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The screw can get corroded if left alone during winter.

I did not know that.

I work with cars and it drives me insane when people don't refit valve caps, they serve a purpose so use them.

@edscoble @dazzrie

Maybe on cars but on bikes valve caps are basically useless. There's no way that a valve would corrode or rust within its useable life if you're pumping it up regularly. Regardless, tubes are ~2 quid, who gives a shit. My love of valve caps is purely aesthetic / compulsive

Weirdo

My love of valve caps is purely aesthetic / compulsive

Yea - I kinda have a thing for the yellow conti valve caps.

I like the way you've gone for a stem that follows the angle of the top tube, rather than a -17 that ends up looking droopy. Good stuff.

Yeah it's not so much them corroding or rusting, more about grit getting in a jamming valve. But that would be more of a issue on schrader rather than presta. But I'm just a wierdo and prefer to see a valve cap.

don't get me wrong, beautiful looking bike!

Oh nice! Back in business.
Get one!

I always thought valve caps were to stop the rest of the tube getting damaged by the valve when they are still in their box?

And so you can see who are the suckers who think they need them on a bike.

Maybe on cars but on bikes valve caps are basically useless.

I wouldn't says useless.

For certain application, I don't see any reason to leave them in, such as for track racing, serve no purpose especially since the bicycle end up being indoor in a dry environment.

However the majority of application most definitely benefit from a valve caps being in places, haven't wrestle with so much stuck valves on customer's bicycles due to even the slightest bit of negligence.

I am so glad this thread has descended in to bickering about valve caps.

So glad.

sort that brake pad out, will ya?

I'm currently sporting one capped valve and one capless on my main bike. Sort of OCD therapy, or I just lost one of the caps.

Oh, nice bike.

I have had several valves snap off whilst pumping from being corroded, super annoying when it happens, caps for ever in wet countries.

I will probably get some new pads when I buy some DA9000 brakes.

Not a joke.

Found some Enve skewers to replace the stock ones. Open cam, but I've heard they're excellent.

Off to see @jammy for a fit tonight. I think it's fairly close, if a little upright, but what the fuck do I know.

if you buy new I think they come with carbon specific pads
I was wrong, dug out the PDF.

Page 32 of this PDF: http://si.shimano.com/pdfs/dm/DM-BR0003-08-ENG.pdf

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+1 for caps, it just looks right

bike pedants, amirite?

jks. I love them all. orange valve caps all the way.

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'L' is the wrong way round.

Pedant

Apparently the lifeline carbon pads are good eh? I heard someone say?

yeah very good, I use em. They seem like made in same factory as Reynolds pads.