Bicycle Tire Air Valve Types. Bicycles presta valves require a pump with a different connector than schrader valves use. Hi in this video i show how i pump inflate a mountain bike bicycle tire schwalbe nobby nic with presta valve.
The pump i am using is a blackburn airtower 2. According to bicycle expert sheldon brown the three types of bicycle tyre valves are schrader presta and woods. Bicycles presta valves require a pump with a different connector than schrader valves use.
Bicycle tyre valves allow riders to inflate their tyres with air.
The presta valve also called french valve or sclaverand valve is a valve commonly found in high pressure road style and some mountain bicycle inner tubes. According to bicycle expert sheldon brown the three types of bicycle tyre valves are schrader presta and woods. Bikes typically come with one of two types of valves. They re the same as those used on cars and are found mostly on inexpensive bike models.