I don't concur with those who toss out the valve nut. It helps to keep the tube in place, especially at the low pressure most on this list prefer. The nuts don't need to be tight because they aren't holding anything down or keeping something from rattling, but just stopping a bit of side movement that can overflex the stem. I spin my down and when the tube inflates the nut moves away from the rim. Just spin it back down again and let it be; it will do it's job.
Michael On Tuesday, December 24, 2013 1:00:24 AM UTC-5, Michael wrote: > > Occasionally my bike's tube valve nuts *get stuck* on my *Velocity > Synergy and Twin Holla' rims* and cannot be removed by hand. > Don't know why this happens, but they cannot be turned without > pliers/wrench to get them off. Once the initial turn is made, they spin > free on the stem - no problem, > Somehow they are getting stuck onto the rim surface. Once they had green > patina under them. Today it didn't. > > This has never happened to me on non-Velocity rims. > > I'd* hate to get caught out on the road with a flat and get stuck walking > home* because the valve nut is stuck onto the rim and cannot be turned by > hand. I do have a pliers on my leatherman that I keep in my repair kit, so > I guess that would work. Thought I'd alert y'all here in case you didn't. > > So if you haven't had a flat in a while, check your stem nuts today. *Give > them a whirl and free them up.* > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
