Show us your Valve covers.
06-13-06 | 12:20 PM
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I think I saw some lfor that valve at the LBS but they were 6eu per pair... whats that valve (and theres on more thin one i think) called? mines shrader(sp) right?
06-13-06 | 12:33 PM
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I have presta valves. No valve cover for me.
um.... this thread puzzles me.
Is the next thread "show us your spokes" or "show us your seat bracket"?
um.... this thread puzzles me.
Is the next thread "show us your spokes" or "show us your seat bracket"?
06-13-06 | 12:56 PM
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Originally Posted by DataJunkie
I have presta valves. No valve cover for me.
um.... this thread puzzles me.
Is the next thread "show us your spokes" or "show us your seat bracket"?
um.... this thread puzzles me.
Is the next thread "show us your spokes" or "show us your seat bracket"?
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06-13-06 | 01:04 PM
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Only Presta valve covers I've seen are shaped like rockets. Can't remember where, but I'm sure some results would come up in google.
06-13-06 | 07:16 PM
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i don't have any valve covers. except on my cars. and those are just nickel-plated steel. unless you mean the ones under the hood; those are cast aluminium. i guess i could take pictures of those if you want. but you probably don't.
06-13-06 | 08:57 PM
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06-14-06 | 12:14 AM
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I think I had a heavy one give me a flat tire on my car due to the weight slowly breaking the valve. For that reason I have not used one ever since. Now I dont think you will have a high RPM on a bicycle to quite do that same thing, but on a mountain bike you have alot of shock from bumps and landings so I still have a fear of breaking a valve.
My brand new bike had a flat 2nd time I took it out, was a defective valve slowly leaking area, I am so paranoid of these valve stems so fragile, esp the presta type (what I have)
But it would be pretty cool to have the blinky ones that make a cirlcle of light on your commuter if you run at night, toss that flashing LED spoke thing on that spells out words and your all set.
My brand new bike had a flat 2nd time I took it out, was a defective valve slowly leaking area, I am so paranoid of these valve stems so fragile, esp the presta type (what I have)
But it would be pretty cool to have the blinky ones that make a cirlcle of light on your commuter if you run at night, toss that flashing LED spoke thing on that spells out words and your all set.
06-14-06 | 04:07 PM
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Originally Posted by 古強者死神
I think I had a heavy one give me a flat tire on my car due to the weight slowly breaking the valve. For that reason I have not used one ever since. Now I dont think you will have a high RPM on a bicycle to quite do that same thing, but on a mountain bike you have alot of shock from bumps and landings so I still have a fear of breaking a valve.
06-14-06 | 10:32 PM
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On my Bianchi Luna.
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06-15-06 | 12:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Boogs
Wow. No Carbon covers yet...I'm dissapointed. Where are the weight weenies? 
06-15-06 | 03:08 PM
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From: Finlando NOT: Orlando, Fl
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a friend got some like mine but yellow goldish PICs: first the bike its on...
EDIT: NOT my shoe NOR does it belong to the owner of the bike.
EDIT: NOT my shoe NOR does it belong to the owner of the bike.
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