enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Schrader valve - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schrader_valve

   The Schrader valve is used on virtually all automobile tires and motorcycle tires and most wider-rimmed bicycle tires.In addition to tube and tubeless tires, Schrader valves of varying diameters are used on many refrigeration and air conditioning systems to allow servicing, including recharging with refrigerant; by plumbers conducting leak-down pressure tests on pipe installations; as a ...

3. August Schrader - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Schrader

   Around 1890, after reports of English cyclists' success using pneumatic tires, August Schrader saw the need for a bicycle tire valve. By 1891 he had produced the Schrader valve, which was his most popular invention and is used today. August's son, George, is generally credited with the experimental work that resulted in the valve's creation.

4. Gabe’s Bike Shop: Presta vs. Schrader, Gifts to Give, and ...

   www.aol.com/gabe-bike-shop-presta-vs-150000626.html

   In episode 13 of Gabe’s Bike Shop, Gabe compares Presta and Schrader valves, presents cyclists with holiday gift ideas, and talks tube preference.

5. Bicycle pump - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_pump

   A third type of valve called the Dunlop (or Woods) valve exists, but tubes with these valves can be filled using a Presta pump. [1] [2] Several basic types are available: Floor pumps; Frame-mounted; Compact or mini; Foot-operated; Double-action; Blast or tubeless; In its most basic form, a bicycle pump functions via a hand-operated piston.

6. Tubeless tire - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tubeless_tire

   Tubeless tire technology does away with the need for an inner tube thereby increasing safety. [1] [4] [citation needed] In a tubeless tire, the tire and the rim of the wheel form an airtight seal, with the valve being directly mounted on the rim. If a tubeless tire gets a small puncture, air escapes only through the hole, leading to a gentle ...

7. Valve stem - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valve_stem

   Presta valves (also called Sclaverand valves or French valves) are normally only used on bicycles. The stem has a narrower diameter (nominally 6 mm) than the thinnest (nominally 8 mm) Schrader type, and so the bore of the hole in the rim through which the stem passes can be smaller. Has a locknut that needs to be opened to inflate/deflate. [17 ...