Tube valve caps and nuts.

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Tube valve caps and nuts.

Postby 531db » Sun Apr 27, 2008 10:50 pm

I have a little plastic container in which I put the the little metal tube presta valve nuts (I don't use them) and plastic valve caps (I reuse the one from the punctured tube mainly).

Anyway, whilst installing tubes on a new project today, on a whim I counted up my surplus nuts (20) and caps (12).

Does anybody else have a collection of nuts and caps? How many?
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Postby gsxrboy » Mon Apr 28, 2008 1:09 am

Remy: Do you detect that? A sort of oaky-nuttiness?
Emile: Oh, I'm detecting nuttiness.

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Postby kukamunga » Mon Apr 28, 2008 7:29 am

I probably got hundreds of the things, but they're not in a "...little plastic container..." :wink: . Mine are either scattered throughout the garage :? or on the end of valves of dozens of neatly rolled, new and used/repaired , size categorised (16", 20", 22", 24", 26", 700C, 27".....), weighed and labelled, pre-talced, Presta valved tubes (& stored in individual upright PVC aggy-pipe dispensers)!! :oops: (and then there's the Schraeder valves.... and the Dunlop valves.....) :shock: !

But do you think I can ever find one of the darned things when I need one?!!! :evil: :evil: :lol:
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Postby kukamunga » Mon Apr 28, 2008 7:49 am

And speaking of tube dispensers.....

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Postby MountGower » Mon Apr 28, 2008 8:16 am

Can we have a price list?
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Postby 531db » Mon Apr 28, 2008 8:21 pm

kukamunga wrote:And speaking of tube dispensers.....

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Postby Kalgrm » Mon Apr 28, 2008 10:56 pm

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Postby vitualis » Mon Apr 28, 2008 11:37 pm

MountGower wrote:Can we have a price list?
Looks like 5.50 euros.

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Postby kukamunga » Tue Apr 29, 2008 7:41 am

Hi 531db. I've edited/ resized the original pic in this thread to fit message board (apologies for not resizing it originally), but the pic in your quote remains in the larger format (or is it just my computer showing it this way)? Any chance you could resize/edit your reply to fit also? Cheers :)
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Re: Tube valve caps and nuts.

Postby winona_rider » Tue Apr 29, 2008 9:17 am

531db wrote:I have a little plastic container in which I put the the little metal tube presta valve nuts (I don't use them) and plastic valve caps (I reuse the one from the punctured tube mainly).

Anyway, whilst installing tubes on a new project today, on a whim I counted up my surplus nuts (20) and caps (12).

Does anybody else have a collection of nuts and caps? How many?
i do exactly the same thing! except just the nuts... and i keep em in a old tic tac box. i have 13 so far
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Re: Tube valve caps and nuts.

Postby stryker84 » Thu May 01, 2008 11:00 pm

winona_rider wrote:i do exactly the same thing! except just the nuts... and i keep em in a old tic tac box. i have 13 so far
You have THIRTEEN nuts?! Wow. I have 2. And I'd like it to remain that way.

Sorry :oops:
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Postby Birdman » Fri May 02, 2008 11:44 am

Do you actually need to use the threaded nut on the tubes???

What is the purpose.

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Postby Bnej » Fri May 02, 2008 11:54 am

Birdman wrote:What is the purpose.
Holds the valve in place if the tube isn't fully inflated, and stops it from twisting around while you pump it up.
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Postby Matt_Matt » Fri May 02, 2008 12:06 pm

Birdman wrote:Do you actually need to use the threaded nut on the tubes???

What is the purpose.

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Postby sogood » Fri May 02, 2008 12:09 pm

Bnej wrote:Holds the valve in place if the tube isn't fully inflated, and stops it from twisting around while you pump it up.
I know that a lot of riders don't use it. But for me, after trying both, I have gone back to both the nut and cap. The nut keeps the valve stem in position when connecting to the pump. The valve stops dirt get into the valve. I have one tube where the valve have started to go bad with inconsistent seal and was likely to have been caused by dirt getting into the stem on a rainy ride. In any case, the weight of those are pretty trivial.
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Postby kukamunga » Fri May 02, 2008 12:22 pm

Titanium presta valve nuts available here.... :wink: !!
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Postby rustychisel » Fri May 02, 2008 4:52 pm

cheeky monkey. Now, had you said "carbon fibre"....
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