So i am by no means an expert on bicycles but i ordered a tube for my bike thinking i was just getting an average tube but learned the hard way today there is more than just the standard "schrader valve" apparently what i got is a "presta valve" but i am a little confused here. All of the presta valves i have seeing online have a thing that pops up and allows air to be released but they always say "it doesn't come all the way out" well mine does.... I took some pictures of the valve today and i need to know if this is broken or not. (the green stuff is from the slime tube that i ordered)
i also grabbed a box by accident on the prestas when I needed shrader. I think the little plug on top unscrews if you turn it hard enough. I believe they just have a stop. would not be too concerned if you able to re install it carefully without stripping the threads.
I appreciate the replys. Like i said i needed it up and running by this friday, i went to walmart looking for an adapter and the guy told me that more are stolen than sold so they dont stock them very often so i just grabbed another tube with a schrader valve. I guess i will go ahead and order the adapter and toss the tube in the back tire.
Are these dunlop valves reliable? I don't want to go put it in my bike and get half way down the road just to have a flat tire again.
The version you seem to have, with a short section of piping pushed over the valve core to act as one-way valve, isn't that great. The ones with an ball valve are easier to inflate and are more resistant to ageing.
It's been right around 29 F here over the last week...that's...uh...minus 1.1 Yuro degrees to you folks on the East Coast of the Atlantic Ocean. Today it got up to around 60 F...about 15 Yuros worth of heat. All the melting snow and runoff water made it kind of a pain to get a good workout in, but anything's better than being stuck in the basement on the trainer. Just a light base layer with a short sleeve jersey over it and light long finger gloves and I actually felt a little over-dressed on the climbs. If Ohio were like this all winter I could actually retire here. Sadly, Global WarmingÂ...er...Climate Changeâ„¢ has brought the Impending Ice age to this area and with our scientists about ready to clone the Wooly Mammoth back to life I am going to join JH in the somewhat warmer state of Tenn. and learn to drink bourbon instead of rum.
Buffalo, New York State got something like 2 to 3 meters of snow in a week. But, it sounds like more when we say 6 to 9 feet. Now that it has warmed up there is a danger of flooding and fat tire bikes will be the only was to shuffle off to Buffalo this year.
Ohio, by contrast, is looking good by comparison. We only had 3"-4" of snow so far...10 Cm maybe...and that has 95% melted away in two days of warm weather.
From Cleveland to Erie to Buffalo the people are used to dealing with living in The Great White North.
I don't want to get used to it and Cube's videos of cycling on Majorca are more to what I think the idea winter climate should be. Southern California weather is nice and the cycling scene is fantastic, but the state is fubar with illegals, libtardism and a sky high cost of living. The perfect spot for my redneck self seems to be somewhere near Kentucky, Tennessee, the Carolinas or Georgia. Decent weather. Good ol' boys. Lots of guns. Fairly decent road network. Good spot to set up a base to travel from.
