Miyata tire valve

Unicycles and Equipment
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I wonder if the tire valve being described is the same one that is on my Klepper
kayak trailer. It is a very obscure tire valve that looks like an oversized
Presta. The air pressure alone is what keeps the valve closed–there are no
threads or nut on top as in a Presta valve. I once found a Klepper dealer who
knew the name of the valve–German I think. I will see if I can track it down.

David Maxfield Bainbridge Island

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Re: Miyata tire valve

This is also from SheldonBrown’s Page:

Woods Valve There is a third type of valve, very rarely seen, which has a bottom
similar to a Schrader and necks down to about the size of a Presta. This is a
Woods valve, also known as a “Dunlop” valve. Woods valves were formerly popular
in the British Isles and Asia. These low-tech valves work with rubber tubing and
spit. You can pump them up with a Presta pump.

            Is this the valve type that comes on the Miyata?

-Mary

MaxfieldD@aol.com wrote in article <11e7fcb9.245881a0@aol.com>…
> I wonder if the tire valve being described is the same one that is on my
> Klepper kayak trailer. It is a very obscure tire valve that looks like an

> oversized Presta. The air pressure alone is what keeps the valve closed–there
> are no threads or nut on top as in a Presta valve. I once
found
> a Klepper dealer who knew the name of the valve–German I think. I will
see
> if I can track it down.
>
> David Maxfield Bainbridge Island

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Re: Miyata tire valve

If this is the type then the pumps are common in the UK, my uni uses a woods
valve. Sorry don’t know the make or model of uin.

Bob

hartmame wrote in message <01be9260$cb6a2740$5d788981@davidsfe.rwc.uc.edu>…
>
>This is also from SheldonBrown’s Page:
>
>Woods Valve There is a third type of valve, very rarely seen, which has a
>bottom similar to a Schrader and necks down to about the size of a Presta. This
>is a Woods valve, also known as a “Dunlop” valve. Woods valves were formerly
>popular in the British Isles and Asia. These low-tech valves work with rubber
>tubing and spit. You can pump them up with a Presta pump.
>
> Is this the valve type that comes on the Miyata?