chriscross1966
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Hi folks.... I've had a couple of mystery flat tyres on my Brompton recently. On neither occasion could I find any puncture in the tube. The common factor is that they both had the same valve core extender in them. The tubes are Schwalbe, as is the extender. The second one I caught before the tyre was fully flat and it seemed to respond OK to being pumped back up, and currently seems to be holding pressure OK. I did manage to get about an extra 1/8 of a turn on the extender/valve core by using the little widget that comes with the extenders.
Is this a common problem with the type of extender where you take the cores out of the stem on tube, put the extender in and then screw the core into the top of the stem (as opposed to the type where you leave the core in place with the inflation valve unscrewed and put the extender)? Is there a well understood and easily explained fix like plumbers PTFE tape or similar? Rubber solution the threads? Threadlocker?
I really am rather stuck with these extenders though, the rims are 40mm deep so the stock stems will not reach, and Schwalbe don't make a 60mm stem in that size tube, the tyres don't support tubeless (even if the rims did which I kind of doubt), the only 60mm stem tubes I've found in that size are pretty fragile and not exactly easy to get, whereas Schwalbe SV4's, whilst not the most common tube on the planet, are at least considered "normal" in any LBS that sells cargo bikes or recumbents.
thanks,
chrisc
Is this a common problem with the type of extender where you take the cores out of the stem on tube, put the extender in and then screw the core into the top of the stem (as opposed to the type where you leave the core in place with the inflation valve unscrewed and put the extender)? Is there a well understood and easily explained fix like plumbers PTFE tape or similar? Rubber solution the threads? Threadlocker?
I really am rather stuck with these extenders though, the rims are 40mm deep so the stock stems will not reach, and Schwalbe don't make a 60mm stem in that size tube, the tyres don't support tubeless (even if the rims did which I kind of doubt), the only 60mm stem tubes I've found in that size are pretty fragile and not exactly easy to get, whereas Schwalbe SV4's, whilst not the most common tube on the planet, are at least considered "normal" in any LBS that sells cargo bikes or recumbents.
thanks,
chrisc
