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Why use Presta valve stems vs Shrader valve stems?   Message List  
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Re: Why use Presta valve stems vs Shrader valve stems?

Have bought those little screw on gadgets to enable Prestas to be
air'd up with Schrader[normal]air pumps.

They all leak! I don't have much of a problem at the gas station
where they have a big compressor to pump the air, but I have 3 GREAT
air pumps, 2 battery pack and 1 cigarette lighter powered and NONE
of them can put in over 60psi without going DEAD!

So,I go to the bike shop, buy NEW Presta connectors, screw them on,
only to be greatly dissappointed once again!

This has been going on for over a decade now, so it'll be Schraders
til I can figure out how to pump the required 115psi+ into my
wheelchairs/handcycles....

ps: both of your replies were exactly the same as the knowledgable
folks at ALL the bike shops I've ever been too, they all agree with
you two, but I only wish I could duplicate what y'all have done!

Thanks again...handcycling forever:-)




Mon Aug 9, 2004 2:13 am

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Never had a Presta that didn't leak! Never had a Shrader that I couldn't use one of those portable battery air units to work just great! Never had a Presta...
Gary
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Aug 7, 2004
3:58 pm

Gary, Been using Presta valves for at least six years over 13,000 miles without a problem. Sorry for your troubles, but you use what works for you. Dale ... ...
dale beck
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Aug 7, 2004
10:25 pm

... Same here, Dale. Prestas for ALL my tubes, wheelchairs AND handcycle. Same when I was still able to ride a road bike. All my bikes had Prestas. Twenty...
Michael
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Aug 8, 2004
9:01 pm

Have bought those little screw on gadgets to enable Prestas to be air'd up with Schrader[normal]air pumps. They all leak! I don't have much of a problem at...
Gary
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Aug 9, 2004
2:14 am

... Well, it's sure not like you haven't tried. Almost sounds like someone's put some BAD hoodoo on you. You ever piss off any Frenchmen?:-) At least...
Michael
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Aug 10, 2004
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