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On clinchers, you should use the nuts only if the rim is flat where the nut screws down. Otherwise, it will likely keep coming loose. Leave it off.
If you have a knocking sound coming from the stem because it is loose, wrap the stem with a round of electrical tape. That should take care of that. Tubeless stems use an o-ring seal that helps keep it from coming loose.
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I don't get them coming loose personally. Nor issues as it pertains to inflation new after a flat etc.
Having said this, I have a lot of smooth stem Latex in service. I use little O rings to fend off the rattles, which drive me more nuts that I am already.
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Or, just put a small piece of electric tape on the rim with a slit in it for the valve hole. No knocking and you only have to replace it every couple of years instead of every tube change. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
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word, unless its tubular.. for tubs i slice a piece o lectric tape down the middle and wrap around the stem so's ye cant see is once shes glued up
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This.
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If you use tubulars you dont have to deal with those things.
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If your stem rattles, poke a hole in a piece of electrical tape and valve thru it..
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The one obvious use I can think of for those little lock nuts is that the stepped kind (such as Schwalbe provides) make it possible to cleanly use a presta tube in a rim with a Schrader hole. I know this won't be all that helpful for most folks here, but it can come in handy when lending aid to people you encounter who lack a tube or patch kit. (I don't normally carry Schrader tubes.)
I had one case where I flatted on a long ride, pulled out my spare tube and had it flat immediately (f*in Kenda cr*p). I was then stuck by the side of the road. I snagged a skinny tube from a passing group, but it was much too small for my chubby tires. I put the valve stem nut on before installing the tube so it didn't stretch too much in the area around the valve stem/tube junction. That got me to the halfway point of the ride where my wife met me with the car. (She complains about my obsession sometimes, but she's also an angel.) |
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**at valve. Maybe only 80s now. Last edited by sitzmark; 02-21-2020 at 06:29 AM. |
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Prevent tube damage
They prevent ripping the tube when you remove the pump head from the valve. I spin them down “snug” after I inflate.
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I carry one in my spare kit. I use one of the Genuine Innovations CO2 chucks that press on to actuate, and after having a tube blow out the valve hole because I pushed the valve into the tire, I figured the little buggers had a purpose.
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