Originally Posted by
Puck90a
Oh, I'm a noob. I thought that silver nut was for the outside, but that's actually supposed to go inside the rim, correct? And that protects the rubber from herniating into the schrader hole?
nono, everybody throws away the nuts and plastic caps. Apparently they are to protect the tube from its valve in shipping (coincidentally,
my very first post on BF was kind of about this!)
Apparently the thing you want is called a "Presta Saver",
here's a thread on it. It's like a bushing.