Lester Wheels - Tube or Tubeless - definitive answer

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Re: Lester Wheels - Tube or Tubeless - definitive answer

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Did Lester quit producing wheels when the factory burnt down?
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Yes they did... More companies were producing bikes w/mag wheels,so the writing was already on the wall..Just like Craig Vetter and the fairings and luggage. Honda figured it out in 1980 and made the Interstate.
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Thank you for posting, now I have the confidence to remove the tube from the front next time I replace the tire. Way easier to put in a plug on the road.
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Not trying to add fuel to the fire, but I have only had two sets of Lester wheels in my hands; the one set NOS still in their very damaged boxes and the other used. One set had large valve holes which would accept a tubeless valve, the other set had small holes that could only take the valve stem of a tube. Unfortunately I did not check out the rim shapes, as I thought that the usage was self evident.
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I will have to check the ones I just bought...they are both new in the box. Special additions none the less! :-D
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I have come across both valve sizes. I used a small passenger car valve stem on the smaller one and a larger truck valve stem on the larger one. My local tire shop helped me figure out each one.
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I've had 2 sets of Lesters... one in 1981 and the other in 2015. Both were/are tubeless.
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Good job, Doctor Archivist.
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18" lester on a 78 I parted out many years ago.
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