Presta tube in a Schrader hole? - - again please - -

I know that this was discussed a while ago but I can't find it on Google search.

I ordered a Mavic 317 rim without specifying "presta" and of course I got a Schrader hole ;-(

So, what will it hurt to use a presta tube in a Schrader drilled rim? I would always use the knurled
nut thingy.

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DTW .../\.../\.../\...

 

"D T W .../\..." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I know that this was discussed a while ago but I can't find it on Google search.
>
> I ordered a Mavic 317 rim without specifying "presta" and of course I got a Schrader hole ;-(
>
> So, what will it hurt to use a presta tube in a Schrader drilled rim? I would always use the
> knurled nut thingy.
>
>
> --
> DTW .../\.../\.../\...

In short no, it won't hurt. There is a small rubber grommet that I use in mine for added
protection though.
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Slacker

 

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> > I know that this was discussed a while ago but I can't find it on Google search.
> >
> > I ordered a Mavic 317 rim without specifying "presta" and of course I
got a
> > Schrader hole ;-(
> >
> > So, what will it hurt to use a presta tube in a Schrader drilled rim?
I
> > would always use the knurled nut thingy.
> >
> >
> > --
> > DTW .../\.../\.../\...
>
>
> In short no, it won't hurt. There is a small rubber grommet that I use in
mine for added protection though.
> --
> Slacker

All the Mavic rims _I've seen_, come drilled for Schraeder, and fitted with that grommet - have I
only seen part of the story?

Shaun aRe

 

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> > >
> > > I know that this was discussed a while ago but I can't find it on
Google
> > > search.
> > >
> > > I ordered a Mavic 317 rim without specifying "presta" and of course I
> got a
> > > Schrader hole ;-(
> > >
> > > So, what will it hurt to use a presta tube in a Schrader drilled rim?
> I
> > > would always use the knurled nut thingy.
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > DTW .../\.../\.../\...
> >
> >
> > In short no, it won't hurt. There is a small rubber grommet that I use
in
> mine for added protection though.
> > --
> > Slacker
>
> All the Mavic rims _I've seen_, come drilled for Schraeder, and fitted
with
> that grommet - have I only seen part of the story?
>
> Shaun aRe
>

I have four Mavic 317's, which are disk specific rims, and all are drilled for presta.

DTW .../\.../\.../\...

 

On Fri, 21 Feb 2003 11:49:29 -0000, "Shaun Rimmer" <[email protected]> scribbled:

>> I have four Mavic 317's, which are disk specific rims, and all are drilled for presta.
>>
>> DTW .../\.../\.../\...
>
>Curiouser and curiouser.....
>
>Shaun aRe - just get schraeder tubes FFS! ',;~}

I'm still trying to fathom how anyone could get the tube through the damn tiny hole to
begin with.

-Slash
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"Ebert Victorious"

- The Onion

 

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> > > >
> > > > I know that this was discussed a while ago but I can't find it on
> Google
> > > > search.
> > > >
> > > > I ordered a Mavic 317 rim without specifying "presta" and of course
I
> > got a
> > > > Schrader hole ;-(
> > > >
> > > > So, what will it hurt to use a presta tube in a Schrader drilled
rim?
> > I
> > > > would always use the knurled nut thingy.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > DTW .../\.../\.../\...
> > >
> > >
> > > In short no, it won't hurt. There is a small rubber grommet that I use
> in
> > mine for added protection though.
> > > --
> > > Slacker
> >
> > All the Mavic rims _I've seen_, come drilled for Schraeder, and fitted
> with
> > that grommet - have I only seen part of the story?
> >
> > Shaun aRe
> >
>
> I have four Mavic 317's, which are disk specific rims, and all are drilled for presta.
>
> DTW .../\.../\.../\...

Curiouser and curiouser.....

Shaun aRe - just get schraeder tubes FFS! ',;~}

 

"Shaun Rimmer" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> All the Mavic rims _I've seen_, come drilled for Schraeder, and fitted
with
> that grommet - have I only seen part of the story?
>
> Shaun aRe
>

I have 3 Mavic X517's. 2 schraeder, 1 presta. All bought in UK IIRC.

bloocow - Presta looks kewler.

 

Slash <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> On Fri, 21 Feb 2003 11:49:29 -0000, "Shaun Rimmer" <[email protected]> scribbled:
>
> >> I have four Mavic 317's, which are disk specific rims, and all are
drilled
> >> for presta.
> >>
> >> DTW .../\.../\.../\...
> >
> >Curiouser and curiouser.....
> >
> >Shaun aRe - just get schraeder tubes FFS! ',;~}
>
> I'm still trying to fathom how anyone could get the tube through the damn tiny hole to begin
> with.

LOLFFS! Heheheheh - yer a star fer that one Slash, heheheheheeeee!

