Anybody tried Clik tire valves?

[Rás Cnoic]

Had to look up that onboard tyre inflation deflation. It was at last year's Gravel worlds that it was displayed. They are very far along with it:

 

[jabberwocky]

I can understand that.
That said, I do not have a huge fleet of bicycles, I just have one. And if this innovation works, life will be slightly less of a PITA.

For sure. Their first party valves and pump heads are reasonably priced at least. If you have a small collection it could be worth a shot if you want to try it.

 

[Jeremy McCreary]

Everybody in my community uses Presta valves (tubed or tubeless), and no one reports issues with the type. Any modern sporty bike comes with Presta. I myself have never experienced any problems with this type of valve.
It is so sad to see how a reactionary influential youtuber is gaslighting his viewers. According to Seth, you shall ride the 3x drivetrain, use Schrader valves and at best convert your existing MTB into an e-bike using Bimotal system. Now, you feel compelled to try the Click system.
I asked YouTube to never show me that stupid face again.

If Presta were so hopeless, it would be no reason for the industry to provide any expensive bike with this type of valve. Guys, please be reasonable.

The best YT comment:
@sjanzeir
1 day ago (edited)
Here's the thing: most people think that in order to inflate a tire with a Presta valve, you're going to need to unscrew the valve nut all the way out. Nothing could be farther from the truth. In fact it is doing just that - spinning the nut all the way out - that gives the air chuck/pump head the leverage to bend the valve stem as you attach it to and detach it from the valve. As soon as I realized what it was that I was doing wrong and stopped opening the nut all the way to pump up the tire, I no longer had any issues with bent valve stems. You only need to spin the nut out about one and a half to two turns to get full air flow through the valve and into the tire.

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None of the fifty guys in this picture had anything else than Presta on their bike. I helped one of them to replace the inner tube during the ride.

Good Presta valve tip, but I just don't understand all this emotion over tire valves — and especially against Seth. I find him reasonable, careful, knowledgeable, and experienced. Here he presented the pros and cons of all the valves he covered.

Besides,

(everybody does it) ≠ (no room for improvement)

 

[DaveMatthews]

Good Presta valve tip, but I just don't understand all this emotion over tire valves — and especially against Seth. I find him reasonable, careful, knowledgeable, and experienced. Here he presented the pros and cons of all the valves he covered.

Besides,

(everybody does it) ≠ (no room for improvement)

Presta valves are over 100 years old. Sure, they are a good design, and relatively simple. But to suggest there's no room or need for improvement on a 100 year old device makes no sense to me. Ebike? Who needs it! ABS in your car? Bollocks! Electronic shifting? Bah Humbug! VOIP instead of copper landlines? Poppycock! Etc...
That's just me...

 

[Rás Cnoic]

Good Presta valve tip, but I just don't understand all this emotion over tire valves — and especially against Seth. I find him reasonable, careful, knowledgeable, and experienced. Here he presented the pros and cons of all the valves he covered.

Besides,

(everybody does it) ≠ (no room for improvement)

Same. And Seth is entertaining. Not my favourite but he's a good presenter.

And of all the topics covered on this venerable site valves must be the dullest hill to die on.

 

[jabberwocky]

A video on Clik is totally on brand for Seth. He covers past and up-and-coming tech pretty regularly.

 

[BigNerd]

Presta valves are over 100 years old. Sure, they are a good design, and relatively simple. But to suggest there's no room or need for improvement on a 100 year old device makes no sense to me. Ebike? Who needs it! ABS in your car? Bollocks! Electronic shifting? Bah Humbug! VOIP instead of copper landlines? Poppycock! Etc...
That's just me...

Internet? Smartphones? EVs?

No one needs those!

 

[Mr. Coffee]

The main argument against Clik as a long term industry replacement is that it seems to be a proprietary, patent protected standard. Hard to imagine the industry as a whole jumping onto it when they have to pay Schwalbe to license the tech to actually produce anything, even if its technically superior.

I'll only worry when I have to install an app and have a subscription to put air in my tires. Correction: I won't worry because I'll get rid of them in that case.

We're talking about tire valves here. A (mostly) inexpensive part that is easy to swap out if you don't like 'em.

