woods valves

Obakesan said:

Hi

do we still use these things here?

Only when we have to!

bloody horible things

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Obakesan said:

Hi

do we still use these things here?

Not much at all, haven't seen one in use for at least 15 years

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Hey Chris, did you once live in Selby, Dandenong Ranges? Member of MBTC?

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Hey Chris, did you once live in Selby, Dandenong Ranges? Member of MBTC?

nope ... S.E. Qld Brisbane + Gold Coast

must just look like the fella yer thinkin of

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In article <[email hidden]>,

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Obakesan said:

Hi

do we still use these things here?

Only when we have to!

bloody horible things

I know, I'm actually OS in Finland at the moment, and they just love them
here. EVERYONE uses them, the bike shops say "its because they're easier to
pump up"

well ... thank god for that, cos I'm always NEEDING to pump up the wretched
things. I still think they're toys for toy bikes, perhaps there is some
advantage to which I am unaware now

:-)

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Obakesan said:

Hi

In article <[email hidden]>,

Quoted message said:

Obakesan said:

Hi

do we still use these things here?

Only when we have to!

bloody horible things

I know, I'm actually OS in Finland at the moment, and they just love them
here. EVERYONE uses them, the bike shops say "its because they're easier to
pump up"

well ... thank god for that, cos I'm always NEEDING to pump up the wretched
things. I still think they're toys for toy bikes, perhaps there is some
advantage to which I am unaware now

:-)

See Ya
(when bandwidth gets better ;-)

Chris Eastwood
Photographer, Programmer
Motorcyclist and dingbat

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Hi out there.....long time no contrib...

the Woods Valves are used widely in India, so maybe they are the highest used valve types in the world, even if they aren' t so popular off the sub continent.

They come standard on most bikes like Avon's full range, you can swap them out if you wish of course using another tube with a Schrader or Presta valve type, and they do leak slowly needing a rubber reed check every now and then and a drop of some moisturising agent on the reed ( pure silicon spray works - like wet suit preservative).

In the collection of Bikabillia I have a 1930s style Avon double top bar roadster, from the Indian Bicycle Shop in St Kilda ( great little shop of some classic looking old shapes too, trundle machines though, not your performance commuters)). Its fitted with Woods valves, easy to pump up, but it is a low pressure environment for them 50-70 psi range only ...

horses for courses

R

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Hi out there.....long time no contrib...

yeah ... its been a while

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the Woods Valves are used widely in India, so maybe they are the
highest used valve types in the world, even if they aren' t so popular

gosh ... handn't thought of them, wonder if the Chinese are using them too, if
so then without doubt the highest use bicycle valve technology on the planet!

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They come standard on most bikes like Avon's full range, you can swap
them out if you wish of course using another tube with a Schrader or
Presta valve type, and they do leak slowly needing a rubber reed check
every now and then and a drop of some moisturising agent on the reed (

or faster when the local kiddies comearound and remove all the valves of the
bikes in the rack.

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pure silicon spray works - like wet suit preservative).

good point ... I'll squirt some in!

now .. if only I can cut down punctures from the broken beer bottles ...

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