http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Unnecessarily complicated en Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:03:21 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19672#post-309712 Sat, 29 Jun 2019 18:25:29 +0000 Tulyar 309712@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>For world tour fit traditional Woods valves - they can be repaired by the roadside unlike presta or schraeder. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19672#post-309687 Sat, 29 Jun 2019 10:53:17 +0000 Harts Cyclery 309687@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ribena, why not just use a presta-fitting pump? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19672#post-309671 Sat, 29 Jun 2019 08:19:55 +0000 Ribena 309671@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I’ve mentioned elsewhere on the board that my bike is German - it has Woods valves. I keep a Presta-Schrader converter on it constantly and then treat it as a Schrader valve. (I tend to buy a bag of a few of them every couple of years, they’re dirt cheap online) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19672#post-309656 Fri, 28 Jun 2019 18:30:33 +0000 Harts Cyclery 309656@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Made a video. Honestly, they're super easy to use, work with any presta fitting. They're great valves.</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/harts_cyclery/status/1144657837995548672" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/harts_cyclery/status/1144657837995548672</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19672#post-309650 Fri, 28 Jun 2019 16:47:52 +0000 chdot 309650@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>These are good for presta too to connect to Schraeder pumps. </p> <p><img src="https://www.cantitoeroad.com/thumbnail.asp?file=assets/images/both.jpg&amp;maxx=550&amp;maxy=0"> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19672#post-309649 Fri, 28 Jun 2019 16:43:24 +0000 chdot 309649@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“Not true”</p> <p>Well not <em>entirely</em> true. </p> <p>‘Other screw-on things are available.’ </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19672#post-309622 Fri, 28 Jun 2019 14:29:53 +0000 I were right about that saddle 309622@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Interesting. Thanks. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19672#post-309620 Fri, 28 Jun 2019 14:14:01 +0000 Harts Cyclery 309620@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It's the same thread as a presta valve. Any screw on adapter that fits presta fits Woods. Any push-on adapter that fits presta fits Woods. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19672#post-309617 Fri, 28 Jun 2019 13:38:44 +0000 Harts Cyclery 309617@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Most pumps won’t fit to Woods valves without the ‘old fashioned’ connector hose."</p> <p>Not true. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19672#post-309616 Fri, 28 Jun 2019 13:35:39 +0000 Harts Cyclery 309616@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Normally just a case of shoving it on a bit harder (and maybe holding it on in the case of a minipump). Or use a high quality tube and keep a track pump at home and you only have to top them once every few months. I have a customer who has just pumped up her Gazelle tyres for the first time since she bought the bike - over a year ago!! Schwalbe Dunlop valve tubes hold pressure remarkably well. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19672#post-309611 Fri, 28 Jun 2019 12:59:20 +0000 chdot 309611@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Most pumps won’t fit to Woods valves without the ‘old fashioned’ connector hose. </p> <p>Another downside of Woods valves is that they are easy to unscrew and steal - though this is less of a problem now they are less common. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19672#post-309606 Fri, 28 Jun 2019 12:38:21 +0000 I were right about that saddle 309606@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I changed my Woods valves because I couldn't get the Presta side of my micro-pump to reliably connect to them. Wonder if I was doing it wrong? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19672#post-309599 Fri, 28 Jun 2019 11:32:13 +0000 Harts Cyclery 309599@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Haha. Iain, your Woods/Dunlop valve works fine with a presta pump or adaptor.</p> <p>They're actually really good valves: have high air-flow, are easy to maintain and clean etc. And are much more robust than presta valves. You can blame the demise of Raleigh as a manufacturing enterprise for the demise of the Dunlop valve in the UK. They used to come on all Raleighs up until the early 90s. </p> <p>I actually quite like that the Dutch/Germans still use them. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19672#post-309033 Tue, 18 Jun 2019 21:50:22 +0000 LaidBack 309033@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Woods / Dunlop style valves are fitted in all the Urban Arrows. In NL standard fare and even in Sweden last year the free air hoses had these.<br /> For customers we supply an adapter to Schraeder valve. (A wee hose with brass part we get from Cycle Service who help with UA related matters - along with Harts recently. Buy the hose and remove brass part - just screw on and you have pretend Schraeder).<br /> Normally we would just replace tubes but as the e-assisted heavyweight UA is filled with sealant the type of tube is less an issue.<br /> Harts may have answers on this as Gazelle dealer. Non Benelux Gazelles are maybe fitted out with Schraeders and Prestas though. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19672#post-309029 Tue, 18 Jun 2019 20:46:10 +0000 gembo 309029@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>See thread I have just bumped - on the left hand side </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19672#post-309028 Tue, 18 Jun 2019 20:44:38 +0000 I were right about that saddle 309028@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I just took the Woods inner tubes out of my Dutchie, at least on the left hand side. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19672#post-309024 Tue, 18 Jun 2019 20:37:29 +0000 gembo 309024@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This has been discussed on here before. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19672#post-309023 Tue, 18 Jun 2019 20:15:09 +0000 dessert rat 309023@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>any good reason for dunlop/woods valves ?</p> <p>Can I get a woods to presta adapter ?</p> <p>I seem to be able to get every other combination, except that.</p> <p>My life was my less complicated yesterday when I was unaware these existed. </p>