Originally Posted by
bboy314
There are adapters, made of rubber or metal, for using presta tubes in Schraeder holes. It’s not ideal to go without, though I’ve seen it hold up before. Also seen it fail plenty of times.
Ok sounds like I should just get a Schrader tube then.
Presta valves have lock rings which I've read may help prevent what happened to me. I'm assuming Schrader tubes just don't have that? That's a shame. I may put a small piece of electrical tape around the base of the stem.