I drank the latex koolaid and buy up all the Challenge and Vittoria large-sized latex tubes I can find/afford on sale. Enough to keep spares on every bike, which gives me a stash when I need one. They have slick valve stems, so no nuts to fret over - probably an ADHD thing, but I hate the feel of a threaded stem. They do patch well, with a piece of a dead tube and a touch of tubie mastic.
On Tuesday, December 24, 2013 8:35:43 AM UTC-6, Clayton wrote: > > Throw them away. They are not needed. Schrader tubes don't have lock nuts. > If the tube is low and you are having difficulty getting your pump head on > because the tube "retreats" into the rim, hold it in place with your thumb > on the outside of the tire. As a bike mechanic, I have seen tubes torn off > the valve stem because the tires have rotated on the rim, taking the tube > with them. Without the nut, the stem will "tilt" on rotation, giving you a > visual clue to fix the problem. This is another reason to talc your tires. > Less pull on the tube. > > On Monday, December 23, 2013 10:00:24 PM UTC-8, 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.
