Bicycle Inner Tube Types
Most bikes come with wheels that use presta valved tubes.
Bicycle inner tube 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. Inner tubes typically state a wheel diameter and width range for which they will work e g. Then there are sub categories within these categories. Inner tube valve types.
26 x 1 95 2 125 indicating that the tube is intended to fit a 26 inch tyre with a width of between 1 95 inches and 2 125 inches. These valves are quite narrow and have a screw at their valve tip. Unlike an inner tube s diameter which is fixed an inner tube s volume can operate effectively over quite a wide range. For example the same inner tubes are used with tires in the e t r t o.
Your bike tire tubes sizes are easiest to find when you are changing out an old tube assuming that it was the right tube in the first place but it s always good to know how to select the right size tube. 630mm english 27 inch and 622mm french 700c sizes. Like bike tires bike inner tubes sizes vary depending on the size and type of bike tire. What type of inner tube is needed for my bike.
Bicycle inner tubes have two major types of valves. Bicycle tires and inner tubes are sold in a variety of diameters. So while the inner tube we buy for one of our examples above has to be 700c in diameter the width it will suit may be marked on the box as 23 25c or even 20 28c. These come in three types.
An inner tube with too large a diameter will fold over inside the tire. 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. The size of the inner tubes depends on the circumference of the wheel and the width of the tire. Pneumatic tires are superior in providing effective cushioning while keeping rolling resistance very low.
The diameter and circumference of the wheel can vary whether it s a touring bike road bike or a mountain bike. Bicycle tubes with presta left and schrader right valves. There are limits though. A third rarer type of valve is the woods or dunlop style.
Your schrader valve tube requires pressure on the inner pin to let air in.