ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
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- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I think the Presta valve caps might help to protect spare tubes while they are carried around rolled up but don't do much once the tubes are in use.
These have threads just no locknuts, I will be swapping them out shortly for slime filled anyway, rims are tubeless but looking on Schwalbe website the Smart Sams aren't
I was reading something last night about going tubeless & that was one of the points, it stated that the sealant would only last a couple of months before drying out. Not something I encounter with tubes, seems a more hassle than it's worth to me.They should still set up OK as tubeless, although I have a theory that sealant dries out faster due to evaporation.
Always use the lock ring.
Locates the valve nice and straight when changing a tube, and makes it easier to use a push on pump, which most track pumps are.
Locknuts come come off the tubes immediately after the valve caps and follow them into the bin. Pointless junk.
I don't bother with them or valve caps. I feel a bit less of a slob after reading that others don't either.
I was guilty of that 30 years ago!A beginners' mistake is to screw the lock-ring up tight before inflation and thus trap the tube under the bead of the tyre at that point. More important on narrow rims.
Handy for lifting a bottle cage above a clashing front mech mount.The locknuts were once useful as spacers for toeclips. I haven't since found a use for them.
Me too. Can be a right old pain trying to get a pump on a tube without them.This is why i leave them on.
Who are you calling a big ponce, you little ponce?Me too. Can be a right old pain trying to get a pump on a tube without them.
Must admit i see anyone who leaves them off because of "the rules" or some crowd/club mentality they want to fit into as a bit of a ponce.