Bicycle Tube Valve Length

Bicycle tubes with presta left and schrader right valves.

Bicycle tube valve length. Dependent upon your bicycle fanaticism a discussion on how to choose a suitable valve length to fit your rim well could be brief or it could last for pages. Right valve length is important to wheels rims. You then have a hectic morning trying to find tubes with the correct length valve or valve extenders to make tubes you already have fit. Criggie jan 19 at 11 15.

That is why we have created the below valve length to the rim depth chart. Wait till the wheel turns up and try whatever tube you have then decide. The sheer fact that. As per the other answers you want enough valve to allow any of your pumps to work.

Some valves can be as long as 8cm. He has zipp clinchers not tubeless so i m assuming he is meaning a 60mm extender on top of a. And you don t want to. At a guess 65mm is about your minimum but it depends on the rim and the tube valve stem and your pumps.

And anything more than that is unnecessary. Wider than a presta valve and typically the same circumference top to bottom. All the good online bike shops will list the length of the valves on the various innertubes. How do you pump these up with roughly 2mm exposed.

Post by otoman on thu jul 07 2016 11 10 pm. We would recommend that you always have spares. I ve got a michelin airstop innertube in front of me with a 40mm valve and can confirm that the 40mm is. Presta valve inner tubes are available from a range of makers with valve lengths up to 80mm.

There s no harm in using a valve longer than you need although it might look a bit odd to use a. If you ve got deep section wheels you ll need bike inner tubes with longer valves to make sure that they protrude through the rim. Therefore as we are unaware of your current position we will do our best to meet everyone somewhere in the middle. It might be even more fun if you have gone tubeless trying to find 80mm tubeless valves is fantastic fun when you are pushed for time.