How To Pump Up Bike Tire With Adapter

Every bontrager tire has a recommended pressure range right on the sidewall of the tire.
How to pump up bike tire with adapter. Next unscrew the rubber cap from the valve connect a bicycle pump to the valve and inflate the tire to your recommended psi range. The floor pump is control tower 4 by giant cool light plastic pump. In this video katie walks through each step so you can get back in the saddle. It should list the pounds per square inch psi range that your tire can safely handle.
After that remove the pump and screw the cap back on the valve. So a bicycle tube with the schrader valve can be pumped up at your local gas station if no hand pump or co2 cartridge is available. Attach your air pump and inflate the tire to the recommended pressure. The pump i am using is a blackburn airtower 2.
Before you pump check the sidewall of your tire. Inflating a bike tire is a simple process but pumping up tubes with presta valves requires a couple extra steps. Hi in this video i show how i pump inflate a mountain bike bicycle tire schwalbe nobby nic with presta valve. This is typically found in bicycle tubes on many road bikes and some mountain bikes.
The presta valve adaptor is sold seperately. This is written on your sidewall and is usually marked with a psi rating pounds per square inch. Typically a road tire can go between 80 and 130 psi. Here s a quick and easy way to pump up a presta valve with.
The schrader valve is the same valve that s used on car tires. Have you ever gotten a flat tire on your bike only to find out that the only pump available won t fit your presta valves. The presta valve is on the left. The adapter effectively converts your presta valve to a schrader valve so that you can use a traditional air pump to inflate it.
How to use a floor pump with a presta valve. Check to see if your pump is compatible with the type of valve on your tires.