How To Pump A Bike Tire With A Presta Valve Adapter

A schrader only pump has a pin in the center of the chuck to depress.
How to pump a bike tire with a presta valve adapter. You can t use a schrader headed pump to inflate a presta valve tube without an adapter and the opposite operation won t work at all. To use a schrader pump on a presta valve buy a presta to schrader adapter. This is typically found in bicycle tubes on many road bikes and some mountain bikes. Here s a quick and easy way to pump up a presta valve with.
This can be handy if you have a flat while riding and must use a gas station pump. The adapter effectively converts your presta valve to a schrader valve so that you can use a traditional air pump to inflate it. Lots of info on how to inflate a tire with a presta valve with someone using this style for the first time to a few tricks a long time user. Remember to take off the adapter to close the presta valve tip after inflating the tube.
This video is about presta valve tips tricks and hacks. The presta valve is on the left. The schrader valve is the same valve that s used on car tires. Attach your air pump and inflate the tire to the recommended pressure.
How to pump up a road bike tyre. 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. So a bicycle tube with the schrader valve can be pumped up at your local gas station if no hand pump or co2 cartridge is available. The adapter threads onto the open presta valve and presents a schrader ended valve for pumping.
The pump i am using is a blackburn airtower 2.