Am I doing it wrong?

Webbers88

Hi everyone first posting after getting my first road bike today. It is all ready to go except one thing, the tyres.

I bought a hand held pump which has to screw onto the valve, the only problem is, while pumping the tyre up, all I can hear is the air escaping around the valve.

Can someone please help?

Just run it through the whole procedure with these Presta valves.

Cheers
Paul

thistle_

Take the plastic cap off
Unscrew the little brass cylinder on the end of the valve a bit
Press the brass valve down and some air should come out

Now try pumping it up.

tiredofwhiners

Hand held pump which screws onto the valve ?

Shock pumps are usually push on and track pumps have levers.

Is this an old type of bike pump that folks use to pump up footballs ?

slowbike

tiredofwhiners wrote:

Hand held pump which screws onto the valve ?

Shock pumps are usually push on and track pumps have levers.

Is this an old type of bike pump that folks use to pump up footballs ?

Suggest you go and take a better look then.
I have 3 bike pumps that screw on and two stands with levers.
The co2 does just press on though.

ShutUpLegs

tiredofwhiners wrote:

Hand held pump which screws onto the valve ?

Shock pumps are usually push on and track pumps have levers.

Is this an old type of bike pump that folks use to pump up footballs ?

Was 'TyredOfWhiners' not available as a username :?:

jameses

Press/screw the attachment onto the valve more firmly so it seals properly.

rolf_f

tiredofwhiners wrote:

Hand held pump which screws onto the valve ?

Shock pumps are usually push on and track pumps have levers.

Is this an old type of bike pump that folks use to pump up footballs ?

What sort of pump do you carry with you? Mine is a Leyzne mini pump. It has a screw on hose attachment which is less bulky than a lever and gentler on the valve than a push on type. I think you need to get with the 21st century!

Webbers88

Well what I have is one of the old hand held cylinder type pumps with a 6" long hose that screws into the end of it.nat the end of the hose is an attachment for an Mtb tyre and then a small attachment that screw into that for the smaller road tyres. I can hear air escaping after about 3 pumps and it sounds like it is coming from between the two attachments. I have tried as hard as I can to make sure the is a proper seal between the attachments and the valve but no lick. Am I just being plain stupid and shouldn't even bother with and wait until I can get one of these floor pumps I now see everyone talking about.

Just really want to get out on e road that is all

alihisgreat

thistle (MBNW) wrote:

Take the plastic cap off
Unscrew the little brass cylinder on the end of the valve a bit
Press the brass valve down and some air should come out

Now try pumping it up.

this.. make sure you press down the valve every time as sometimes the valve can stick.

Webbers88

Have tried, still no better...

slowbike

How much air is currently in your tyres? Those old hand pumps are not good for high pressure - best off getting a decent track pump and a pump for the bike.

desweller

Those Schrader->Presta adapters are a right old faff to get working...you're better off getting a good frame pump to cover all your needs.

t4tomo

DesWeller wrote:

Those Schrader->Presta adapters are a right old faff to get working...you're better off getting a good frame pump to cover all your needs.

+1 I've had the misfortune of using one and it is a right old fiddle getting it right. Get a track pump that will fit both Presta and Schrader, you'll get plenty of use out of it

Webbers88

Well I have found out that the air is escaping from between the hose and the valve. Used some sticky sealant tape from work and after a few pumps an air bubble was blown out and then the air carried on leaking.

Do you think there is more a problem seeing as the air bubble was still blown through the sealant tape? Seems there is a lot of back pressure. Is this normal? Sorry for all the n00b questions but they are coming from one.