In use. Because I am efficient (or lazy) I didn’t even replace my entire valve stem. Instead, I left my tire on the rim, unthreaded my Presta valve core, and threaded in the Clik valve core.

Push on with a click, pull off. The CLIK Valve is all about simplicity and ease of use. It also happens to have 50% better airflow than a presta valve.

If presta valves fail for you, you are doing something very wrong, I have never had a problem with them over the 10’s of thousands of miles ridden. Report comment Reply ...

If your bike has Presta valves on its rims or tubes, you'll know that pumping the tires can be a fiddly business. The Zilch floor pump is claimed to address that problem, with head seals that don ...

Roughly 130 years ago, New Yorker August Schrader and his able son, George, applied to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to protect the ownership of their new invention. It was a valve. "This ...

Presta valves are mostly found on road bikes. They have a more complicated shape than a Schrader valve. They also end in a blunt tip, but it’s much smaller and finer.

It looks like Ricky Gervais has acquired a bike this Christmas, but he has been having a few problems inflating the bike’s tyres. Earlier today the comedian – writer of hit comedy The Office – asked ...

Clik also fits into a Presta valve core and works on most Presta pumps. Yet, it remains to be seen whether Clik is just another doomed standard, or the solution to many a cyclists greatest headache.