Originally Posted by
Witterings
Personally I don't see what advantage they have and when there are 4 other bikes and 4 cars in the family that all have Schrader it's easier to switch the compressor on and top everything up in one hit .... the Schrader to Presta adapters are very hit or miss with a compressor so mainly a convenience thing coupled with the cost of 2 inner tubes was also less than the cost of a quality adapter / different fittings for the tyre inflator ... so nothing against Presta at all.
I've never had an issue airing up my tires with my air compressor and a Presta-to-Schrader adaptor. It does take a few extra seconds to pull it out of my under seat bag and screw it onto the stem, but once it's on I can put my tires up to 80 PSI where I need them.
But to each their own.