Originally Posted by
Fasteryoufool
Yeah... 'cuz there are so MANY obvious advantages to having a finicky French valve over a simple German one. Oh wait... no there isn't. And with Shrader valves you can stop at a gas station and air up in an emergency.
!. Presta valves are not finicky.
2. The Shrader valve is an American invention, not German, though Shrader was a German immigrant to the US.
3. As noted above, adapters are cheap and readily available and can be stored on the end of the presta valve.
4. The thing I find better about the presta is that one need not compress a spring in order to get air into the tube and it is, in my opinion, easier to get a hand pump to work.
I see no advantage to the Shrader at all.