While it's nice to hear that Goodyear is developing self-inflating tires for cars, where does that leave bicycle riders? Still pumping, presumably? Well, not if they're running PumpTires on their ...

The question, “Presta or Schrader?”, may seem confusing when you’re new to cycling and head to a bike shop to buy a replacement inner tube. For the vast majority of bikes, there are two types of valve ...

Roughly 130 years ago, New Yorker August Schrader and his able son, George, applied to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to protect the ownership of their new invention. It was a valve. "This ...

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Anyone who rides a bike would agree that flat or low-pressure tires are a drag. But why fiddle with a pump when the tire can inflate itself? San Francisco-based startup PumpTire has invented just such ...

Schwalbe wants its new Clik valve to become the industry standard for bike valves, replacing Presta and Schrader valves. Despite existing for almost as long as the bicycle, Presta and Schrader valves ...

When it comes to inflating bike tires on the road, there are two options: a compact hand pump that requires some exertion, or a single-use CO2 cartridge. New York-based DesignAir Innovations, however, ...

There aren't many technologies as ubiquitous in cycling as the Presta air valve. So it's surprising that, in the roughly 100 years since its invention, it's basically never changed. Until now. A new ...