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Originally Posted by Fuzz
/Rant on
Speaking of tubes...I was pumping up my wife's road bike tire last night and the tip on the presta valve went flying off when I took the pump off. I hate those stupid things. The first thing I do on any new rim(other than road) is drill them out so I can put a proper schrader valve in. What a stupid design those things are.
I've had a hatred for them ever since one failed me years ago at one of my races. I noticed my tire was a little low, and pumped some air in, 10 minutes before the race. I was a bit nervous and while pumping was a bit aggressive with the little hand pump and the whole steam sheared right off. Had to put my spare tube in and barely made it to the line. Threw my whole race off! Stupid things!
I don't think I have one road tire that the valve tip isn't a little bent on it. Is that really the best they could do???
https://www.bikeradar.com/road/gear/...-valves-50341/ |
Happened to me 2 times this year as well. Doesn't help that to get the stupid presta stem out of the pump you need Thor like strength and then you're worried about slamming your hand into your disc rotor.