Classic/Vintage Tourers?
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I think I am the last person on this forum to have a half step plus granny setup on my derailleur touring bikes. And that includes a bike that I built up from the frame only five years ago. I see no reason to change yet.
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It's certainly an option. I think the wheelset I have will take a 10 speed, but might actually be an 11 speed Shimano hub. I haven't found any 8 speed bar end shifters yet, but that's really the last price of that puzzle. I am converting the the Koga Miyata to 8 speeds with Shimano R400 downturn shifters on Retroshift brake levers. They have no friction mode though.
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It's certainly an option. I think the wheelset I have will take a 10 speed, but might actually be an 11 speed Shimano hub. I haven't found any 8 speed bar end shifters yet, but that's really the last price of that puzzle. I am converting the the Koga Miyata to 8 speeds with Shimano R400 downturn shifters on Retroshift brake levers. They have no friction mode though.
I know nothing about eleven speed hubs.
Shimano made two different eight speed bar end shifters. One pair were for Dura Ace and the other for everything else. They are not interchangeable. You would want the ones that are model BS64, they usually have a label that says Not compatible with Dura Ace rear derailleur.
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My winter bike is 8 speed, and when putting on a new chain a little while back, found that my fav 12-25 sunrace cassette had finally worn out the mid cogs. I should have bought a spare pre covid when they were available and under 20 bucks. Looked around and ended up getting a cheap equivalent by microshift, 11-32 and 20 bucks. As my writer bike, it lives a salty gritty life, so have never wanted to put any nicer more expensive cassettes on this bike.
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I never had one, but I remember them. I just had a realization of how these old Bell helmet actually look a lot like the "urban" style or whatever the heck it is, helmets of the last 10 years at least. Hardly any ventilation on either, which I just don't get.
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My Bell had a nice sun visor. I did a google search for it, found this image that I have no clue if this image will disappear soon or not. Mine was this one but in black.
The stripes over the top, I think they were reflective. It had a plastic shell with styrofoam inside it, then the foam rubber inside that. Eventually the foam rubber completely disintegrated. I tried some weather stripping since it was adhesive backed foam, but eventually chucked it.
For sizing, it came with some pieces of adhesive backed foam rubber of varying thicknesses, you picked the thicknesses you wanted for size.
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One of my two bikes is a 1992 Rock and Road Tour by Bruce Gordon. The panniers are by Bob Beckman, the same and earlier vintage. The panniers are a little heavy, and not waterproof, they have covers, but they mount with a simple, elegant system, and the racks are superb, welded, tubular, chrome moly.
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...I picked up a used fatbike and am having a fricking blast on it, a real lark. It has pretty narrow fatbike rims, 60, 55, 50mm? the narrowest for 4in tires anyway, so maybe could take 3inchers or something narrower. But it is 26" so not really sure that there are any options for plus size 26ers anymore, will have to figure out what can fit onto the rims, and we've got the whole winter to get through anyway so 4 inchers it is for a while.
Am just starting to get my head around how low pressures I can run, 5.5 psi has been great at times, even with undersized tubes (3" downhill tubes)
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Am just starting to get my head around how low pressures I can run, 5.5 psi has been great at times, even with undersized tubes (3" downhill tubes)
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Funny about pressures. I don't have a very specific gauge (just the one o my Park floor pump) and usually run mine quite high. I find I get enough cushion and desire the lower rolling resistance to cover longer distances.
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Fat bikes are fun. I'm still pretty pleased with mine. In retrospect, I think I would prefer the option for narrower tires as most of my riding doesn't take full advantage of the float 4.6 offers. But... still a fun jeep jeep bike
Funny about pressures. I don't have a very specific gauge (just the one o my Park floor pump) and usually run mine quite high. I find I get enough cushion and desire the lower rolling resistance to cover longer distances.
Funny about pressures. I don't have a very specific gauge (just the one o my Park floor pump) and usually run mine quite high. I find I get enough cushion and desire the lower rolling resistance to cover longer distances.
On snow I really found getting lower and lower with pressures to be THE key difference, so bought a 0-15psi gauge and without it I couldn't have guessed what pressures it was when getting stupidly soft and squishy (but again, a huge difference in traction and not digging in in soft stuff, snow )
I've read a lot of how 1 psi really is felt , and creeping downwards in trying different pressures, lately I totally agree.
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Some automotive gauges have lower PSI capacity, you can use with a Presta to Shrader adapter if your bike is Presta.
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Planet Bike 0-15psi, with brass screw off adapter for both presta and shrader use, figured the 25 bucks was worth it. No batteries but I prefer that. Not as light as a battery one, but there you go.
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This is not the one I use on my vehicle, but it is similar and this is what I was getting at when I suggested an automotive one. I am sure it would work with a Presta to Shrader adapter. Tick mark every two PSI. I would expect it would work fine for wide tires.
https://shop.advanceautoparts.com/p/...5-8/10084447-P
Some of my Presta to Shrader adapters were too long and I had to file them down to get them the right length to work right with my pump chucks.
https://shop.advanceautoparts.com/p/...5-8/10084447-P
Some of my Presta to Shrader adapters were too long and I had to file them down to get them the right length to work right with my pump chucks.
