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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...