What a pain in the ass to pump tires with these things
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It’s just frustrating trying to figure out the exact amount you need to loosen the valve that it lets air in from standard bicycle pumps
okkkk, presta sucks and is unnecessary but that is not the case. You just loosen it all the way.
That would make sense, but when I open it all the way the air just won’t go in with my pump
This might be a dumb suggestion, but if your pump has a little lever on the head, maybe try flipping it? Each valve style needs the pin pressed in at a different depth, so if it’s set to shrader-style, it might not be seating properly on a presta.
You can get a presta to schrader adapter that is a valve cover/cap. You just take it off, unscrew the valve all the way and then put the cap back on, and it works exactly like a schrader. I keep one on one of my presta valves so I can air up with any random pump in a pinch.
