Are Presta valve caps uncool or what?
02-09-18, 10:42 AM
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02-09-18, 01:10 PM
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Golf balls are fast...
Dimples are the new matte black. SPEED. It's all about the dimples now.
Bought myself a new tool. I'll be very busy this weekend. I figure by Saturday evening I can be finished withe the front rim, fork, head tube and handlebar. Sunday morning I'll work the main triangle and rear rim. After dinner I'll do the crank arms.
Dimples are the new matte black. SPEED. It's all about the dimples now.
Bought myself a new tool. I'll be very busy this weekend. I figure by Saturday evening I can be finished withe the front rim, fork, head tube and handlebar. Sunday morning I'll work the main triangle and rear rim. After dinner I'll do the crank arms.
02-09-18, 05:14 PM
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Is there a consolation prize for cuteness?
02-09-18, 05:23 PM
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Now I'm starting to think outside the box. In really wet conditions it's probably better to work on refining hydrodynamics, verses aerodynamics. It'd be pretty hard to top a fish in water, I'd think.
02-09-18, 09:45 PM
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02-10-18, 11:08 AM
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...I can help. Not caring to be a geek, and liking bling, I felt compelled to go on Amazon and buy a bunch of multi-colored aluminum anodized caps for every bike in the stable. Some posters here would be horrified. I have a black/red Merckx EMX 525 now sporting red aluminum caps.
It's like my old school wind up wrist watch...which often doesn't work...or is off time...none of which matters...as it's always imprecise, thus I never look at it for time and instead refer to omnipresent phone. But I wear it for the bling.
Same with fancy caps. Perhaps they serve no purpose. I know, it's only rock and roll, but I like it.
02-10-18, 02:33 PM
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You all can pry my dust caps and jam nuts from my cold, dead hands.
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02-10-18, 05:07 PM
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02-10-18, 06:49 PM
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02-10-18, 06:53 PM
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02-10-18, 06:59 PM
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Hmmmmmm You can tell that the cold snowy winter is taking its toll. 268 entries on presta valve caps. Really********************? 
02-10-18, 07:11 PM
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With all this concern about the valve sticking up in the wind, what about something like this? Bend it over against the rim.
02-10-18, 07:24 PM
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They make those for schrader, and who don't think schraders are way more cool than presta as long as they're capped.
Ought'a be good for a page or two
Ought'a be good for a page or two
02-10-18, 08:39 PM
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02-10-18, 10:30 PM
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02-11-18, 01:45 AM
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These would be awesome on the right bike...
More Dura-Ace...
Hard core Celeste fans.....
And for those who say that they fall off by themselves....
More Dura-Ace...
Hard core Celeste fans.....
And for those who say that they fall off by themselves....
