@bobjonkman via @CharlesSites sort of ask:

[moira@mastodon.murkworks.net]

@ascentale @bobjonkman @CharlesSites @bikenite A4: I'm on Presta because that's what my wheels use. I don't have a strong preference but I feel like the ability to tighten the valve by hand (and then put on a cap) makes slow valve leaks due to misaligned pins less likely? But I don't actually know that to be true.

It's not a big deal for me, my pumps handle both and if my wheels came in Schrader I wouldn't change it.

#BikeNite

[theantlady@arthropod.social]

@ascentale @bobjonkman @CharlesSites @bikenite

A4. Ya know, I think I'm kind of indifferent! They each have their pros and cons. I've had bent pins and related troubles with prestas, but it can certainly be easier to get a pump head seated right on them. My bikes use a mix of both.

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[ascentale@sfba.social]

@bobjonkman @CharlesSites @bikenite A4. I have bikes with both! I don't have a big preference though I feel like I've broken more presta valves by fatiguing that little threaded part by wiggling it with a pump head.

Maybe that just happens more often because we have more tubes with presta valves. I think presta valves look better, but that's just a personal aesthetic thing.

#BikeNite

[cainmark@mstdn.social]

@ascentale @bobjonkman@mastodon.sdf.org @CharlesSites @bikenite

A4. One bicycle has presta. The other Schrader. I use presta to Schrader adapters on the presta valves. It's easier to me to inflate Schrader with my pumps and a fuel station in an emergency need air for tires situation.

#BikeNite

[moira@mastodon.murkworks.net]

@ascentale @bobjonkman @CharlesSites @bikenite S'funny, I do too. I like the thinness. But it's still "yep that's a valve" xD

I suppose it matters on particularly thin wheels too, of course. Might on mine, I dunno one way or the other.

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[xtaran@chaos.social]

@ascentale @bobjonkman @CharlesSites @bikenite #BikeNite A4: I never liked Presta valves. My G-Line had them and I replaced them after a few months.

I'm ok with Dunlop valves (were the common bicycle valve in Germany back when I was a teenager) and Schrader valves — most of my cycles of the past 2 decades had Schrader valves. Schrader valves can be filled at most gas stations.

I recently started switching to Schwalbe's Clik valves, so my 2 most common bikes are already converted, more to come.

[isol@mastodon.au]

@ascentale @bobjonkman @CharlesSites @bikenite

A4: if you want TPU tubes, finding one with a Schrader valve is an exercise in patience, determination, and paying lots more than the average TPU/Presta price.

[voiceofunreason@xoxo.zone]

@ascentale

Schrader.

100%

Possibly my most strongly-held #BikeOpinion.

[lopta@mastodon.social]

@cainmark @ascentale @CharlesSites @bikenite #BikeNite

[cainmark@mstdn.social]

@lopta @ascentale @CharlesSites @bikenite

Weird autocorrect I didn't catch.

[lopta@mastodon.social]

@cainmark @ascentale @CharlesSites @bikenite I shall call them that from now on. #BikeNite

[stereo4x4@techhub.social]

@ascentale @bobjonkman @CharlesSites @bikenite A4) had multiple cases of Presta valves slowly leaking air - only way to reliably fix this was to swap the valve.

Schrader valves work with gas station car tire inflation stations. At least they used to. Newer "smart" tire inflation stations can't deal with the low amount of air in bike tires and I heard storys of exploded tires and gas stations forbidding inflating bike tires.

#bikenite

[mossyfoot@pdx.social]

@voiceofunreason @ascentale yeah agreed, my wife has presta and oof I hate them. I have to take off the rear wheel this weekend due to the stupid things.

[voiceofunreason@xoxo.zone]

@mossyfoot @ascentale unless the rims are absurdly narrow, you can fix the problem with a 21/64th drill bit, a deburring tool, and a pair of schrader tubes.

My personal theory is that presta valves only exist because ancient racing wheels had narrow wooden rims. Innertubes were literally sewn into a tire carcass that was glued (real glue) to the wooden rims. The smaller hole in the rim, the less likely it would fail and also made for more contact area for the glue.

[voiceofunreason@xoxo.zone]

@mossyfoot @ascentale Aluminum rims and modern “clincher” tires means presta is not required for all but the raciest of race rims (and likely carbon rims of any kind)

[mossyfoot@pdx.social]

@voiceofunreason @ascentale I've heard people talk about weight but this is an electric trike... Rounding error.

[voiceofunreason@xoxo.zone]

@mossyfoot @ascentale ha, maybe the weight difference of a single sip of water off a water bottle?

[ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org]

@ascentale @bobjonkman @CharlesSites @bikenite #BikeNite A4. I have a lot of Presta tubes (road bikes, "higher end" MTBs of their era all Presta). Schrader seems to be more robust, especially with the dangly pin and long shafts of the Presta tubes. But I wouldn't convert them/etc. They are a lot chunkier, lol.

[martycormack@urbanists.social]

@ascentale @bobjonkman @CharlesSites @bikenite
#BikeNite A4:
Four of my five bikes have Presta, one has Schrader. I just prefer Presta because that's what I deal with a ride most. The one with Schrader, my Brompton, is a bit problematic as with the narrow space between spokes, I can't use my usual pump head, and the one I have that works is a pain to screw onto the valve. I need a better pump head for that bike. Suggestions?

[geonz@mathstodon.xyz]

@ascentale @bobjonkman @CharlesSites @bikenite #bikenite #biketooter I have learned to handle the Prestas on my fast bike and I appreciate the high pressure fastness.
I also learned to put those valve caps on the Schraeders so things didn't get so grungy the pump wouldn't seat