Originally Posted by
Trakhak
I don't use adapters, since all my pumps work with Presta (and Schraeder) valves, but why not leave them on all the time? (Unless "Wow" meant "I never thought of that---mind blown!")
Wow - as in "Why would anyone do that?"
It's funny to me that so many people seem to have trouble with something as simple as a Presta valve. There are reasons that better bikes use Presta, while almost all of the BSOs sold by Walmart use Schrader. Presta is a better valve and it's quite easy once you know how it works.