night cycler
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- Rotherham (near town)
Am I correct that schrader valve cores are not all the same.Neither of these fit the valve.
Schrader valve cores, not all the same?
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ebikeerwidnes
Guru
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- Z’ha’dum
As above the one on the right is Presta
but also Schrader ones can differ - but only in the seal
some are designed for different environments
I think it is temperature and pressure related
or at least I think I read that somewhere
the difference is in the colour of the rubber (?) seal and not size or anything
no idea which bikes should use!
but also Schrader ones can differ - but only in the seal
some are designed for different environments
I think it is temperature and pressure related
or at least I think I read that somewhere
the difference is in the colour of the rubber (?) seal and not size or anything
no idea which bikes should use!
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
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- South Manchester
Why bother, bin the tube or valve if 'tubeless'.
Vapin' Joe
Formerly known as Smokin Joe
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On a forum full of environmentally friendly tightwads?
You'll be reported and banned!!!
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
On a forum full of environmentally friendly tightwads?
You'll be reported and banned!!!
Too much messing, and my life is too short. Did OP buy "Continental" tubes. Don't.
Vittoria ultralight or Decathlon own make cheap ones - work well, don't fail etc.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
I'll patch a tube about 3 times, but by the time it's needed 3 patches, it's seriously old and in need of a new one.
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- Inside my skull
Take cores out of old tubes before they are binned
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
I got a pack of them for just about naff all a while ago
I generally squeeze out all the Slime (or the cheap version of it anyway) once a year and to do that you need to take out the valve core after you put fresh in
not worth putting the old one back in for the cost of the cores
I generally squeeze out all the Slime (or the cheap version of it anyway) once a year and to do that you need to take out the valve core after you put fresh in
not worth putting the old one back in for the cost of the cores
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
WHat patches do people use??
I have tried several self adhesive and they are OK for getting you home
but they come upstuck pretty soon
I always used to use ones that came with rubber solution when I was younger
then got a wad of the things and a large tube of the solution and that lasted me for years and the patches always stuck and stayed stuck
but nowadays I only see "feather edge" patches and I have not found any that last and they are very fragile and often rip when I try to get them off the backing
I am looking in the wrong place
I asked at the LBS and he said he doesn;t bother and just puts a new tube in
I have tried several self adhesive and they are OK for getting you home
but they come upstuck pretty soon
I always used to use ones that came with rubber solution when I was younger
then got a wad of the things and a large tube of the solution and that lasted me for years and the patches always stuck and stayed stuck
but nowadays I only see "feather edge" patches and I have not found any that last and they are very fragile and often rip when I try to get them off the backing
I am looking in the wrong place
I asked at the LBS and he said he doesn;t bother and just puts a new tube in
