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mickeg:
Buy a small bottle of nail polish in your favorite color.  Brush included inside the cap for convenience.

I use black for touching up wear spots on racks.  But if you think clear is hard to find, black is not much of an improvement.  Maybe hot pink would be easy to spot?

Danneaux:
My long day-into-night randonneur rides mean I often include a wearable LED headlight in my kit so I can effect repairs in what otherwise would be moonlight or dark of night.

After one 02:00 puncture where I spent more time looking for my presta valve cap than I did repairing the puncture, I wrapped a thin strip of self-adhesive reflective tape around each cap and never had to hunt again as they showed brightly in the sweep of my light. Did the same for my black tire levers and put an additional spot on my patch kit.

Sure made life easier!

Best, Dan.

in4:
For UK posters the LED headlamp from Screwfix is rechargeable via USB , cheap and in my experience better than a Black Diamond model. All the better for seeing  your taped or nail varnished caps.

JohnR:
I use gold-coloured metal valve caps. They make it easier to both see where the valve is on the wheel and where the cap is when I've put it on the ground.

Tiberius:
I have red Rohloff and SON 28 hubs so it's red dust caps.

I know, pathetic... :)

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