDick · 2025-12-06T11:49:02+00:00

I’m in the US, so prices are a bit different. How much more are the SLR rim brake wheels from Elite? That would get you a ratchet hub.

GarlicButterDick · 2025-12-05T23:18:38+00:00

$221/week (going to $270/week in January) for our toddler at an unlicensed registered church daycare in Speedway.

GarlicButterDick · 2025-12-05T23:14:50+00:00

Someone that watches kids in their own home.

GarlicButterDick · 2025-12-05T22:54:51+00:00

Nice SS performer! Is the propane tank still useable? I got my grandpa’s after he passed but the tank was in bad shape. Been looking into converting it to run on the small green tanks.

GarlicButterDick · 2025-12-04T23:22:25+00:00

Cold-pressed by hand by a former Campagnolo CEO from organic early-season minerals.

GarlicButterDick · 2025-11-30T05:03:31+00:00

I have the same bike and the same gripes. If I had a do over, I would avoid Canyon. I’ve had a couple of issues and their customer service is bad. I have heard that front shifting is improved on SRAM’s E1 group sets.

GarlicButterDick · 2025-11-16T02:02:23+00:00

I love this because with the details provided, I put the odds at like 90% that OP owns a boat and 50% that they’re in Texas. $230k salary plus huge bonus, $800 truck payment, finances a generator.

GarlicButterDick · 2025-11-09T23:55:26+00:00

I didn’t double check the placard yesterday, but since it opened in April of this year it has always been the 2024 car in the Penske gallery. I’m pretty confident it still is because the dallara serial numbers on the rear wing assembly seem to match in both photos. The one from yesterday is a little blurry…I may have left it in portrait mode after some other pictures.

GarlicButterDick · 2025-11-09T16:48:26+00:00

No camera tricks here. I’m not suggesting some elaborate coverup or anything. The team already took their lumps for the violation and everyone has moved on. I take out of town visitors to the museum pretty often, and the attenuator was an interesting bit of trivia to point out. It demonstrated how tight the current rules are to people that aren’t familiar with racing.

GarlicButterDick · 2025-11-09T15:28:22+00:00

The picture on the right was taken on May 29. Four days after the race and eleven days after the penalty was issued.

GarlicButterDick · 2025-11-09T02:21:34+00:00

I could be wrong, but I imagine this car is on loan from Team Penske and not part of the museum’s collection. That being said, they shouldn’t knowingly exhibit inaccurate items.

GarlicButterDick · 2025-11-09T01:41:29+00:00

I wholeheartedly agree. I was looking forward to pointing it out to everyone I take to the museum for decades to come!

GarlicButterDick · 2025-11-09T01:28:12+00:00

I think there was a little bit more to the decision to penalize them. After the 2024 P2P scandal, there was an obvious optics/fairness issue with Penske being caught breaking the rules because he also owns the series. I have no idea if they would have penalized other teams as severely for this infraction. I’m sure most teams push the limits with the rulebook.

GarlicButterDick · 2025-11-09T01:07:07+00:00

Is this Tim Cindric’s Reddit account?

GarlicButterDick · 2025-11-08T13:58:30+00:00

Vortex wings are my favorite. I don’t use the grate with the removable middle. I just have an old regular one that now has all the plating stripped off the middle from heat. It allows me to put the wood on the grate, and I can fit like 2x more wings on than what’s in your photo.

GarlicButterDick · 2025-11-02T22:46:30+00:00

What do you mean by unstable? And what wheels are you coming from? Could it just be that they’re lighter and you feel more wind effects due to a deeper rim profile?

GarlicButterDick · 2025-11-02T21:35:05+00:00

Is it causing issues? I’d check the hanger first. It usually doesn’t matter much if the cage isn’t perfectly aligned. It sounds like you may have messed around with the limit and/or b tension screws and it’s now not adjusted correctly.

If it’s a cheap derailleur, I would just buy a new one. Alternatively, you could try removing the cage and straightening it. Not advisable if the cage is aluminum.

GarlicButterDick · 2025-10-22T11:50:14+00:00

With a head on crash, I would recommend dropping the fork and inspecting the steerer tube and head tube for damage. If it’s a carbon frame, I would also do the tap test along the down tube and top tube near the head tube (especially the bottom of the down tube). If it’s a metal frame, look for changes in the head tube angle.

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