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26-08-04, 12:31 PM
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flashy valve caps
a friend of mine just gave me some valve caps that have blue led's in them that flash when the wheel moves. are they cool or chav?
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26-08-04, 12:32 PM
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Sorry but CHAV without a doubt!!!
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26-08-04, 12:32 PM
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26-08-04, 12:33 PM
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Hey, thats my hat!
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26-08-04, 12:35 PM
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Its got nothin to do with Chav, they are dangerous. I had a set of blue ones on my valves and they cause it to bend and tear. I was doing 90 overtaking in the outside lane at the time, and having your front tyre deflate at that speed is not fun. I'm just glad modern tyres hold their shape.
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26-08-04, 12:38 PM
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chav but besides that they can really fu*k up your valves as the valve itself isnt designed to have the added weight forcing down in it espicially when you get up to high speed (130mph is a lot of g force on a small point) i have had ppl complain of slow punctures but no evedience on the tyre of such. just one of these valve caps
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26-08-04, 01:29 PM
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Agreed with the above, I tried them but they made my front tyre lose pressure quickly, the ends kept flying off and they'll unbalance your wheel.
Not worth the aggro and yes they now do look a tad chav. . |
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26-08-04, 01:48 PM
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i know a guy who had em on his ninja -
goin down the motorway - they ripped out his valve and rapidly lost tyre pressure - he almost crashed. i got some - because they make you look more visible . but decided against it in the end - alrite on mopeds i suppose (top speed is pants) |
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26-08-04, 05:48 PM
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Wonder why nobody makes similiar ones that'd just stick to the wheel rim (like balancing weights)? You could balance them off, and there'd be no danger to the valve. Still chavtastic, mind
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26-08-04, 06:20 PM
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Unfortunately they are illegal..
simple as that 
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