I've heard people who use them (mostly MTB and CX riders) argue that they keep the mud/dirt off of the valve/pump interface or the pin from being bent by sticks or rocks, but that's not a concern for me. I ride bareback.

They are kinda nice when inflating a tube from zero psi, cuz you don't have to press the stem up into the chuck, but for day-to-day use they don't really come into play for me.

No. I guess i come from off road motorcycles (observed trials) where you can run very low tire pressures and there is a possibility of the tire slipping on the rim (we didn't always run rim locks). Under those conditions it was useful to take the nut of the valve, that way if the tire slipped it would not tear the valve stem off the tube and a leaning valve was a visible indicator that the tire had slipped.

Old ways die hard, in reality it is not very likely a tire with even a modest (by bicycle standards) 50 psi is going to slip on the wheel.

Valve stem nuts give the locals another reason to ask stupid questions.

Jesus Christ guys no one cares about valve stems.

Caps and nuts, total JA

O_O They're forming their own reality.

who knew salvador dali was a frame builder?




ps:

this is why i like the nuts

It looks like a 45 that got left on the dash.

Are you old enough to know????

Or in the mailbox, in Phoenix, in August.

*grumble, grumble, grumble*

All vinyl is delivered to the office now.

^ It's ugly but not necessarily jackass.

Let's try this:

Chop n' Flop with the same road brakes... eeeehh

dat stem

bar-to-saddle drop ftw

that is what I did to my first road bike before I knew anything. UGH WHY

Besides being overwhelmingly loud, the QR is on drive side. I would ride it though once those crucial changes have been made.

That Colossi sucks. Chode, negative and cheapo Cinelli stem, high stack, over rotated bars, slammed forward and pointed down saddle, straight post with steep seat tube, 32h 80mm carbon rear, crappy Crankbrothers pedals. Who ever built that thing had no idea what they were doing. Riding that bike would make you a total jackass.

Spotted in the wild.

"i like to cruise like a G, but sometimes i like to get aero as ****. but at no time do i want a solid grip on my handlebars or the ability to use both brakes simultaneously"

brb gotta go do a time trial on my Thruster then give my buddy a ride to the bodega on my pegs

Sweet PEGS!~!!!

Saw this pop up on ****** earlier - OP was having a bit of fun building up what he called an 'abomination'. So far, it's received quite a wide range of reactions.

looks like the saddle is hella low but then it has a big ass head tube, riser stem, bum bars and also the tri bars are raised up.. wat