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This is not the one I use on my vehicle, but it is similar and this is what I was getting at when I suggested an automotive one. I am sure it would work with a Presta to Shrader adapter. Tick mark every two PSI. I would expect it would work fine for wide tires.
https://shop.advanceautoparts.com/p/...5-8/10084447-P
Some of my Presta to Shrader adapters were too long and I had to file them down to get them the right length to work right with my pump chucks.
https://shop.advanceautoparts.com/p/...5-8/10084447-P
Some of my Presta to Shrader adapters were too long and I had to file them down to get them the right length to work right with my pump chucks.
thanks
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tourist, seeing your comment again just now made me realize/understand the problem better--the adapter is too tall so when you put the pump on, it can't push the presta valve end bit down enough to be able to open the valve, and allow air in.......so simple
so thanks again.
if I remember and dig out / find the adapter I always used to have on one of my tires, I'll stick it in my vice and file it down with a file.
so thanks again.
if I remember and dig out / find the adapter I always used to have on one of my tires, I'll stick it in my vice and file it down with a file.
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The adapters being brass or aluminum file down fast, so check often so you do not file too much. Or carefully measure at the start.
And of course, if you have removable presta cores, they can get stuck in the adapter and come out of the valve stem..
And of course, if you have removable presta cores, they can get stuck in the adapter and come out of the valve stem..
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I honestly have no idea if any of my tubes have removable presta cores, but ya, I can see how taking the adapter off could bring a removable core with it (never had that happen in all the years having an adapter on one wheel, and taking it off to use a regular presta pump)
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There are two flats on the removable cores so you can use a pliers or adjustable wrench to make them fit tighter. No flats means they are not removable. The flats are on the threaded part that your adapter would thread on to.
I know a guy that said he uses thread locker on his. Sounded like a good idea, so I now do that too but I was extremely careful to make sure that the thread locker only went on the threads, if you got any on the valve seat, that might cause a slow leak if the valve does not seat right.
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I would be very careful to ensure that the liquid doesn't get down into the valve itself. I like to use teflon plumbers tape, a couple small wraps around those threads and then really tighten them down and the valve core remains well seated.
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The other option was to slit the tube, insert the sealant and then patch the slit. I chose the valve option instead of the patch.
Perhaps they were removable because there was no anticipated disadvantage to it at that time? If you never thread on an adapter or a pump chuck or add sealant, you would have no reason to care if they are removable. And years ago when things were designed to be disassembled for repair instead of glued or riveted for product lifespan, I can see how removable was the right way to make them decades ago. Just like Shrader valve cores can be removed with the right tool. When I worked at a bike shop, occasionally we had to replace a valve core to fix a slow leak.
A guy I know bought a trike a couple years ago, he is in his 80s and his balance is not so good anymore so he quit riding two wheels. His bikes always used Shrader, his trike is his first experience with Presta. Last summer he added some air and apparently his valve core was not threaded in well, the air pressure in the tube launched his valve core quite a distance. After hearing that, I decided that perhaps I should add a valve core to my list of spares to carry on a tour. When I discard old tubes, it never occurred to me to keep any valve cores that were removable.
I think half my tubes are Schwalbe, they have removable cores.
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I figure the main advantages are adding sealant and being able to more easily seat a tubless tire with fast burst of air, but those certainly weren't the originar reasons.
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Mechanical damage has been mentioned, probably the main reason to replace. And once in a great while a core will develop an air leak from a failed seal, and replacing it will salvage a tube. Or it will get clogged with Slime. We keep a small handful of them at the non-profit shop.
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Thanks all of you. I'll try to remember to look at some tubes I have to see, and even look at some old tubes I keep for cutting bits of rubber shims from, in case I can salvage a valve core or two and stick them in a pill bottle to keep track of.
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Removable valve cores were introduced for use in tubular tires, which become expensive throwaway items if a nonremovable valve fails in an otherwise good tire. Manufacturers of clincher tire tubes then began using them too.
By the way, if a long Schraeder-to-Presta adapter doesn't work right for you, the problem isn't the length of the adapter; it's more likely that the cause is the chuck being applied to the valve at an angle.
Presta valves are designed to open from air pressure, not from contact with a Schraeder chuck. In fact, the longer adapters sometimes work better, with compressor hoses in particular, since they ensure that the Schraeder chuck won't interfere with the free movement of the Presta core. The proof is that you can snap off the top of the valve core and the Presta valve will still work perfectly well to inflate the tire. Just be sure never to let the pressure in the tube get low enough to allow the core to fall into the tube.
Of course, when you're out on the road and have to use a Presta hand pump to inflate a tire, you have to be careful to hold the pump at a right angle to the valve stem. Plenty of us who have used a Silca hand pump have had the interesting experience of canting the pump just a bit too far from the correct angle and bumping the valve's inner core, resulting in the pump handle suddenly being launched across the street.
Edit: yes, the exception where long valve adapters might not work properly is in using them with Schrader pressure gauges.
By the way, if a long Schraeder-to-Presta adapter doesn't work right for you, the problem isn't the length of the adapter; it's more likely that the cause is the chuck being applied to the valve at an angle.
Presta valves are designed to open from air pressure, not from contact with a Schraeder chuck. In fact, the longer adapters sometimes work better, with compressor hoses in particular, since they ensure that the Schraeder chuck won't interfere with the free movement of the Presta core. The proof is that you can snap off the top of the valve core and the Presta valve will still work perfectly well to inflate the tire. Just be sure never to let the pressure in the tube get low enough to allow the core to fall into the tube.
Of course, when you're out on the road and have to use a Presta hand pump to inflate a tire, you have to be careful to hold the pump at a right angle to the valve stem. Plenty of us who have used a Silca hand pump have had the interesting experience of canting the pump just a bit too far from the correct angle and bumping the valve's inner core, resulting in the pump handle suddenly being launched across the street.
Edit: yes, the exception where long valve adapters might not work properly is in using them with Schrader pressure gauges.
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