[RBW] Re: Clementine: Weird tire tubes
If you buy one Hirame pump head, you'll be a junkie for life http://www.tracksupermarket.com/index.php?main_page=product_info_id=665 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Clementine: Weird tire tubes
Reid, I agree that it is frustrating dealing with a presta valve without threads for the first time. However like most other things it gets easier- do I wish all still has threads yes does it save money for the manufacturer likely. Sometimes progress for profit leads us backwards. I am on my "final" pump ever, a Silca with a coupled head, which seems to handle every conceivable tube imaginable. That was my solution to years of frustration with various tubes and pumps. Best of luck hope other than the tube issue your wife loves her Clementine. Building my wife's up as well as I am 90% done with our move and the 1st Winter Storm Warning is hitting West Michigan. Sincerely, Ryan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Clementine: Weird tire tubes
That type stem is common on road tubes mostly with long stems . If using an older pump with a worn fitting it might have trouble gripping the stem and leaking while pumping. If you prefer threaded just exchange them out with a tube with a threaded stem. Jon > > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Clementine: Weird tire tubes
I use latex tubes in 3/5 bikes, and they have slick valve stems. I push them to the side to put on a pump head, but again, because of the way a Hirame pump head works, it goes on with no friction. On Monday, December 28, 2015 at 11:48:56 AM UTC-6, Abcyclehank wrote: > > Reid, > I agree that it is frustrating dealing with a presta valve without threads > for the first time. However like most other things it gets easier- do I > wish all still has threads yes does it save money for the manufacturer > likely. Sometimes progress for profit leads us backwards. I am on my > "final" pump ever, a Silca with a coupled head, which seems to handle every > conceivable tube imaginable. That was my solution to years of frustration > with various tubes and pumps. > Best of luck hope other than the tube issue your wife loves her > Clementine. Building my wife's up as well as I am 90% done with our move > and the 1st Winter Storm Warning is hitting West Michigan. > > Sincerely, > Ryan > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Clementine: Weird tire tubes
Thanks all for the feedback. If I can find a new head for one of the pumps that I have, that should fix the "grip" problem. If not, then I think I'll just swap out the tubes for ones that have threaded stems. Sheesh! Reid > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Clementine: Weird tire tubes
I can't help you, as my daughters inflated theirs without incident. Our shop pump is as a Blackburn Air Tower 1 (which has been replaced under the lifetime warranty a few times, great customer service!). But I also checked their valve stem and it is the usual threaded I"m used to seeing, so not the "new and improved". Perhaps worth a call to Riv in the morning? With abandon, Patrick On Sunday, December 27, 2015 at 6:30:37 PM UTC-7, Reid wrote: > > Hello All, > > My wife's Clementine needed a screw replaced, that required removing the > rear wheel, that required letting out the air from the tire. So fine, > everything goes well, remount the wheel and then ... The tube's stem is > probably the latest and greatest, but I've never seen it before. The stem > is a very smooth tube with no threads below the nipple at the end. None of > my pumps can grip the tube tightly enough to hold air. Anyone know what > gives? Is there some special pump head that works on this weird stem? Is > this just one more example of the kind of "progress" and > "New and Improved" that is actually non-functional? > > Grumpy and gripey. > > Reid > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
