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Old 08-23-20 | 07:15 AM
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Originally Posted by dabac
Functionally, valves can be too short. But I’m truly struggling to see how they could be too long. Perhaps on a disc wheel?
Aestethically, they CAN be too long.
In any group ride of more than 3 people, at least one will be thinking about criticizing you for your lack of dedication to the sport.
They can be too long. At some point it gets more difficult to thread your pump chuck onto and especially off of a too long valve.
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