SO frustrated

[rivergrl]

The pump I bought was suppose to work on both type valves. However, I made the mistake of using my pump on my shraeder valve Sedona and messed it up and couldn't use it for my road bike. After using it, it would no longer work on my road bike presta valve. I took it to the bike shop and he said it was messed up from using it on the shraeder valve...funny, they told me it would work on BOTH when I bought it.

Anyway, I just use a seperate pump for the comfort bike instead of using the same pump for my road bike. They told me it would work for both but obviously it didn't.

[Deborajen]

Our floor pump was said to work on both kinds of valves, and it actually has two separate plug holes - one for each type of valve. We previously had a floor pump for Schraeder valves and we used adapters. The adapters are o.k. in a pinch, but personally I have much better luck keeping air in the tires (ie., not deflating when you disconnect the pump) with the pump that doesn't need an adapter.

Deb

[Xrayted]

Rivergrl: Does your pump that is supposed to work both ways have just one hole? If so, there is probably a small rubber adaptor piece inside. One way fits Schrader, one way fits Presta. You can pull it out and put it in the opposite way and now it fits Presta. (If you can spin the very tip of the pump off, this is probably what you have.) I used a small screwdriver to pry mine out so I could flip it around.
Hope this helps.

-X.

[HillSlugger]

Rivergrl: Does your pump that is supposed to work both ways have just one hole? If so, there is probably a small rubber adaptor piece inside. One way fits Schrader, one way fits Presta. You can pull it out and put it in the opposite way and now it fits Presta. (If you can spin the very tip of the pump off, this is probably what you have.) I used a small screwdriver to pry mine out so I could flip it around.
Hope this helps.

-X.

My floor pump (Performance Hurricane Team Floor Pump) has one hole. There is a rubber piece inside but it doesn't fit in reversed, and the instructions indicate that it's supposed to do both valves without having to change anything. For my pump it's either a crock, or using it for schraeder ruined it for presta. The adapter thing does the trick for me.