this post was submitted on 09 Sep 2026
19 points (100.0% liked)

bike wrench

1177 readers
10 users here now

A place to ask bicycle repair questions, and for bike shop monkeys to share advanced non commercial wrenching resources (no YouTube self promotion). This is only for repair related topics.

!bicycles@lemmy.ca

!micromobility@lemmy.world

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
j4k3@lemmy.world
19
What are the benefits of presta over Schrader valves? (slrpnk.net)
submitted 1 day ago by nocturne@slrpnk.net to c/bikewrench@lemmy.world
19 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

My son recently got a really nice specialized bike used. It came with presta tubes on it, and a few extras. Last night he called me in the middle of the night to come pick him up because he had a flat and he could not get the pumps on campus to work with his tubes.

He said he could have probably ridden home on the low tire, but he was trying to fill it up but instead the pump kept releasing more and more air.

I personally see no benefit to presta valves, but there has to be some... right?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Iconoclast@feddit.uk 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It's marginally easier to let air out the tire with a Presta valve which is handy if you're a mountain biker who likes to mess with tire pressures.

I'm a mountain biker who likes to mess with tire pressures and I've drilled all my rims and use Schrader valves instead as needing a tool to let out some air is a fair trade-off considering it's a superior valve in every other way.