Air Up a Presta Valve Tire?

How to air up a presta valve tire. This type of valve is used in low profile tires common on racing wheelchairs and road bikes.
About Wheels of Fire:
Aerelle is a two time High School All-American wheelchair racer and Move United Elite Team member. Raymond is her coach and her dad. We started learning through RUclips videos and other content online and figuring it out as we went along. Eventually, we got the opportunity to talk to other wheelchair racers and coaches. Now several years down the road, we want to pass on the information we wish had been on online when we got started. If you ever have any questions, please use the email in the about section of our channel.
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TheFatRat - "Fly Away feat. Anjulie" • TheFatRat - Fly Away (...

[@fellowtraveler852]

Thank you for not making it 4 min video like the other presta valve vids! 😂

[@WheelsOfFireRacing]

You are so welcome! I decided to not include my entire backstory or opinion on which valve type is better 😆

[@bossadave]

Presta valves just what the world never asked for 🙄

[@user-qh8md1cu9g]

I know its so stupid i get it if it inflates inslef but its the same shit

[@dantes1393]

THANK YOU for this straight forward video!

[@Miquiya]

Quick and straight to the point! Thank you!

[@minitehnicuss]

thanks a lot, helped me in the morning not to get late for work 😂

[@WheelsOfFireRacing]

Happy to help!

[@dorianwilliamson424]

Thanks ! Helped a lot. Been scratching my head with this for an hour 😂

[@danr4746]

Thank you for this video. It's the only one explaining how to fill the bikes tires

[@cgeorge26_]

Thank you so much for making it so short and easy just made my day

[@jessex8535]

Thanks for teaching, my dad was too busy with work

[@philliphernandez-waldrop5313]

Lol

[@Dxrk.333]

Omg it was taking me so long until i watched this video thanks so much

[@Galactic2564]

Ok thanks alot, btw you are underrated

[@weetweet73]

Wow, thank you so much. I was trying to figure this out at a gas station then my tire deflated so I had to walk home. This guy tried to help me but didn’t have the adapter so no wonder it wouldn’t work!!

[@mintyplaysyt]

Thank you

[@lauraborowski187]

You’re awesome Thank you for an easy video 😊

[@ethereallion8495]

Thank you so much ❤

[@moynulislam9559]

Well explained

[@galkacr]

i love you so much for this

[@nickycristobal6057]

i just learned how to put air in my tires

[@nomadflbh]

🙏🏾much thanks🙂🚴🏾‍♂️

[@emf2482]

brilliant, may I ask what electric pump you are using here? Also, when Im done inflating it leaks so much air in the few seconds where I try to tie the valve back. Tips?

[@codymontgomery2006]

Thanks a ton!!

[@zBananaBong]

Thanks girl!!

[@silencegohome1496]

Thanks alot! 😅

[@dajam9035]

Thanks 😇

[@user-uy1jh5ro6k]

Dang I’ve never known how to pump up my tires for 40 years. Thank you so much.

[@AbdulKalamDevotee...]

Hello mam! Thankyou😊! But mam in some videos its shown to remive the nozzle of tyre hole! And in some its shown to not remove just put the pump on it!!??? So what to do!? Is both the ways fine? Or any diff? What should do for leader gear cycle tyre!?🤔PLZZZ ANSWER!!!!

[@Mrnouser]

Thanks

[@Yowasup2222]

Ty

[@user-uy1jh5ro6k]

Really good helpful stuff. But to be safe I just take my wheels & tires to the bike shop. Done. 😂

[@psych0hans]

Thank you! I was wondering why no air was going into the valve when I was pumping it. I need to open that knob thing.

[@WheelsOfFireRacing]

Haha That would probably help!

