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  • April 24, 2012 at 8:20 pm #15628
    Raleigh

    Does anyone bother with them?

    I think that there’s a Velominati rule about it.

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  • January 28, 2015 at 4:27 pm #675933
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    Al__S

    I reckon I had more problems
    I reckon I had more problems with corroded/jammed valves when I used them than I’ve had since I saw the light and ditched them (and the collar nut). no need for either. Not about looking pro or saving weight, just cba putting them on!

    January 28, 2015 at 4:14 pm #675931
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    Beefy

    Depends where ur riding, my
    Depends where ur riding, my road bike doesn’t have em don’t see a need, when I had a track bike didn’t have em, my cross bike definitely has the to keep all the crud out, if I had an MTB would have em, horses for courses so to speak 😀

    January 28, 2015 at 3:06 pm #675929
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    racingcondor

    Don’t use them but then I am
    Don’t use them but then I am someone that uses tubs with latex tubes so it’s unlikely my valves will glue themselves shut since it have to pump them up every morning and bin them after 6 months when the tubs are bald.

    That 0.5g saving I’d the real reason tubs are better 😉

    January 28, 2015 at 1:31 pm #675927
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    andyp

    valve caps are a bit like
    valve caps are a bit like mudguards. Pointless, unless you are the sort of person who gets all whiny if there’s a bit of water.

    January 28, 2015 at 1:10 pm #675925
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    HarryTrauts

    AsOriginalAsYou wrote:There

    AsOriginalAsYou wrote:
    There is a third way for all the fashionistas, Schwalbe tubes come with transparent dust caps

    Ooh, fancy! I want some of those. People would think I’m a pro but I’ll know I’m keeping things clean.

    January 27, 2015 at 11:30 pm #675923
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    matthewn5

    They don’t make Celeste valve
    They don’t make Celeste valve caps so I won’t have them on the Infinito.

    January 27, 2015 at 9:23 pm #675921
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    mrmo

    crikey wrote:Never used them

    crikey wrote:
    Never used them for 30 years, MTB, cross, road.
    I struggle to see what crap they keep out; it’s not exactly a big area for problems to build up.
    Bit of a Fred detector IMO.

    helps keep water out and then freeze your valves shut. (been there done that, just added to the annoyance of fixing a puncture in the snow.)

    January 27, 2015 at 9:14 pm #675919
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    crikey

    Never used them for 30 years,
    Never used them for 30 years, MTB, cross, road.
    I struggle to see what crap they keep out; it’s not exactly a big area for problems to build up.
    Bit of a Fred detector IMO.

    January 27, 2015 at 9:12 pm #675917
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    PonteD

    I got some free inner-tubes
    I got some free inner-tubes with my tyres (michelin inner-tubes). No lockring, and no thread on the valve stem if I wanted to use the lockring off the old inner-tube! Total mare to inflate as every time I push the pump onto the valve it disappears into the tyre somewhere!

    I’m determined to use them though purely because they were free!

    January 27, 2015 at 9:05 pm #675915
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    AsOriginalAsYou

    There is a third way for all
    There is a third way for all the fashionistas, Schwalbe tubes come with transparent dust caps

    January 27, 2015 at 9:00 pm #675913
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    Flying Scot

    1) they do keep the crap
    1) they do keep the crap out
    2) if you leave the lock ring off, I bet you drop the new one off your spare in the rain at the side of the road and have a ‘mare inflating it.
    3) if you ever run out of co2 or damage your pump, if you knaw or cut the top off the cap……and screw it back on……a Schraeder valve air line at a garage will fit over it and get you home.

    I mainly run tubs, so no lockirungs, but I still use caps.

    January 27, 2015 at 8:54 pm #675911
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    PonteD

    I stopped using dust caps
    I stopped using dust caps after recently going to pump up my tyre and in the process of unscrewing the cap wound up removing the valve core from the inner tube (which proceeded to shoot across the garage never to be seen again!). 8|

    January 27, 2015 at 8:31 pm #675909
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    Canyon48

    I don’t see the point in
    I don’t see the point in leaving the washer nut on (I only use it to aid tyre inflating). I leave the valve covers on my commuter as it gets filthy when I venture onto the almost-off-road cycle paths for a laugh. My roadie doesn’t wear either the caps or washers!

    April 25, 2012 at 6:01 pm #675907
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    Raleigh

    zzgavin wrote:Raleigh

    zzgavin wrote:
    Raleigh wrote:

    Matching bidons: A MUST.

    I’ve never managed to acquire a matching pair, then I broke the matching elite bottle cage and the 2012 black one looks different to the 2011 one, so I impulse bought a white one for my B&W caad 10. It does look a bit off, but I’ll cope

    Just train on the turbo until you get a pair, yeah!

    April 25, 2012 at 5:28 pm #675905
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    zzgavin

    Raleigh wrote:
    Matching

    Raleigh wrote:

    Matching bidons: A MUST.

    I’ve never managed to acquire a matching pair, then I broke the matching elite bottle cage and the 2012 black one looks different to the 2011 one, so I impulse bought a white one for my B&W caad 10. It does look a bit off, but I’ll cope

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