How To Pump A Bike Tire With A Schrader Valve

They are usually used in cars less expensive motor bikes and bicycles.
How to pump a bike tire with a schrader valve. Find out the recommended psi for your tires. Presta tubes use a metal stem which makes it stronger and are great for high pressured tires. Unscrew the rubber cap at the to to open a schrader valve. Here s how to inflate bicycle tires with schrader valves.
As they have no spring in the valve presta valves are easier to pump up than schrader especially so with small capacity hand pumps and it also means small pumps don t need an in built device. To inflate bike tires with a schrader valve start by finding the recommended psi range located on the side of your tires. A schrader only pump has a pin in the center of the chuck to depress. Most pumps out there will be able to pump a presta or schrader valve.
Next unscrew the rubber cap from the valve connect a bicycle pump to the valve and inflate the tire to your recommended psi range. After that remove the pump and screw the cap back on the valve.