Originally Posted by
mechBgon
The other "gotcha" with the smooth valve stems is that you can't thread a presta valve ring onto them, so they tend to bang around on the deeper rims when riding...
The tops of deep rims usually end in an apex, so it's quite aesthetically displeasing to have a valve ring on. If your stems are rattling, try cutting a small "X" in the middle of a suitably color electrical tape to thread a stem through and use the tape to hold the stem steady with the rim. Like so:
Photo: © James Huang/Future Publishing
Someone actually sells stickers purpose-made for this function although electrical tape is really
really cheap and comes in colors.