Clik Valves

Quick note so nobody gets lost: Clik Valve is its own company, and this is my Berm Peak store. If you came here to buy Clik, the button above is the place to go. If you want the story behind why I’m involved, here it is.

I’m not sponsored. I’m an owner.

For years I actually did have a bike sponsor, Diamondback. It helped me go full-time on the channel, but riding one brand’s bikes on camera came with a built-in conflict of interest. When they dropped me in 2022, I realized I didn’t need a bike-industry sponsor anymore, and honestly the videos got more fun without one. No conflicts, no toes to step on.

What I have turned down, again and again, is ownership. Companies wanting me to join up, start something, be the face of an app, sometimes for equity, sometimes for guaranteed money. None of it ever felt right.

Then I said yes to a valve. Here’s how that happened.

A while back I made a video about how much Presta valves stink, long before I had anything to do with Clik. Presta is basically a design from the 1880s: weak airflow, a fragile little tip that bends, you have to unscrew it to pump it up, and it chews up pump heads. In that video I showed a few better options, including a brand-new one called Clik. I put Clik valves on my bike for the shoot, and I just kept them. Then I put them on my other bikes too.

I’ve run Clik on my own bikes since before I had any stake in the company.

The guy behind it

The owner of Clik, John Quintana, reached out. John isn’t a venture-capital guy or a marketing guru. He’s an engineer who looked at a 140-year-old valve and figured he could do better. He didn’t send me sales pitches, he sent me 3D models and prototypes he was fired up about. We hit it off, because we’re both nerds who like to talk about the same nerdy things.

What sold me wasn’t a pitch, it was watching Clik grow on its own. Real customers, not paid ones, raving about it. I once saw John, the CEO, personally answer a customer’s complaint, thank him for the feedback, and use it to make the product better. That’s the kind of company worth being part of.

Clik cores swap into any Presta stem, and move from tube to tube.

Why a valve, of all things

A valve core is the one component that fits every single bike on earth. Not tires, not tubes. Valves. So if there’s one small place to make riding easier for everybody, this is it. And Clik is a real redesign, not a tweak on Presta:

• You push the pump head on and it clicks into place with a positive lock. No threading, no unscrewing, no bent tips.
• A little kid can push it on and pump up a tire.
• It’s backwards compatible. A regular Presta pump still works, just push and hold.
• The valves and heads are tested past 50,000 cycles, with strong airflow that doesn’t clog easily.

Presta is finally having its USB-C moment, and I get to be a small part of that.

The tubeless valve and pump head kit. There’s a starter core kit for about $15, too.

Full transparency

Since I own part of a valve company, you shouldn’t take my opinion on valves as gospel anymore. I’ll say it plainly: I’m biased. So don’t buy Clik because I told you to. Try them yourself, or talk to people who actually ride them. Keep running Presta if you love it, drill your rims for Schrader, whatever makes you happy. I just want you to ride your bike and have fun.

If you’re curious, here’s the whole story in my own words: