>From the Latin verb Pressare? Relating in this case to pressure. In other words "Presta vavle" being synonymous with "pressure valve". Only a guess, I really have no idea.
Ian A/Canada On Thursday, September 1, 2016 at 11:50:38 AM UTC-6, Michael Hechmer wrote: > > Almost 40 years ago I bought my first set of wheels with something called > "Presta Valves." I always assumed that it was Italian for press the pump > onto the stem, but now realize that might not be true. In the last two > years I have replaced both my floor pump and a mini pump. Both of these > don't allow me to presta dem on; now I have to screwda dem on. OK, so the > little thingamabob gets pressed down to open the valve, but still I think > they should now be called screweda valves. > > Michael > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
