Originally Posted by
rex615
I am curious about this fix. I am assuming you used the "schrader to presta converters" to reduce the size of the hole in the rim from schrader to the smaller presta. What were the pens used for? As a shim for the oversized hole in the inner rim wall?
Yup, had to use the pens as a rigid shim. Without it, the converter would fall right through the first wall and annoyingly between it and the second.
I ended up using a set of wheels mfg presta valve savers and the upper polycarbonate bodys of 2 uni-ball signo 207 pens.
Surprisingly, the portion of the pen body I took, the part right beneath the clicker press part, conformed to the aero section perfectly. And the converter fit the inside diameter of the pen snugly.
Great pens
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