When did you last check.......
John C.
Posts: 2,113
When did you last check that little nut on the inner tube valve ?
Is it removable without a pair of pliers?
Mine wasn't :oops:
On the way to work :oops:
In the dark
On the bright sideit wasn't raining
On the down side I ripped the valve off the tube trying to undo it :twisted:
I finally got the valve out and relaced the tube but it put me in a foul mood for the next hour or so trying to make up time.
So do yourself a favour and iether remove the lock nut or make sure you can get the ****** thing off
Is it removable without a pair of pliers?
Mine wasn't :oops:
On the way to work :oops:
In the dark
On the bright sideit wasn't raining
On the down side I ripped the valve off the tube trying to undo it :twisted:
I finally got the valve out and relaced the tube but it put me in a foul mood for the next hour or so trying to make up time.
So do yourself a favour and iether remove the lock nut or make sure you can get the ****** thing off
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Good call, I checked my pressure yesterday before I went out, and had to use the pliers on one to open it!!0
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Never, I don't fit them 0
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Ditch 'em, they are not necessary.
I hate threaded (presta) valve barrels anyway - they ruin the grommet in your pump.0 -
Don't use them. I came from mountain biking last year. The Schraeder valves on my MTBs never needed anything to hold them in place, so why use anything on my road bike's Presta valves?0
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If they are that short and you can't push it from the other side (since the tyre is flat) then you are using the wrong valve stem length for your wheels.redddraggon wrote:They help when you've got a very short valve and the tube is flat, as otherwise it's a bugger to get the pump on.
As soon as the tyre is pumped up they should get taken off......0 -
Alex_Simmons/RST wrote:
If they are that short and you can't push it from the other side (since the tyre is flat) then you are using the wrong valve stem length for your wheels.redddraggon wrote:They help when you've got a very short valve and the tube is flat, as otherwise it's a bugger to get the pump on.
As soon as the tyre is pumped up they should get taken off......
You can push the pump on without one, but it makes it far easier........I use longish valves on v. low section wheels anyway.0 -
I ride tubulars and have never used them.
Seems that I read somewhere that they were actually dangerous in certain conditions
but I can't recall any more than that. My short term memory is completely gone(I think)
and long term memory is fading fast.
Dennis Noward0 -
about as useful as dust caps imho0
