Originally Posted by
LesterOfPuppets
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.
Good points... Never thought about being able to put a little air in a Presta w/o a pump. I've never seen Prestas that cheap, but then, I didn't run 'em for very long, & the local bike shop (that just went out of business) was run by a real jerk.
Okay, what's that a picture of?