does this work for road/track bikes with a presta valve? if so, how well?
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They claim it works for both presta and shrader but I have only used it on shrader valve type wheels.
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Mohammad, Yes it will. It is a presta valve so you might have to change inner tubes, however. This is a good practice anyway. If you are unaware of the difference, refer to Sheldon Brown's bicycle web site. I believe it can be found by googling or through Harris Cycle Shop. It is a pretty good wheel for the money. Mine has lasted over a year so far with frequent usage. NP
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Hi!This pump works with all bicycles. Simple valve pump head fits Presta and Schrader valves.
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Sure, the screw-on valve fits my neighbor's bike tires just fine. Just watch the pressure; the built-in gauge isn't too accurate.
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I use tubes with a Presta valve, but the valve hole is plenty large and there should be no problem using a tube with a Schrader valve.
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Or you can take it to a good bike shop that will drill out the hole in the rim to accept schrader valve tubes. Prestas are very finicky, delicate and serve no better purpose than a traditional schrader on a mountain bike. People just think they are exotic because they are normally found on more high-end road bikes.
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No, you have to buy an adaptor from a bicycle shop to use any kind of a valve head. you screw the adaptor on to the Presta valve to make it work.
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A Schrader valve is the standard valve on inner tubes and car tires. For your bike it is a larger diameter hole on the rim. A presta valve is skinny and has a nut on it to hold the valve tight on the rim. skinny rims like for road bikes and now a lot of mtn bikes use presta valves. I like schraders so I drilled my rim with 1/4 inch bit to accommodate the tubes. Good luck.
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No. All bike tires use either Presta (the smaller type) or Schrader valves (the larger type, same as what car tires use). This pump works on any tire using a Schrader valve and comes with an adapter for Presta valves, although I do not know how well the adapter works.
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I carry a small bike pump that has both the Presta and the Schrader valves.
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Schraeder was fine. It would not lock onto a Presta valve - even with the adapter. I returned it.
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Yes, it will work with both Presta (skinny) and Schrader (fat - like on kids bikes) valves.
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Long answer short: Yes it works with Schrader valves. The adapter is built in. I think when you take it out of the box it is set up for Schrader valves. You can switch it to Presta by flipping the gray piece where the valve stem goes in. The Topeak website has a video showing how to change it.
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I have bikes with both schrader and presta valves. I just have to flip the air valve and it has been working fine. It is a mini pump and using it to fill a full inner tube is a lot of work. But in a pinch, it has been great.
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My Topeak is for a road bike which uses a presta valve for high PSI (90-110 pounds) pressure. Most kids bikes, mountain bikes, and I imagine stroller tires use Shrader valves (auto tires too) which are for lower pressure. You probably need a Shrader style fitting. I am unaware of adapters that go Presta pump to shrader fitting, but you can check into that. Most adapters go the other way, for pumping a presta tube with a shrader pump.
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The easiest thing to do for presta valves is to just get the cheap adapters that fit over the valve. These work fine and you don't have to modify the pump, which you may want to use for car tires also. Presta Adapter
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I have used mine on an air mattress, pool rafts and inflatable furniture!! It came with 4 different connectors....i just hook on the one that fits the individual valve. This does not work on bike tires!!