This morning's commute and other commuting stories

A lady rode out right in front of me so she didn't waste her downhill speed. "Fxxxing hell" I said, not loud or anything, like a mutter, and she went: "SORRY, I SAID SORRY WHAT ARE YOU HAVING A GO FOR SORRY SORRY SORRY"

Only if you adopt the use of the Oxford comma in lists. I went to Cambridge so I don't.

Every damn time. It either works fine or takes half an hour of dicking around to get a tyre pumped up.
Still, Conti tubes were cheap on Wiggle.. it was a moment of weakness.

Only if you adopt the use of the Oxford comma in lists. I went to Cambridge so I don't.

Oooh get you!

The OUP? The Press from Oxford? The one where the U in the middle stands for University?

Its opinion will become relevant just as soon as it becomes the oldest publishing house in the world. Comma wasting cunts.

The issue with 6pt's sentence wasn't the lack of a comma but omitting the subject in the last clause.

I agree that including the subject in the last clause would also fix it.

PRESS THE BLOODY BUTTON ON THE PUMP HOSE BEFORE UNDOING IT!

(if you don't have the hose with the button ask Lezyne nicely for one :)

But that doesn't disengage the threads? Does it? It still pulls non loctoted removable valves out.

That button lets air out. The valve core still unscrews.

Not necessarily.

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Cold... just cold.

The hose doesn't bolt on to the valve core thread. It bolts on to the cap thread, below it.

It's the pressure in the hose and friction between the hose seal and the core head that causes the core to unwind with the hose. @Ramsaye Pressing the button dumps the pressure from the hose, and hey presto, your valve cores don't unwind anymore.

When hooked up to a Presta valve with the desired PSI in your tire. Pressing the ABS button will release the back pressure just within the pump system to relieve the pressure from the valve. This takes all the back pressure off your valve so when it comes time for unthreading you do not remove your core.

Well, this was my experience after suffering from the same problem as you, chatting to mr. Lezyne about it, then having the problem go away :)

Not wrong, left the house at 06:30 -2 not even the Gabba and winter gloves helped.

I had mitts on, after the first couple of miles blood was pumping and wasn't so bad.

Ride to work was fucking cold, garmin said it was below freezing and the ice on the road confirmed this. Silk liner gloves and hirzl soft shell gloves were simply inadequate. Will have to dig out lobster over mittens for tomorrow.

Time for the studded tyres here in Helsinki. First snow fell on Friday.

Shame, as I could do with a better set but I broke up with the girl I was seeing who works for a major sports store so can no longer get cheeky discount :(

Go for a pity nosh and see if you can get studded rubber too.

Filth

This problem happened to me this morning, pushing the button did nothing to help, even after borrowing some pliers from a lawnmower shop and tightening the valve core. And removing the hose from the pump itself. Tried again with the pliers, fucked up the threads and bent the stem so couldn't even thread the pump hose on or tighten the knurled nut. Luckily they had a compressed air line so I jammed some silicone tubing over the whole valve and managed that way. (I should have explained what I needed the pliers for when I first asked, instead of looking like a twat pumping madly but getting nowhere (no air?) with my stupid little pump).

So I have just had a look at my tubes and pump - the pump hose head screws directly onto the valve core threads, which on these tubes (Continental Race 28) is the SAME thread the cap screws on to. There is a flat side on the threads to help screw the core into the stem. You can screw on the cap and pull the core out of the valve body if loose enough. Neither the cap nor the pump hose engages on the valve body outer threads at all and there is no other thread. If the core is really tight you can get away with it but it is not just a case of the seal and pressure with these tubes.

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Stupid question: what is the intention of a removable valve core?

So that you can remove it

And you would do that why?

Continental.

Chilly morning. I do love this time of year.