Short or Long Valve

ian_s
ian_s Posts: 183
edited May 2009 in Road buying advice
I need to buy a couple of spare tubes , but not sure whether I need normal or long valve type.

I'm basically looking for a decent robust tube and thinking about these
http://www.evanscycles.com/products/con ... e-ec017412

My tyres are Continetal GP3000 700x23C on Kysrium wheels. I don't know whether these rims are classed as deep section or not. Obviously I could measure the existing valves but don't know what is classed as long.

Cheers
Ian

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  • STEFANOS4784
    STEFANOS4784 Posts: 4,109
    Long valve is handy with deep section rims, otherwise not enough of the valve pokes through to attach the pump. I always go for long valve but you could get short valve ones if you prefer and a seperate adaptor :)
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  • Monty Dog
    Monty Dog Posts: 20,614
    Short valve tubes are too short for Ksyriums IME - you need 40mm at least
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  • SCR Pedro
    SCR Pedro Posts: 912
    STEFANOS4784 wrote:
    Long valve is handy with deep section rims, otherwise not enough of the valve pokes through to attach the pump. I always go for long valve but you could get short valve ones if you prefer and a seperate adaptor :)

    +1

    I once bought a bunch of short valve tubes and found they were too short to attach the track pump properly. Now I just buy long valve tubes.

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