Look mom no valve stems
11-28-22, 08:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Lombard
Another solution to a problem that doesn't exist. You know what they say about a fool and their money.
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11-28-22, 09:53 AM
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Originally Posted by PeteHski
I want to know how the fool got the money to start off with?
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11-28-22, 11:54 AM
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
Prolly inherited it.
11-28-22, 01:20 PM
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I wonder how many of the people mocking this own a bike with internal cable routing, which also similarly serves no purpose beyond aesthetics and extremely marginal aero gains.
11-28-22, 01:48 PM
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Originally Posted by msu2001la
I wonder how many of the people mocking this own a bike with internal cable routing, which also similarly serves no purpose beyond aesthetics and extremely marginal aero gains.
IMO, the only purpose internal cable routing serves is to be a royal PITA when changing cables.
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11-28-22, 03:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Lombard
I own a bike with internal routing, but not by choice. There are very few road bikes sold today that have external cable routing.
IMO, the only purpose internal cable routing serves is to be a royal PITA when changing cables.
IMO, the only purpose internal cable routing serves is to be a royal PITA when changing cables.
An aero valve stem is silly but if pros all start running it, it's a pretty good bet that you'll see it start showing up on road bikes at your local club ride or LBS.
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11-28-22, 09:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Lombard
I own a bike with internal routing, but not by choice. There are very few road bikes sold today that have external cable routing.
IMO, the only purpose internal cable routing serves is to be a royal PITA when changing cables.
IMO, the only purpose internal cable routing serves is to be a royal PITA when changing cables.
It's a yuge issue here too. Those poor victims.
I kid and understand what you are saying.
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11-29-22, 05:58 AM
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Originally Posted by msu2001la
Agree. For top-level pro riders who are looking for marginal aero gains, internal cable routing (or things like aero valve stems) might make a tiny bit of difference so they're willing to put up with the annoyances that come with it, but for everyone else it's entirely aesthetic. Bike manufacturers produce most bikes with internal cable routing because people want/expect high end road race bikes to look like what the pros ride, and by extension it's an easy marketing win to make less expensive road bikes look like the higher end ones. Internal cable routing really doesn't add any cost to the bike and can be marketed as an "upgrade".
An aero valve stem is silly but if pros all start running it, it's a pretty good bet that you'll see it start showing up on road bikes at your local club ride or LBS.
An aero valve stem is silly but if pros all start running it, it's a pretty good bet that you'll see it start showing up on road bikes at your local club ride or LBS.
11-29-22, 07:42 AM
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Lots of mocking here, but actually it looks like quite a neat solution for deep section wheels vs a super-long valve stem that is prone to damage when inflating. Also better looking than valve caps or exposed screw threads.
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12-02-22, 11:20 PM
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I have valve caps that double as a spoke wrench and a valve core tool. This would be a net loss. Why not simply have short valves and cary a small extender (which is what I do, not for aero reasons, but due to a purchasing error).
12-03-22, 04:15 AM
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Originally Posted by tomato coupe
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