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Originally Posted by A930Rocket

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!

Originally Posted by pwd72s

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.

I heard that's why the old Fuchs had these supports.



I suspect it has to do with the angle of the valve stem, build of the wheel, speed of the vehicle, etc...