Trying to reply to your below comment, but can't for some reason? I'm new... sorry!
As for the below re: Presta being better high pressure applications. This was something pointed out to me only last year at a week of suspension tech/wheel building at UBI. Almost EVERYONE has the conception that presta holds air better, and is better for high pressure applications. But, your rear shock seems to have no problems holding up to 300 PSI worth of air in it, and it's got the handy 'ole Schrader valve going on ;)
Realistically presta valves were created so we could drill smaller holes in rims so we could better experiment with rim shapes/profiles. I would surmise at this point we could potentially move back to schrader drilling with the wider and wider rims we keep seeing, but I would suspect they would clog up easier? All speculation on my part!
May 10, 2017, 9:09 p.m. - andrewcashew
Trying to reply to your below comment, but can't for some reason? I'm new... sorry! As for the below re: Presta being better high pressure applications. This was something pointed out to me only last year at a week of suspension tech/wheel building at UBI. Almost EVERYONE has the conception that presta holds air better, and is better for high pressure applications. But, your rear shock seems to have no problems holding up to 300 PSI worth of air in it, and it's got the handy 'ole Schrader valve going on ;) Realistically presta valves were created so we could drill smaller holes in rims so we could better experiment with rim shapes/profiles. I would surmise at this point we could potentially move back to schrader drilling with the wider and wider rims we keep seeing, but I would suspect they would clog up easier? All speculation on my part!