Bicycle tubes with presta left and schrader right valves.
Bicycle inner tube valve types.
The humble inner tube may be one of the simplest parts on your bike but with a wide range of sizes different valve types and a choice of materials choosing the right tube isn t necessarily as.
Presta inner tubes are available in different valve lengths to be appropriate for use in deep section rim profiles.
Most bikes come with wheels that use presta valved tubes.
Wider than a presta valve and typically the same circumference top to bottom.
Presta valve inner tube.
If you have deep section rims make sure the valve is long enough to extend through the rim hole and still leave enough valve stem showing to fit the pump onto.
Presta schrader and woods valves are each most common on particular types of bikes but they function largely the same and are frequently but not always interchangeable on wheel rims.
A third rarer type of valve is the woods or dunlop style.
Bicycle inner tubes have two major types of valves.
Angelsimon getty images schrader.
Inner tube valve types.
Bicycle inner tubes are divided according to their valve types and there are three of them available in the market.