How To Pump A Bike Tire With A Presta Valve

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How to pump a bike tire with a presta valve. Have you ever gotten a flat tire on your bike only to find out that the only pump available won t fit your presta valves. If you ride a road bike the presta valve above is pretty much the only type of valve you ll need to worry about dealing with. The pump i am using is a blackburn airtower 2. How to pump up a road bike tyre.
A schrader only pump has a pin in the center of the chuck to depress. Metal presta valves on bicycle tires are sometimes known as french or skinny valves. Here s a quick and easy way to pump up a presta valve with. These valves work with a manual lock nut as opposed the spring found on the traditional schrader valve.
This video shows the steps necessary to inflate a bicycle tire with a presta valve. As opposed to schrader valves which resemble car tire valves and are more common on u s. A presta only pump has a rubber gasket in the head or chuck that will fit snugly around a presta valve but not a schrader. Bicycles presta valves require a pump with a different connector than schrader valves use.
Serving all of flagler county. Road bikes 90 100 psi hybrid bikes 65 80 psi mtb 30 50 psi. Inflating a tire with a presta valve is similar to the inflation method for a. How to fill those funny bicycle tube valves called presta valves.
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