How To Pump Bike With Presta Valve

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How to pump bike with presta valve. This video shows the steps necessary to inflate a bicycle tire with a presta valve. Schrader valves presta valves and presta. As opposed to schrader valves which resemble car tire valves and are more common on u s. Hi in this video i show how i pump inflate a mountain bike bicycle tire schwalbe nobby nic with presta valve.
The floor pump is control tower 4 by giant cool light plastic pump. Bike stores sell air pumps that can fit both valve styles or just one valve type. The recommended pressure to inflate a bike tyre to is usually embossed on the tyre s sidewall often as minimum and maximum figures rather than an exact target. How to fill those funny bicycle tube valves called presta valves.
Metal presta valves on bicycle tires are sometimes known as french or skinny valves. These valves work with a manual lock nut as opposed the spring found on the traditional schrader valve. A schrader only pump has a pin in the center of the chuck to depress. Inflating a tire with a presta valve is similar to the inflation method for a.
Here s a quick and easy way to pump up a presta valve with a d i y. As they have no spring in the valve presta valves are easier to pump up than schrader especially so with small capacity hand pumps and it also means small pumps don t need an in built device. A presta valve s recommended pressure is usually embossed on the tyre s sidewall often as min and max figures. The pump i am using is a blackburn airtower 2.
The presta valve adaptor is sold seperately. Stop in at palm coast 1 bicycle shop. Bicycles presta valves require a pump with a different connector than schrader valves use. Call tony at 386 313 2900.
How to use a floor pump with a presta valve. 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.