dfroelich wrote:
Maybe your pump head simply doesn't work well with the Silca adapter.Absolutely. The pump head I have on a my pump takes 2 people to inflate my FLO race wheels with extender. One to hold on the valve straight (me) and a second to inflate. My training tires aren't as finicky.
Another tip from a friend who is a bike mechanic of 40+ years is to inflate tube to about 50psi, then release all the air and reinflate. It can help prevent a pinch flat and I do that whenever I've just installed a tube.
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