Cheers!

Shaun aRe ',;~}

 

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> "Shaun Rimmer" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> >
> >
> > All the Mavic rims _I've seen_, come drilled for Schraeder, and fitted
> with
> > that grommet - have I only seen part of the story?
> >
> > Shaun aRe
> >
>
> I have 3 Mavic X517's. 2 schraeder, 1 presta. All bought in UK IIRC.

'K....

> bloocow - Presta looks kewler.

Bollix - fat valves fer fat tyres, skinny arsed valves fer skinny arsed tyres - duh!

Bloody roadie wannabes....

Shaun aRe

 

"D T W .../\\..." <[email protected]> wrote:
> Rimmer wrote:
> > Slacker <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > "D T W .../\..." <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > I ordered a Mavic 317 rim without specifying
>
> > > > "presta" and of course I got a Schrader hole ;-(
> > > >
> > > > So, what will it hurt to use a presta tube in a Schrader drilled rim?
> > >
> > > In short no, it won't hurt. There is a small rubber grommet that I use in mine for added
> > > protection though.

I've done this with no "grommet" and with one. Using the grommet is perhaps a way to keep sand, etc
from getting in there, but it's probably more of an anal retentive instinct, to make it look as
though the tube and rim were made for each other.

Using schraeder tubes would probably be a fine idea, but if you're like me it would be an exception.
All your other bikes/rims use presta, so you'd have to have "special" tubes for this one.

> > All the Mavic rims _I've seen_, come drilled for Schraeder, and fitted with that grommet - have
> > I only seen part of the story?

I've never gotton one of those grommets without asking for it specially. Never, ever, have I seen a
brand-new rim that came drilled out to Schraeder, much less one fitted with an adapter for presta.

My understanding has always been that better rims come with a presta-sized valve stem hole, and that
those who want to run schraeder should drill them out.

> I have four Mavic 317's, which are disk specific rims, and all are drilled for presta.

The only decent wheel I have that's schraeder is a legend. I had a shop in Ft Collins, CO build me a
wheel on a 1992 XT hub, with straight 14 guage spokes and a Mavic 260.

When the builder handed me the wheel, I said, "hey, it's drilled for presta, I wanted schraeder." He
said, "Rims always come drilled presta. If you want schraeder, go home and drill it out." I did. And
a year or two later I went back to the shop to ask them for a grommet thingy because by then I'd
given up on schraeder.

That wheel was built 10 years ago. I rode it exclusively for years, until I finally gave up on
7-speed. Now it's on my townie bike. Never been trued, never needed it. Tough as nails, true as a
laser beam.
--
Tom Purvis - http://www.arkansasvalley.net/tpurvis/ Salida, CO

 

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> > >
> > > All the Mavic rims _I've seen_, come drilled for Schraeder, and fitted
> > with
> > > that grommet - have I only seen part of the story?
> > >
> > > Shaun aRe
> > >
> >
> > I have 3 Mavic X517's. 2 schraeder, 1 presta. All bought in UK IIRC.
>
> 'K....
>
> > bloocow - Presta looks kewler.
>
> Bollix - fat valves fer fat tyres, skinny arsed valves fer skinny arsed tyres - duh!
>
> Bloody roadie wannabes....
>
> Shaun aRe

hahahahaha.... Well you're partially right, but its skinny arsed valves and skinny arsed tyres fer a
slim mean aerodynamic macheeeen...

bloocow - i like being skinny =p

 

> I've done this with no "grommet" and with one. Using the grommet is perhaps a way to keep sand,
> etc from getting in there, but it's probably more of an anal retentive instinct, to make it look
> as though the tube and rim were made for each other.
>
> Using schraeder tubes would probably be a fine idea, but if you're like me it would be an
> exception. All your other bikes/rims use presta, so you'd have to have "special" tubes for
> this one.
>
> > > All the Mavic rims _I've seen_, come drilled for Schraeder, and fitted with that grommet -
> > > have I only seen part of the story?
>
> I've never gotton one of those grommets without asking for it specially. Never, ever, have I
> seen a brand-new rim that came drilled out to Schraeder, much less one fitted with an adapter
> for presta.
>
> My understanding has always been that better rims come with a presta-sized valve stem hole, and
> that those who want to run schraeder should drill them out.
>

I think you'll find a lot of the beefier freeride rims these days come with Shraeder drilling
because a lot of these guys use tubes that don't even come in presta. I do find that using a
presta valve n these rims can result in the valve failing at the base, but if you carefully round
out the edges with a file and use a stiff plastic rim liner like Michelin or Velox makes, there
isn't a problem.
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It won't hurt a thing ,as long as you keep the nut tight.

Fire up MTB 03

 

Buy a schrader valved tube?

I mean they're only five bucks......

