Inner tubes are crucial for my bike’s suspension and maintaining the right tire pressure for my rides. However, there’s ongoing controversy about the wall thickness of inner tubes – is thicker really better, or is it the other way around? I’ve...
Choosing a bike inner tube is an easy process, or at least, that’s what I thought until I went to a bike pro shop and saw that I was mistaken. In fact, I was floored. There was a whole rack of tubes with more than just size differences – there were...
Presta valve tubes? When I got my first bike from a department store, it had the identical valves as any car’s tires. So, when I finally decided to upgrade to a higher-tier mountain bike, you can imagine my surprise the first time I looked at the tires –...
Unless you’ve spent your life trapped in a cave, you’ve seen a Schrader valve on a car or bike tire. You may have a wheelbarrow with an inflatable tire with a Schrader valve tube. The point is that Schrader valves are the most common valve type, but do you...
There are times when inflating a tire that you might overdo the pressure. For example, if you’re using a high powered air compressor. Or, maybe you just need a little more grip on the trail, so you need to lower the tire pressure. Either way, knowing the right...
