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Old 02-24-10 | 12:33 AM
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Originally Posted by BCRider
But during a thread we had about this exact same topic roughly a year back a lot of folks said that they served NO purpose at all other than protecting the tube while in the box, that anyone using them likely has dork discs as well and that generally their IQ was lower than a snake's belly in a wagon rut for figuring they were worthwhile.
LOL... I'd be in that camp.

If it's not necessary, it doesn't go on my bike.

Mind you, I did use the nuts on my old early 70s classic to hide the fact some dickhead had drilled out one of the rims to fit a shrader valve... they kind of added to period look, too.
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