Originally Posted by
Roopull
I'm just looking at it from the perspective of functionality. There are advantages & disadvantages to both.
If there's an advantage to Prestas aside from narrower or deeper rims, I don't know of it & am open to be educated.
If there are disadvantages to Shraders aside from available wheelsets, I'm lost there, too.
You can air up the tube prior to install by breathing into it.
You can get threaded stem tubes for $3.00 or so. Gotta pay at least $8.00 or so for threaded Schraeder stems last I checked.
Inflation is a tad easier with Presta, since you don't have to fight a sprung valve each stroke
I just like the way it feels to unscrew the top of a presta valve, burp it and push one of these on to it:
