tire changing question

[shellkay1212]

Okay - I had my first flat a few weeks ago and I think it took three hours to change it! But this time, it was much faster!!! Like 15 minutes - if that! EXCEPT - after I aired up the tire the valve stem looks stumpy. There's a little bit and then the cap. (I have a Giant FCR) So, I have the car kind of stem...is that schreader? Oi.

My question is - do I need to re-do it? And how do I keep it from getting sucked in?!

Thanks!

[makbike]

Try releasing some of the air in the tube. Next push the valve stem up into the tire and pull it back down. Re-inflate the tube and hopefully it will be seated properly.

[SadieKate]

Did you change your tire or your tube? Do Schrader tube come in different valve lengths like Presta tubes?

[DebW]

Did you change your tire or your tube? Do Schrader tube come in different valve lengths like Presta tubes?

Schader tubes are all the same as far as I know. Deep V rims are all drilled Presta. Sometimes the rim strip hole is so snug around the valve that it doesn't pull all the way to the rim easily. If a rubber rimstrip, you can pull the rimstrip away from the rim, push it all the way over the valve, and then insert the valve with rimstrip into the rim hole.