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Originally Posted by A930Rocket View Post
All fun and games until you are going so fast, centrifugal force causes the weight of the brass to bend the valve stem until it goes flying off!
I also wondered about that...when buying new tires, I purposely requested the shortest possible valve stems for just that reason. Actually tho, I decided to pass because of the theft factor.
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