Leaning presta valve...bad?
07-24-19, 11:49 PM
#1
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Leaning presta valve...bad?
Couldn't get the valve stem straight.
Wrestling with latex tubes.
Should I be worried?
Please don't make take the freakin tire off again.
Wrestling with latex tubes.
Should I be worried?
Please don't make take the freakin tire off again.
07-25-19, 01:26 AM
#2
Me duelen las nalgas
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Texas
Posts: 13,513
Bikes: Centurion Ironman, Trek 5900, Univega Via Carisma, Globe Carmel
Mentioned: 199 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 4559 Post(s)
Liked 2,802 Times
in
1,800 Posts
Let out most of the air. Roll the wheel with the nearly flat tire across the carpet in the opposite direction from the angle of the crooked valve. That should nudge the tube to creep back into the desired position. If not, roll the other direction.
Refill and check again. Should do the trick. I do that often on my Presta and Schrader wheels to straighten valves.
Refill and check again. Should do the trick. I do that often on my Presta and Schrader wheels to straighten valves.
07-25-19, 02:57 AM
#3
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 8,688
Mentioned: 46 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1074 Post(s)
Liked 295 Times
in
222 Posts
A leaning valve is never ”good”. i.e, it never offers any improvement. But it doesn’t have to be noticeably ”bad” either. A slight lean like that, I’d be tempted to ignore. If there’s a lean I judge that I have to do something about, I’ll generally deflate the tire, make sure its unseated, then ”massage” and pull at the tire to shift it around on the rim a bit until the valve is straight(er). Rolling the wheel sounds like a neat way of doing it.
07-27-19, 08:09 AM
#4
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: Chapel Hill NC
Posts: 1,683
Bikes: 2000 Litespeed Vortex Chorus 10, 1995 DeBernardi Cromor S/S
Mentioned: 4 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 645 Post(s)
Liked 797 Times
in
446 Posts
Just fully deflate the tire so the bead disengages from the rim, grab the tire in one hand, the rim in the other, and wiggle the tire side to side while pulling the tire in the desired direction. You literally only have to shuffle the tire/tube a couple of mm around the rim.
