Sweeties

so what - do you keep them from tubes that die, or do you remove and lovingly store them? myself i take them off as soon as i buy a new tube, and chuck 'em away. they're all in the hedge by the door to the shed

I think I am most impressed with the fact you actually counted them. Were you waiting for a delivery?

yup, they're mostly taken off new tubes, although i've no idea where the Schrader ones come from, well, the alloy bullet ones were a freebie with a magazine, and the blue Presta valves, which manufacturer does that?

the WTB ones were from a little bike expo in California, they had a cookie jar full of them so i snaffled pocket-fulls, they made good presents for bike-nerds, and i have a certain emotional attachment to them because it was a great holiday, is that sad?

counting them? of course, these things are essential.

and the cat-bell's waiting to go inside someones handlebars, or if i'm feeling really nasty inside a split and then resealed inner-tube.

I thoroughly approve of the fact that you haven't binned them.

The valve nuts make nice little additions to homemade greetings cards and friendship bracelets, but the valve caps are a bit trickier to use.

Surely an artist of your calibre could make a rather nice collage of them?

you should see if you can get a gig selling your cards made out of bike parts on road.cc! i'd buy 'em

i might make a hedgehog

Mmm. Nice thoughts, boys.
BTW, the blue valve caps are Schwalbe. (blue Smarties). But I think they only do clear now. Must be Fox's glacier mints.

Raleigh do Blue Presta caps ;0)