[macker]

Originally Posted by morgin

I'm a bike noob. I've never had a bike with a presta valve.

Is there some trick to not bending the #### out of these when adjusting air pressure? Is a portable tire pump with the pump actually on the same plane as the nozzle a bad idea, and should I get one of those foot pumps with a sep. line for the air nozzle instead?

I've bent both my front and back valves now even trying to be super careful and I feel like an idiot notwithstanding I followed youtube advice and was careful not to put any lateral pressure when pumping. I can't screw the little brass cap piece back down now, which means the plastic cap wont fit either. I'm taking this in to Ridleys soon to just get them to make it all ok again, but I know this is admitting defeat.

Seriously, this blows my mind how badly I seem to have ####ed it up. These valves don't seem to be designed for anyone used to the schrader kind. They should come with giant idiot warning stickers.

http://www.mec.ca/product/4000-588/k...valve-adapter/ $1.25 !