 

[jabberwocky]

I'll only worry when I have to install an app and have a subscription to put air in my tires. Correction: I won't worry because I'll get rid of them in that case.

We're talking about tire valves here. A (mostly) inexpensive part that is easy to swap out if you don't like 'em.

Sure. As noted previously, the Schwalbe first party parts aren't particularly expensive and its a simple swap to try. Just noting that its hard to see them becoming widespread presta replacements when they are patent-encumbered and only produced by a single manufacturer.

 

[Calcoaster]

Any indication that the clik valves will be more resistant to sealant plugging than standard presta? I do like the looks of their other properties: no fragile core to bend, better pump head sealing and better flow rate. I thought Fillmore were the answer until I looked at them before buying and realized there’s no way to check the sealant level through them. I use the dipstick method and never have the mess or hassle of unseating the tire just to see how much sealant is in it.
I see that they sell just the clik cores or a complete clik valve that includes the core. It doesn’t look like there is anything unique about their matching valve, but if anyone tries one, I’d like to hear!

 

[DaveMatthews]

Any indication that the clik valves will be more resistant to sealant plugging than standard presta? I do like the looks of their other properties: no fragile core to bend, better pump head sealing and better flow rate. I thought Fillmore were the answer until I looked at them before buying and realized there’s no way to check the sealant level through them. I use the dipstick method and never have the mess or hassle of unseating the tire just to see how much sealant is in it.
I see that they sell just the clik cores or a complete clik valve that includes the core. It doesn’t look like there is anything unique about their matching valve, but if anyone tries one, I’d like to hear!

Mine should be here next week.

 

[DaveMatthews]

I posted my Clik valve purchase on another EMTB site, and here's a user review. Hope they're as good as his experience...

Been on the Click valves since just before Xmas. Absolutely love them.

Checking tyre pressure and adding more air if necessary is much better than with Presta and I would argue better than Schraeder (car) too.

With Presta and Schraeder you are trying to make a seal between the pump head and a sharp thread. This inherently is inclined to leak (through the thread) and by wiggling to the side as you try to clamp on a fairly short length of thread. The thread also slowly chews up the rubber seal. You also have the extra step of tightening (or screwing on) the pump head.

I haven't seen any coverage of this but the Click valve seals on the INSIDE of the valve. A stainless thin walled tube (like a giant hypodermic needle) goes down inside the Click valve and is sealed by an O-ring; whilst the outside clips on to keep it down.
As well as sealing perfectly (very quickly) this also stays on without any supervision even if you are pumping like crazy with both hands on the track pump.

It may sound trivial, but the time saved:-
1. Unscrewing a valve cap, (which you have to do with both Presta and Schraeder and Muc-Off and Fillmore etc etc)
2. and (in the case of presta) unscrewing the valve itself.
3. Screwing on or toggling the lever of the pump head.
4. Keeping the pump relatively steady so that the pump head doesn't leak on the valve.
5. Unscrewing or removing pump head.
6. (in the case of presta etc) re-tightening the valve itself.
7. Re-screwing valve cap on.

Which is now just:-
1. Pull cap off.
2. Push pump head on.
(pump without worrying about head coming loose)
3. Pull pump head off.
4. Push cap back on.

Is really noticeable. (though I do have 2 valves to check on each wheel so this was always more of a pain for me than most people)

It is also nice that whatever pressure I get on the pump it seems like there is zero leakage when disconnecting so I feel confident the pressure is spot on.

I was also pleasantly surprised that my existing Presta mini-pump and Topeak D2 digital gauge work on them with zero issues.

100% recommend.

 

[DaveMatthews]

Well this is interesting...
The Clik valves showed up today. Wasn't expecting them until next week according to tracking.
But... the surprise is that they shipped the pump adaptor head with them, which I did not order!
Lucky bonus day for me! Might not be until the weekend until I try this all out and convert the Presta cores, but big grin on my face anyway!

 

[DaveMatthews]

For what it's worth, the Clik cores are made in Italy, and oddly, packaged in Taiwan. The caps snap on snugly, so I suspect they'll stay on no worries.
The Pump adaptor head is made in Taiwan. It is aluminum and very nicely machined/made. You can use it on different pump types.
Can't wait to try them out!