Re: [CR] valve stems

Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:30:06 -0700
From: "Alan Lloyd" <adl2k@yahoo.com>
To: john strizek <lyonstrings@yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To: <mailman.13747.1255541194.524.classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR] valve stems

> Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:23:14 -0700
> From: john strizek <lyonstrings@yahoo.com>
>
> I speak of the Hutchinson tubes for Shrader valves.
> Hutchinson made Shrader valved tube with metal threaded
> stems. I really miss these. the threaded stem like the
> threaded Presta stems allowed a positive location of the
> stem in the rim.

Schwalbe inner-tubes have metal threaded stems on their schraeder valves ...

http://www.schwalbetires.com/wheelchair/tubes

Alan Lloyd
Schaumburg, Illinois, U.S.A.