Long Stem Schrader tubes???

In article <[email hidden]>,

Quoted message said:

I was fixing bikes on Ragbrai and we had a couple of fat cats stopy by
in their GMC suv toting a GMC Denali bicycle that had a flat tire. The
wheel on this bike has a aero rim and takes a long stem schrader tube.

Can you use presta tubes with grommets to shrink the rim hole?

C said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Quoted message said:

I was fixing bikes on Ragbrai and we had a couple of fat cats stopy by in
their GMC suv toting a GMC Denali bicycle that had a flat tire. The
wheel on this bike has a aero rim and takes a long stem schrader tube.

Can you use presta tubes with grommets to shrink the rim hole?

That's the easy solution. Stop it. 😄

you can get schrader valve extenders for cars, but I doubt you could make
them work with a bike rim.

email hidden said:

I was fixing bikes on Ragbrai and we had a couple of fat cats stopy by
in their GMC suv toting a GMC Denali bicycle that had a flat tire. The
wheel on this bike has a aero rim and takes a long stem schrader tube.
Well we had none. The shop owner offered to sell them a whole new
wheel. Best bet may be to consider the bike disposable when you get a
flat. Thanks detroit marketing.

How many local bike shop worker rec.bicycle readers can say their shop
stocks long stem schrader tubes?

Put a Presta in it next time. Works just fine, particularly if you
use one of the collars that come with some Presta tubes for that
purpose. Oh, and sell them a Presta-to-Schrader adapter.
--
Typoes are a feature, not a bug.
Some gardening required to reply via email.
Words processed in a facility that contains nuts.

email hidden said:

I was fixing bikes on Ragbrai and we had a couple of fat cats stopy by
in their GMC suv toting a GMC Denali bicycle that had a flat tire. The
wheel on this bike has a aero rim and takes a long stem schrader tube.
Well we had none. The shop owner offered to sell them a whole new
wheel. Best bet may be to consider the bike disposable when you get a
flat.

You can put a presta tubed tube in a shcrader-drilled rim, esp with
some sort of ferrule.

JT

****************************
Remove "remove" to reply
Visit http://www.jt10000.com
****************************

John Forrest Tomlinson said:

You can put a presta tubed tube in a shcrader-drilled rim, esp with
some sort of ferrule.

JT

I have these on some MTB wheels drilled for schraeder, not sure how
necessary they are though. The rubber grommet things never worked.
These are called "presta stem savers".

http://www.biketiresdirect.com/htmlpages/WMPVS.htm

--
My bike blog:
http://diabloscott.blogspot.com/

In article <[email hidden]>,
[email hidden] says...

Quoted message said:

I was fixing bikes on Ragbrai and we had a couple of fat cats stopy by
in their GMC suv toting a GMC Denali bicycle that had a flat tire. The
wheel on this bike has a aero rim and takes a long stem schrader tube.
Well we had none. The shop owner offered to sell them a whole new
wheel. Best bet may be to consider the bike disposable when you get a
flat. Thanks detroit marketing.
How many local bike shop worker rec.bicycle readers can say their shop
stocks long stem schrader tubes?

No need. Just get a long stem presta and use a grommet.
------------
Alex