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How do I get out of this fix?

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  • 08-08-2018 2:05pm
    #1
    TGD
    Registered Users Posts: 649 ✭✭✭


    Any sensible suggestions on how I get out of this fix please?
    I could probably try to cut the valve stem and let out some air.
    Or I could sit around for a few months and let the pressure go down so that I can push the stem up into the tyre (where I started from).
    Or is there some magic solution that I'm missing?
    Spare me the wise-cracks please - I'm just not in the mood :mad::mad::mad:
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    Koobcam
    Registered Users Posts: 828 ✭✭✭Koobcam


    1. stick the smallest diameter pin you can find into the tyre to let the air out
    2. Break the valve stem


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    C3PO
    Registered Users Posts: 3,761 ✭✭✭C3PO


    Is that not a threaded sleeve?


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    #4
    Euppy
    Registered Users Posts: 278 ✭✭Euppy


    If climcher, stick a needle through the tire. No long term damage to the tire but you'll have punctured the tube giving you enough wiggle room


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    Cee-Jay-Cee
    Registered Users Posts: 12,235 ✭✭✭✭Cee-Jay-Cee


    If its a clincher I'd suffer the loss of the tube and cut the valve with wire cutters.


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    C3PO
    Registered Users Posts: 3,761 ✭✭✭C3PO


    Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »
    If its a clincher I'd suffer the loss of the tube and cut the valve with wire cutters.

    Is that not a tub?


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    koutoubia
    Registered Users Posts: 2,275 ✭✭✭koutoubia


    It's a clincher. " Open Corsa"
    You can see the" en Corsa"


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    seamus
    Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Agreed, tiny pin through the tyre. Along the rolling edge, not in the sidewall. Tube is useless anyway, right, you can't use it with those wheels.


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    Thud
    Registered Users Posts: 2,611 ✭✭✭Thud


    paper clip into the pump head see if you can open the valve against the air pressure, if not then pin into tube idea


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    EC1000
    Registered Users Posts: 1,336 ✭✭✭EC1000


    Is the golden coloured piece a valve extender or the actual valve? If an extender, it will have leaked all the air out overnight anyway (in my experience!)


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    nordicb
    Registered Users Posts: 271 ✭✭nordicb


    It looks like a vittoria latex tube valve, give it 2 days and it will be at 50psi by then.

    Or drill a tiny hole in the valve. I'd just wait if possible


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    ballyharpat
    Registered Users Posts: 1,806 ✭✭✭ballyharpat


    How did you get air into it? Sorry, I'm a bit slow this evening....


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    ballyharpat
    Registered Users Posts: 1,806 ✭✭✭ballyharpat


    How did you get air into it? Sorry, I'm confused.


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    C3PO
    Registered Users Posts: 3,761 ✭✭✭C3PO


    ballyharpat wrote: »
    How did you get air into it? Sorry, I'm confused.

    Through the valve extension I assume ... and as the tube expanded it forced the valve downwards and jammed it against the cutout?


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    koutoubia
    Registered Users Posts: 2,275 ✭✭✭koutoubia


    Deffo looks like the valve of a vittoria latex tube.
    Leave it for a few days ,as said above, the air will naturally seep out and you will get enough leeway to get it sorted.


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    flatty
    Registered Users Posts: 1,144 ✭✭✭flatty


    I'd give it a day or two if you can afford to wait.


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    #17
    Cookie_Monster
    Registered Users Posts: 24,510 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    Looks like it's time for N+1


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    #18
    TGD
    Registered Users Posts: 649 ✭✭✭TGD


    nordicb wrote: »
    It looks like a vittoria latex tube valve, give it 2 days and it will be at 50psi by then.

    Or drill a tiny hole in the valve. I'd just wait if possible

    You know your valve stems pretty well! It's a "Michelin A1 AirComp Latex Road Bike Tube". It's gone down a little bit but it seems like a long way off being able to push the valve back up.
    But I'm a cheapskate and don't want to damage the tube if possible so will sit it out for a while.


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    #19
    nordicb
    Registered Users Posts: 271 ✭✭nordicb


    Yup, same valve actually, have these on my mtb. Wonder still, how you are planning to use the tube on these wheels - still need to inflate somehow - nothing will fit there it seems, shorter valve seems the only way to go here? Can't recall they offer any other lengths, have to use extenders on road wheels myself.


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