Originally Posted by
dscohen
I just recently had a bike built and my mechanic used the old the electrical tape over the Presta Valve trick to prevent the valve from rattling in my carbon clinchers. Though it works, I don't necessarily like the inelegance of it (i.e., electrical tape gooey residue, bunching of the tape, covering of wheel graphics).
Isn't the idea is you just wrap around the valve stem at the base before putting the tube in, so that the electrical tape is in contact with the rim hole, but not make noise because it's soft vinyl (or whatever that stuff is made of)? Sounds like your mechanic made a mess trying to wrap around the stem with a tube that was already installed and inflated (which of course can create a problem when you need to change the tube on the road.