"D T W .../\..." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I know that this was discussed a while ago but I can't find it on Google search.
>
> I ordered a Mavic 317 rim without specifying "presta" and of course I got
a
> Schrader hole ;-(
>
> So, what will it hurt to use a presta tube in a Schrader drilled rim? I would always use the
> knurled nut thingy.
>
>
> --
> DTW .../\.../\.../\...

 

bloocow <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Shaun Rimmer" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > > bloocow - Presta looks kewler.
> >
> > Bollix - fat valves fer fat tyres, skinny arsed valves fer skinny arsed tyres - duh!
> >
> > Bloody roadie wannabes....
> >
> > Shaun aRe
>
> hahahahaha.... Well you're partially right, but its skinny arsed valves
and
> skinny arsed tyres fer a slim mean aerodynamic macheeeen...

Oh hell!

> bloocow - i like being skinny =p

Aye, me too at about 160lb ',;~}

Shaun aRe

 

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> > > > bloocow - Presta looks kewler.
> > >
> > > Bollix - fat valves fer fat tyres, skinny arsed valves fer skinny
arsed
> > > tyres - duh!
> > >
> > > Bloody roadie wannabes....
> > >
> > > Shaun aRe
> >
> > hahahahaha.... Well you're partially right, but its skinny arsed valves
> and
> > skinny arsed tyres fer a slim mean aerodynamic macheeeen...
>
> Oh hell!
>
> > bloocow - i like being skinny =p
>
> Aye, me too at about 160lb ',;~}
>
> Shaun aRe
>

Me too at 195lb. Woo Hoo!

Westie

 

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> > > > > bloocow - Presta looks kewler.
> > > >
> > > > Bollix - fat valves fer fat tyres, skinny arsed valves fer skinny
> arsed
> > > > tyres - duh!
> > > >
> > > > Bloody roadie wannabes....
> > > >
> > > > Shaun aRe
> > >
> > > hahahahaha.... Well you're partially right, but its skinny arsed
valves
> > and
> > > skinny arsed tyres fer a slim mean aerodynamic macheeeen...
> >
> > Oh hell!
> >
> > > bloocow - i like being skinny =p
> >
> > Aye, me too at about 160lb ',;~}
> >
> > Shaun aRe
> >
>
> Me too at 195lb. Woo Hoo!
>
> Westie
>

Unless you guys are 10 ft tall, go shake your lard asses elsewhere.

;-p

bloocow.

 

Anyone tried to blow up a wheel with a shock pump. I did for the last 3 months! Dont do it. As the
song goes... Presta presta, Ra, Ra, Ra, Presta Presta, Ra, Ra, Raaaaaaaaa Psssssttt! Shite its gone
down, that bloody nut!

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> > > > > > bloocow - Presta looks kewler.
> > > > >
> > > > > Bollix - fat valves fer fat tyres, skinny arsed valves fer skinny
> > arsed
> > > > > tyres - duh!
> > > > >
> > > > > Bloody roadie wannabes....
> > > > >
> > > > > Shaun aRe
> > > >
> > > > hahahahaha.... Well you're partially right, but its skinny arsed
> valves
> > > and
> > > > skinny arsed tyres fer a slim mean aerodynamic macheeeen...
> > >
> > > Oh hell!
> > >
> > > > bloocow - i like being skinny =p
> > >
> > > Aye, me too at about 160lb ',;~}
> > >
> > > Shaun aRe
> > >
> >
> > Me too at 195lb. Woo Hoo!
> >
> > Westie
> >
>
> Unless you guys are 10 ft tall, go shake your lard asses elsewhere.
>
> ;-p
>
> bloocow.

 

"Kent" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...

> Anyone tried to blow up a wheel with a shock pump. I did for the last 3 months! Dont do it. As the
> song goes... Presta presta, Ra, Ra, Ra, Presta Presta, Ra, Ra, Raaaaaaaaa Psssssttt! Shite its
> gone down, that bloody nut!

It is extremely dangerous to put loose shock-pump air in something designed for tight floor-pump
air. For obvious reasons.

Bill "used a cherry bomb to blow up my last wheel" S.

 

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> "Kent" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
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> > Anyone tried to blow up a wheel with a shock pump. I did for the last 3 months! Dont do it. As
> > the song goes... Presta presta, Ra, Ra, Ra, Presta Presta, Ra, Ra, Raaaaaaaaa Psssssttt! Shite
> > its gone down, that bloody nut!
>
> It is extremely dangerous to put loose shock-pump air in something
designed
> for tight floor-pump air. For obvious reasons.

Isn't that meant to be TIGHT shock pump air and LOOSE floor-pump air? I thought that tight air
fitted into the tight small space of the air shock better than loose air? Or have I got it wrong and
it should be positive air in the negative chamber. Or tight air in the loose chamber? Or....

Westie