How To Use A Bike Pump

If it s a small hand pump it may be able to convert between the two types of valve.
How to use a bike pump. Knowing how to use your mini pump can take some of the worry out of going on a long bike trip. Bell floor pumps offer a fast efficient way to inflate your tires. This video shows you how to use a floor. It also saves the pro mechanics from having to pump up 18 individual tyres on the bikes and all the spares every morning at a big race like the tour de france.
Unscrew the face cap and find the rubber stop. Mccloud says that a common mistake new and even experienced riders make when pumping their tires is trying to use a schrader bike pump with a presta valve which just won t work no matter how. We show you how to be a better cyclist with our bike maintenance videos tips for improving your cycling cycling top tens and not forgetting the weekly gcn show. Some pumps can only be used with one type of valve while other pumps can take both.
However their small size can make them awkward and difficult to use. Learn how to inflate your bike tire and use a bike pump with this handy video from schwinn. This video demonstrates how to use any park tool floor pump model to inflate bike tubes with both presta and schrader valves. Smart pumps with one opening will automatically adjust to accommodate a presta valve.
If you re using a bike pump with two openings the smaller one is for a presta valve. A pump with one opening may require you to reverse an internal rubber stop to fit a presta valve. Pfp 2 professional mechanic floor pump. Inflating the tyre the first step is.
There are two types of valves used in most bicycle inner tubes schrader or presta.