[@venice1450]

What she doesn’t tell you is that, unlike unconventional things Presta valves work in reverse- when you push the pump on - the catch is down and raised to lock in - the female pump valve also squeezes past the male to let the air in 😊

[@benoiearseneau3809]

Thanks, forgot that you needed to putt the adapter on the bike and not on the pump

[@aerellejones5949]

There are different types of presta adapters. There are pump adapters and tire adapters. Mine is on the pump but there is another type that goes on the valve so that a regular air pump can attach to it

[@ukrd94]

I almost broke mine..I couldn't figure out how to pump it..the pump wouldn't pump and I start jamming it. Didn't realize you had to listen the stupid tube. When I finally googled it, the stupid thing was slightly bent.

[@EstebanJennings]

MARRY ME TYSM

[@troyifill4395]

So basically, no way without an adapter... Dumb. Why are these valves so popular all the sudden!? When did the old ones suddenly stop working perfectly fine??
*ps where my McGiver Fam at that can explain getting in air WITHOUT an adapter? Saw a comment about a ball point pen...
(Adapter is NOT an option right meow)
Thank you

[@raymondjones4035]

When you make a tire that is very narrow, a common Schrader valve just won't work. It's too wide. I guess some French "MacGyver" engineer really wanted a skinn tire. Thus the presta valve was born.

[@mightyowl9797]

Song: The Calling TheFatRat ft Laura Bremn

[@P_double_H]

Bike companies making propietary air valves.. They should have used the standard car tire valve and problem solved No adapters needed.

[@scottb_02]

That air compressor gun is neat, who makes it?

[@Mcx303]

I have the Air Hawk pro it’s very similar to the one in the video and comes with an adapter

[@Training_Wheels]

Konami

[@James-cs3hp]

Nice nails ❣️
Why don't you let us see your bike ?
Nice wheels...

[@steeldragonsgamer4308]

Which pump you have pl say me name

[@RL19956]

I got you fam

[@Training_Wheels]

You ain't got a bag of potatoe chips and all that.

[@unstablenester941]

Was watching another video, and it referred to these valves. So I watched this video to become familiar with them. What is the purpose?
What do these valves bring to the party that wasn't already there?
It seems like the air valve version of the torx screwdriver.

[@raymondjones4035]

A standard valve like in a car tire is too wide to mount well to a narrow, light-weight, high-end bicycle tire / tube. In addition if you made a hole in the rim of a high-end bicycle that was large enough for a standard tire valve, there would be very little metal left around the hole on a bicycle rim. The Presta valve is designed for the lightweight, high-end bicycle wheels that are used on racing wheelchairs.

[@unstablenester941]

@raymondjones4035
Thank you.
I get it now.
It's kinda fat shaming old valves, is what I'm hearing .
Lol
I appreciate the explanation.

[@FuFuTheGr8]

They're also much lighter, so there's no need for a counterweight to balance the wheel on high performance, high speed road tires.

[@cramelooto945]

The top of my presta valve snapped of , how to fix, ? ?? 😮

[@raymondjones4035]

​@@cramelooto945This video shows the repair ruclips.net/user/shortsjfAxwDkpznU?si=m91IAmXHhmzJpji3

[@manolos8230]

So put that on presta and still use regular air compressor?

[@aerellejones5949]

I have modified my air compressor but if you have an adapter you can use any air compressor.

[@manolos8230]

@@aerellejones5949 u just screw the adapter on and boom like that ?

[@Watson2108]

These valves are awful. I hate them. I have an adapter so finding a pump isn´t a problem anymore but they are soooo flimsy...
I bent the tip of the valve on numerous occasions and even destroyed one completely.

[@WheelsOfFireRacing]

We do have a video on repairing them! 😄
ruclips.net/video/jfAxwDkpznU/видео.html&lc=UgzMT3948bwWLjvhFll4AaABAg

[@angelodavid4875]

i put an air in presta using ballpen..

[@Greatlakeskyle.]

Wat

[@dzumba9897]

Why do the french always make the easy complicated??!!?

[@ravenkerns6258]

So gay just a way for the bike industry to make more money like the car industry

[@wyattwatson174]

Lame