Schwalbe SCV Conversion Kit

No more broken or bent French valves, and quick inflation

The worst purchase in ages… I’d had high hopes for these and thought they’d be ideal, but these valves just don’t work properly at all. The pump loses air as soon as you click the adapter onto it. And when you’re pumping them up, you can’t get the tyre to the right pressure. A rubbish product, unfortunately…

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Take out the old valve, fit the new click valve and tighten it. That’s all there is to it. Click the adapter onto your pump and pump it up. No more stuck or bent Presta valves…

Pros & Cons

After reading many positive reviews, I’ve made the switch to Schwalbe Clik Valve valves. To put it simply: I wouldn’t want anything else now. Converting from Presta to CV is straightforward, although the plastic ‘tool’ supplied isn’t quite ideal for tightening the new valve core properly. An aluminium tool would have been better. The included pump head adapter fits my Lezyne floor pump perfectly. A major advantage is that you can always measure the tyre pressure straight away. Clicking it on and off takes just a second – super simple! No more hassle with valve cores coming loose (something I experienced several times with my previous Presta valves; this was due to using a Lezyne screw-on pump head, where the valve core turns with the pump head when unscrewing, resulting in a flat tyre). No more faffing about with the little spindle that needs to be screwed in or out before or after pumping. I ride on standard inner tubes on my bike.

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Easy to inflate and no hassle with air leaks or valves coming loose

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