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Old 08-19-04, 09:51 AM
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Originally Posted by froze
Sorry Retro Grouch but your incorrect...HAHHAHAHAHAHA...well at least in one area; anywhew the sites below debunk your "not any easier to pump" thesis.

see Presta heading at: http://www.sheldonbrown.com/gloss_p.html

and read this from Jobst Brandt: http://www.yarchive.net/bike/presta.html
Even smart people make mistakes but in this case I'm willing to forgive you bacause you just repeated what someone else said without asking yourself if it makes sense or not. That might get you real good grades in school but it doesn't always make it true.

In this case, I'm going to stand by what I said until one of your sources can explain why my ideas aren't valid. Frankly, I think that they are both just plain wrong in this case because you don't use air pressure to push open the spring on a Schrader valve. Neither of them addresses that fact do they?

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