[bike] Am I the only one in the tri-state area who loathes Presta valves?

[M A V I C]

thermarest wrote: Agree, they are definitely not large enough if the bike came with Presta originally. Nothing a drill and 5 minutes can't fix.

Eh, that defeats the whole purpose. That would be like buying a Mac and installing only Windows on it.

[Seacrest]

thermarest wrote:
[quote=GGD]
[quote=Dennis S]
I am about to buy 2 new tires and tubes. My current ones are Presta valves. I'm ignorant about this, so can I get Schrader valves on my new tubes and be set, or is there more to it than that?

The valve holes in your rims might not be large enough.
Agree, they are definitely not large enough if the bike came with Presta originally. Nothing a drill and 5 minutes can't fix.
I did that on a mountain bike once. It worked fine.
But the rims on a MTB are large enough, and I prefer filling those up with a motorized (ie gas station) pump as well.

[davester]

thermarest wrote:
Agree, they are definitely not large enough if the bike came with Presta originally. Nothing a drill and 5 minutes can't fix.

You definitely don't want to do that if you have skinny road rims.

[M A V I C]

Seacrest wrote: I did that on a mountain bike once. It worked fine.
But the rims on a MTB are large enough, and I prefer filling those up with a motorized (ie gas station) pump as well.

How hard did you hammer on them afterwards? Does't make much since to buy nice wheels if they're not going to be used as intended.

And the presta to schrader valve adapters work just fine. No reason to drill and swap tubes just to use a compressor.

[kap]

M A V I C wrote:
[quote=Seacrest]I did that on a mountain bike once. It worked fine.
But the rims on a MTB are large enough, and I prefer filling those up with a motorized (ie gas station) pump as well.

How hard did you hammer on them afterwards? Does't make much since to buy nice wheels if they're not going to be used as intended.

And the presta to schrader valve adapters work just fine. No reason to drill and swap tubes just to use a compressor.
I have both the individual standalone screw on adapters ... one on each tire ... and mtn bike pumps with a built-in adapter.

[Seacrest]

M A V I C wrote:
[quote=Seacrest]I did that on a mountain bike once. It worked fine.
But the rims on a MTB are large enough, and I prefer filling those up with a motorized (ie gas station) pump as well.

How hard did you hammer on them afterwards? Does't make much since to buy nice wheels if they're not going to be used as intended.

And the presta to schrader valve adapters work just fine. No reason to drill and swap tubes just to use a compressor.
Who said anything about them being nice?
It was a knockaround bike for the city.
And I got tired of losing adapters.

[M A V I C]

Seacrest wrote: Who said anything about them being nice?
It was a knockaround bike for the city.
And I got tired of losing adapters.

Generally nicer wheels are presta. Some people just leave the adapter on the stem so they don't lose them.

[kap]

Seacrest wrote:
Who said anything about them being nice?
It was a knockaround bike for the city.
And I got tired of losing adapters.

Ah-ha, in that case, I'd stick with Schrader valved tubes. They are cheaper.

[Seacrest]

M A V I C wrote:
[quote=Seacrest]Who said anything about them being nice?
It was a knockaround bike for the city.
And I got tired of losing adapters.

Generally nicer wheels are presta. Some people just leave the adapter on the stem so they don't lose them.
These were what came with the bike.
Not chopped liver, I suppose, but nothing I went out and splurged on.