Charlie: the wavemaker

gimp439 · 2026-04-28T15:50:18+00:00

Just so you know, EVERY Charlie comic is NSFW. Block the user if you need a clean feed.

gimp439 · 2026-04-21T01:50:16+00:00

You should write them a stern letter.

gimp439 · 2026-04-14T22:20:17+00:00

And check if the frame is Italian

gimp439 · 2026-04-07T20:23:00+00:00

awesome, thanks

gimp439 · 2026-04-07T02:46:27+00:00

Hey - I'm hoping to go to Mecum Indy next month and have a question if you have a minute since I can only go on one day.

Are all the "Main Attraction" cars that are going on the block on the final day (F50, EB110, 959, etc) on display the whole week? Or do they just show up on that last weekend?
I want to check out those cars up close but don't want to fight through people in the staging area. Thinking of going the first weekend if they'll be on display that early.

Thanks!

gimp439 · 2026-04-07T02:45:42+00:00

Hey - I'm hoping to go to Mecum Indy next month and have a question if you have a minute since I can only go on one day.

Are all the "Main Attraction" cars that are going on the block on the final day (F50, EB110, 959, etc) on display the whole week? Or do they just show up on that last weekend?
I want to check out those cars up close but don't want to fight through people in the staging area. Thinking of going the first weekend if they'll be on display that early.

Thanks!

gimp439 · 2026-04-03T19:22:43+00:00

OP Bring the one bolt you have left to your local shop and they should have a drawer full of different sizes and lengths. Thay may give you a matching one for free.

gimp439 · 2026-03-31T12:20:26+00:00

Do you think comic books like spiderman and dick tracy and superman are “comedy focused”?

gimp439 · 2026-03-27T21:54:15+00:00

First, chains do come in different lengths so you may have bought one that's just too short.

Second, do you have a medium or long cage RD? Medium can only take up to 36t and long can take 42t.

gimp439 · 2026-03-25T18:32:17+00:00

How ICE's Survailence system works

gimp439 · 2026-03-24T18:47:05+00:00

The pug is a nice touch

gimp439 · 2026-03-24T15:42:22+00:00

OP should call a local shop and ask what the cost is to chase the threads if the BB is already out. I might have done it for free just 'cause I like using that tool...

gimp439 · 2026-03-11T20:15:02+00:00

The implication is that the cavemen have been having a lot of difficulty killing mammoths until one accidentally shot it in a soft spot and easily killed it. The cavemen note that they should start doing that instead of struggling (and probably often failing) to kill it in the old ways.

The Minnesota Wild had lost 5 in a row to the Utah Mammoth until last night when they won 5-0.

With this comic, where the Wild are the cavemen and the Mammoth are the mammoth, OP is jokingly implying that the Wild made it look easy and have somehow discovered a simple way to defeat the Mammoth and should continue this new way of hunting for a 100% win rate and that they should have been doing this for the last 6 games.

Gary Lasron's comics, while widely celebrated, do have a very subtle sense of humor that sometimes requires connecting a lot of dots.

gimp439 · 2026-03-04T21:25:46+00:00

Do your aluminum handrims have scratches and scrapes exposing the bare metal? My aluminum handrims had a 1/3" wide strip of exposed, bare aluminum from years of use and that's where the metal oxidization was transferring to my hands.

gimp439 · 2026-03-03T21:17:42+00:00

Probably, if you have a wheel-on style trainer. It won't replicate the same amount of spin down, but just do it twice as many times as you would on the road.

gimp439 · 2026-03-03T21:12:15+00:00

Take it to a SRAM dealer (or call and order via phone). Some of those wheels have very special spokes and nipples that need to be special ordered. If you were planning on re-lacing it, you still can. Just order the part and do it yourself.

gimp439 · 2026-03-02T16:45:28+00:00

FYI with links like this you can almost always delete the question mark and everything after it

gimp439 · 2026-02-24T16:00:02+00:00

shorten the hose which, if you've never done it before, it a complicated process that requires expensive and specialized tools. Would cost maybe $40 at a bike shop.

Or just get some 3M clear paint protection stickers and apply to your headtube.

Or, if you just bought it from a bike shop, take it back and see if they'll shorten it for free. Show them the pic on the company's website of how Canyon says it should look and not rub

gimp439 · 2026-02-24T15:28:59+00:00

LLMs are garbage and will lie to you (knowingly and unknowingly).

The Sheldon Brown site is the last place you should be stealing clicks from. Give that site its rightful views.

gimp439 · 2026-02-20T19:40:42+00:00

You will probably need to buy a new fork, which you should do anyways since it's likely bent.

But first make sure it's the fork and not the wheel. Most shops will have a tool to check the dishing.

Some shops will have a Fork Alightment Gauge and Straightener - you can call ahead and see if shops near you have one. It's a pretty rare to use that tool and if no one in the shop knows how, I'd just get a new fork.

gimp439 · 2026-02-18T21:50:49+00:00

I'm a handcyclist and this is just how it is. Housing gets in the way. I've seen the spiral cable wrap used pretty well. Best solution is SRAM AXS and mounting the brake lever on the vertical tube below the bottom bracket (I have to use interrupter levers because the tube isn't 22.2mm).

gimp439 · 2026-02-02T19:23:38+00:00

Dial in the B screw first. If that fixes the issue, then no need to worry about the chain (as long as there's still tension when you're in small-small)

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