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Should I remove my presta valve covers?

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Old 02-11.-2007, 10:04 AM   #16
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But seriously........

I've had the valve cap become stuck to the valve body, and when I removed the cap the valve came too and the tyre flatted. This started happening another time - I knew what was happening but couldn't get the cap off without taking the valve with it.

Stop sticking your old chewing gums under the cap.
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Old 03-11.-2007, 09:46 AM   #17
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no, no, no - fill them with helium so that you are lighter!
How about hydrogen, then you can really experience a BLOW out, or up.
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Old 04-11.-2007, 02:27 AM   #18
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Almost nobody who rides a road bike or other bike with presta valves keeps the valve caps. They serve no purpose at all. But it's not for weight, really, since they weigh next to nothing anyway. They are just something you don't need, and which get lost the first time you fix a flat.

Different on Schraeder valves (lower pressure tires such as on mountain, hybrid, utility bikes). These valves work differently, and it can be helpful to keep dirt out of the top of the valve.
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Old 04-11.-2007, 10:24 AM   #19
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But seriously........

I've had the valve cap become stuck to the valve body, and when I removed the cap the valve came too and the tyre flatted. This started happening another time - I knew what was happening but couldn't get the cap off without taking the valve with it.

So, have caps on very loosley, or leave them off.
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Sounds like to me it is time to buy a different brand of inner tube.
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Old 04-11.-2007, 11:20 AM   #20
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Luckily your buddy didn't say anything about the seat...
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Old 04-11.-2007, 10:32 PM   #21
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Sounds like to me it is time to buy a different brand of inner tube.
They were either Vittorio or Continental. I might have mixed and matched valve covers then overtightened when they didn't fit quite right.
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Old 05-11.-2007, 01:13 AM   #22
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Pre ride enema?
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Old 05-11.-2007, 06:06 AM   #23
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Pre ride enema?
I must have missed something. Where did this come from?
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Old 05-11.-2007, 07:56 AM   #24
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Pre ride enema?
I think he meant to remove them from his wheels, John.

By the way, how do you guys stop your rims from getting egged-out, distorted spoke holes where the drive spokes go? It's driving me nuts!
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I don't bother with cap and retaining nut, they don't do anything.
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I think he meant to remove them from his wheels, John.
Now I understand it, ha ha .

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By the way, how do you guys stop your rims from getting egged-out, distorted spoke holes where the drive spokes go? It's driving me nuts!
Never had this problem. Maybe not enough spoke tension to keep the nuts ends from moving around when torque is applied?
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Old 05-11.-2007, 09:54 AM   #27
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Now I understand it, ha ha .

Never had this problem. Maybe not enough spoke tension to keep the nuts ends from moving around when torque is applied?
Yeah, but then what's causing my crank arms to twist so the pedal is angled slightly towards the ground when the crank is in the forward position? The crank arms also have acquired a forward sweep, like the teeth of a radial saw. Wierd.
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I leave mine on...that is all.
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Should I remove them. I talked to someone who removes the covers because its less spinning weight. is that true?


seeing that weirdo surgery is reallly taking off - I've been thinking the skeleton can go.

or maybe I should just buy a uni cycle - without valve cover of course.
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Old 07-11.-2007, 11:34 AM   #30
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Should I remove them. I talked to someone who removes the covers because its less spinning weight. is that true?

Yes at around 220 MPH you can get a high speed shimmy.But I stay around 195 MPH under that so I leave mine on.

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