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I've got Superstars in at the moment but keep leaking,due to me overtightening them I think(der),are there any others that are value to fit arch ex and ideally in black !,thx.
Stans rims = Stans valves!
I have used superstars but found I had to do them up very tight to seal, switched to DT Swiss valves and they were perfect straight away.
Don't over tighten them 🙂 hand tight is enough, sealant does the rest. I think the SS ones, with the conical bung, are preferable to ones with a block shaped bung. The unthreaded section at the end also works better with the track pump I have.
That said, I guess hand tight varies from person to person.
I find superstar ones fine, have a few on different bikes.
You only need to close the valve until it stops moving, not crank it down tight.
I have Dt swiss, they are ok but my mates Stans were nicer
Stans valves don't fit DT swiss 😳
I'm quite embarrassed now in saying that I chopped some valves from a pair of old inertubes & gorilla taped over them.
cut down conti road inner tubes work well 🙂
SS fine here, and they do alu ones too
Think my bike(when not set up ghetto style) is running valves cut from a tesco or scwalbe inner tube. The GF is using SuperStar valves in hers
Stans
Using Superstar on Stans Arch EX rims and no problems here, they're as tight as I can do them.
Pushed them hard down with my thumb whilst tightening lock ring.
Decathlon sell some Hutchison branded tubeless valves which work fine and are around £8.50 a pair
EBay... Got 6 inner tubes for a bout a fiver.
I'll tell you about tubeless valves...
They are the reason we are all lumped with presta, even though schraeder makes even more sense tubeless!
pile of poo