Originally Posted by
TheLastOfUs
I managed to fill my rear tire with air using one of these mini bike pumps...despite the Schrader fitting constantly recessing as I pushed this bike pump into the valve...had to practically hold the Schrader valve and push the pump in to fill it with air (this is correct right?) Or should my valve not be flailing in and out of the rim hole?
Does the pump have a lock, a lever that 'grasps' the valve? If not, you have to keep on pushing on the pump head to keep it on the valve. I had one like this once. I discarded it.
Originally Posted by
TheLastOfUs
I think I may have ripped the schrader valve from the tube
How can you be unsure?
Originally Posted by
TheLastOfUs
Rim says this: Weinmann 700c x 28x35
A rim has 1 width; where on it did you find this?
Originally Posted by
TheLastOfUs
My Actual TIRE on the other hand says 700 x 38c....
The tube inside says 700 x 35/43c.
Check out sheldonbrown.com/tire-sizing.html to find out what tires your rim can accommodate - after you figure out exactly how wide the rim is.
Originally Posted by
TheLastOfUs
I know the first number means diameter of the tire and the 2nd set means width/fatness of tire (I might be wrong).
But, this time, you are right.
Originally Posted by
TheLastOfUs
If my rim only supports up to 35c...why on earth is my tire 700x38c. Isn't that bad?
Not necessarily