Re: [CR] "Classsic" 700C Presta valve inner tubes

Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2010 15:26:42 -0500
From: "John Thompson" <johndthompson@gmail.com>
Organization: The Crimson Permanent Assurance
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
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Subject: Re: [CR] "Classsic" 700C Presta valve inner tubes

On 06/03/2010 02:36 PM, verktyg wrote:
> I actually "prefer" the look of threaded presta stems. That's what
> presta valve stems looked like when I first started using them in the
> early 70s. A few cheap sewups and cheap tubes had smooth stems at the
> time so smooth became equated to cheap!

I've come to dislike threaded tube stems because they shred my pump gaskets.

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-John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA