Removing air from tubies

Triathlon Forum
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Time to switch up my tires on my tubies.

How do I flat the front tire (it has a valve extender) to get it off the rim?

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Razor Blade?

Grab a small scredriver or bamboo skewer, and gently insert it into the extender to push down on the valve and release the pressure.

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let me hold your hand
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Ah…I tried a bigger allen key but must have been getting stuck on the end of the hole. Used a smaller allen wrench - worked like a charm.

ITYVM.

/thread - but leave it for other tube noobs.

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I made a tool out of an old coat hanger that I use to let the air out…is that your question?

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Yup!

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OK, I took an old hanger, cut it a bit longer than the valve extender, curved one end as a handle, and carry it with me in my race bag so I always have it to deflate my race tire (which I still inflate higher than recommended here).

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Cool.

What do you inflate it to?

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  1. 150 if the roads are glass smooth. Please don’t tell the slowtwitch crowd…They’ve been getting on me enough lately!
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While you are changing the tire, install the Vittoria Valve extenders as well. Operates as a normal presta valve and you life is much simpler.

http://www.wheelbuilder.com/store/vittoria-valve-extenders.html

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+1.

I really like the vittoria valve extenders. I like knowing that the valve is tightened shut. But, the caveat is you have to have tubes with removable valves.

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That’d work on my Evo CX - but I plan on mating that with my disc and a Conti Sprinter up front, so Zipp extender it is!

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I just use a paperclip. I keep that (and don’t forget teflon tape) in my saddlebag just in case I end up with one of those flats where it’s not completely flat.

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Them Sprinters suck .
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Them Sprinters suck .
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I would have to agree…never been a big fan of Conti tubulars. Always amazes me how they can make such great riding clinchers, but their tubulars ride like cr@p, IMO.

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I know you got your answer…but for other people:

a toothpick.