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Why do bycicles usually come with presta valves anyway? Is it just another case of racers using them and everyone copies them? Most people i know struggle with presta valves and schrader is easier to get refilled at a gas station
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aceJacek
acejacek@vivaldi.net@snacks smaller diameter and longer valve stems are better for modern rims (which are narrow and tall to keep rigidity). I call it industrial standard. Also my gas station is not pumping to more that 3 bars. My bikes work best with > 4
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@acejacek also, i understand that presta is used in race bikes because it's thin and apparebtly used to work better for high pressures. But the last city bike i bought also came with presta valves, when i last had a flat repaired the shop put a presta valve tube in even tho the tube that was in before was schrader.
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aceJacek
acejacek@vivaldi.net@snacks maybe Presta is cheaper? In material, in tooling, or in licence (if any). Or maybe it’s overall worse so it fits enshitification pattern. I’m purely speculating now.
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