Kronan valves

"Peter McQueen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I have a Kronan bike. It's the best for city biking. The
only bad thing is, the tire valves are these weird
European type, which won't work with a standard North
American pump. Is there an adapter available? From what
I've been able to find on the Internet, the valves are
Woods/Dunlop.

I just love the fact that someone will assume something they
haven't seen before must be some whacky European thing.
Unlike good ol' all-American Woods valves
:-)

Quoted post said:

Originally posted by Peter McQueen
I have a Kronan bike. It's the best for city biking. The
only bad thing is, the tire valves are these weird European
type, which won't work with a standard North American pump.
Is there an adapter available? From what I've been able to
find on the Internet, the valves are Woods/Dunlop.

Presta adapter will work.
Many bicycle pumps come with the Presta adapter, or you can buy a separate one.
If you would like to confirm what you have with a picture look:

< http://sheldonbrown.com/tires.html>

and click the "Tubes" link which will scroll you down to the Woods/Dunlap picture... amongst others.

Some of these valves are convertible back to Schrader if you really want to.... or you can just switch out the tubes for Schrader valve versions... if you don't like/want to deal with the Presta adapter.

My Presta adpater is a Silca Presta pump head that I secure in the Schrader "chuck" of my old Zephal HP pump.