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Originally Posted by GonaSovereign
A quick and dirty calculation:
If 10% of Earth’s population cycles, and averages one flat requiring a new tube every other year, those valve caps account for 35 million extra pieces of plastic chucked every year.
Seems like we can do without those. The dozen i have kicking around should last me several decades. The marginal gains of not producing, shipping and paying for those must add up to something worth not doing any longer.
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In addition to preventing the valve tip from puncturing the tube when the tube is in a saddle bag, the cap prevents the valve tip from puncturing the tube in shipping and storage as well. We can't completely due without the cap, although for shipping it could probably be replaced with a (recyclable) cardboard protector.