Fitting Tyres
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I had a go once. Take my advice, spending £15 having someone else do the hard work is money well spent.
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Someone was selling DIY tyre changing equipment recently 
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Oops. Just checked and its sold
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If at home as said for the cost I use the bike shop especially if it needs to be balanced. That said I should really get more practise in for when it goes tits out on the trail although I've had a good run lateley. I use the vice at home to crimp the tyre off the bead? Some good tips here from Lyndon Poskitt, its quite long but you can skip thru sections of it..
https://youtu.be/r7mBa7-5OIg
https://youtu.be/r7mBa7-5OIg
Teeonethousand
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I changed mine a couple of weeks ago. PR4 off and Tourance on. I did it myself because...well.....I wanted to.
Following YouTube vids and reading as much as poss here is what I did on each tyre.
Lots of lube.
Bead breaking was easy with a towel folded twice over the wheel and using my garden spade......couple of jumps for the front wheel and got it first time on the back. As soon as the bead broke I then switched to a ‘prodder’ to just push the rest off all round.
Lots of lube. I had 3 tyre irons (£8 a pair off eBay plus an old one I had already) and had cut up an old leather belt for rim protectors. Per a you tube vid I saw I put a wooden wedge on the opposite site to the levers to keep the tyre in the centre trough. Started near the sensor. First side popped off quite easily. Lubed the inside edge of the second side and it came away fairly easily. Part of the secret was working out which end of the lever worked best for which edge and getting the tyre to slide up/down on the levers.
Lots of lube again, then the first edge of the new tyre which was quite easy. Second edge bit of a bugger and needed 3 hands...again the secret is levering the tyre and pushing it down at the same time hence lots of lube to get it to slide off the lever. (I had help during the three hand phase(s)
The rear was much easier than the front.
My mains electric pump was plenty to seal the beads....popped at around 50 psi.
Balanced the front tyre with my static balance, didn’t balance the back.
About 90 mins start to finish ....60 of which was the actual tyre changeing.
Following YouTube vids and reading as much as poss here is what I did on each tyre.
Lots of lube.
Bead breaking was easy with a towel folded twice over the wheel and using my garden spade......couple of jumps for the front wheel and got it first time on the back. As soon as the bead broke I then switched to a ‘prodder’ to just push the rest off all round.
Lots of lube. I had 3 tyre irons (£8 a pair off eBay plus an old one I had already) and had cut up an old leather belt for rim protectors. Per a you tube vid I saw I put a wooden wedge on the opposite site to the levers to keep the tyre in the centre trough. Started near the sensor. First side popped off quite easily. Lubed the inside edge of the second side and it came away fairly easily. Part of the secret was working out which end of the lever worked best for which edge and getting the tyre to slide up/down on the levers.
Lots of lube again, then the first edge of the new tyre which was quite easy. Second edge bit of a bugger and needed 3 hands...again the secret is levering the tyre and pushing it down at the same time hence lots of lube to get it to slide off the lever. (I had help during the three hand phase(s)
The rear was much easier than the front.
My mains electric pump was plenty to seal the beads....popped at around 50 psi.
Balanced the front tyre with my static balance, didn’t balance the back.
About 90 mins start to finish ....60 of which was the actual tyre changeing.
Can I ask how well the rims survived. I will be removing PR4s for TrailRiders, are adventure tyres more difficult etc. Looking at the video it appears simple but I don’t want to damage the wheel rim
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Teeonethousand
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Can I ask how well the rims survived. I will be removing PR4s for TrailRiders, are adventure tyres more difficult etc. Looking at the video it appears simple but I don’t want to damage the wheel rim
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Rims survived fine.....each time I placed a tyre leaver in I checked for the leather in the right place and ensure I wasn’t near either a spoke or the TPMS. I warmed old and new tyres in the sun for an hour or so ...that maybe helped. IMHO it is more of a process and technique rather than grunt.
I almost always do my own tyers. Break them down with a bench vice. Seen many different methods side stand g clamp but never a garden spade. Gona try it next time. JJH
£10 a tyre fitted and balanced at the guy I go to. Perk of Falkirk area cheap cost of living I guess.
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Great advice
Local tyre depot - £15 fitted and balanced - just pop in and ask !
I've always done my own until i got the GS and thought i would take it to a recomended bike place. Cost me thirty odd quid and when i checked their balancing it was out 10grams. Back to doing it myself which i prefer to be honest. All i have is a home made bead breaker , 4 tyre levers , a home made working platform covered with carpet with a hole for the disc to drop through , 4 rim protectors and a tub of tyre lube. Oh and a static balancer. It can be a bit fiddley but i find it satisfying when the job's finished and i haven't scratched a rim.
ninjarich1971
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Like any job, it’s in the technique. Take your time, dont try with cold tyres, break the bead properly, use plenty of soap and make sure you push the bead well into the inside of the rim. Do yourself a favour and purchase some rim protectors, if done correctly you should whip one off in no time. Before refitting, check direction and then double check it, nothing more an than getting it back on the bike and finding it’s backwards. Then soap the new tyre and make sure you get the soap onto both sides. Clean the rim and slide the new tyre over the rim a bit at a time. Make sure that you keep pushing the new bead well into the rim well. You should then only need a rubber mallet to finish the first part off easily. Then make sure that you have any balancing spots in the correct place and use a small g clamp on the rim to stop the tyre sliding round. Start from the clamp and whilst sliding the rim protectors round a bit at a time just take small bites with a tyre lever until you get to the last tight spot, make sure again that the bead is pushed well into the rim and then you should be able to snap the last part of the tyre over the rim. Also, cheap tyre levers have sharp edges, grind the edges off and keep everything rounded and smooth. Check the tyres in the right place and blow the tyre up without the valve in to get it to seat, two loud pops will tell you that it’s seated happily, stick the valve back in and check the pressure and then balance it.
Job done
I always change the on an old blanket to stop the scratches. The spoked wheels are the harder to master as the rims are quite a bit wider but still easy enough if you’ve got the correct technique and attitude.
Job done
I always change the on an old blanket to stop the scratches. The spoked wheels are the harder to master as the rims are quite a bit wider but still easy enough if you’ve got the correct technique and attitude.
When I was younger and poorer I always changed my own tyres. Times moved on and I found a great contact for cheap tyre fitting, alas he has retired for good and it is harder to find places willing to fit 'your' tyres at reasonable prices.
The local independent Bike dealer wanted £38.00 to fit and balance to a loose wheel. Most local tyre shops won't fit them unless they are brand new, so when I fitted new tyres to go on a tour, came back and wanted to replace the knackered tyres with the part worn ones they refused, and the prices are at least £15.00 per tyre.
With several bikes, including a track bike, and changing tyres regularly I decided to try the https://max2h.com/en/ . I managed to contact them direct and get a better deal than the headline prices and it has just arrived. So I will let you how it goes very soon ......
The local independent Bike dealer wanted £38.00 to fit and balance to a loose wheel. Most local tyre shops won't fit them unless they are brand new, so when I fitted new tyres to go on a tour, came back and wanted to replace the knackered tyres with the part worn ones they refused, and the prices are at least £15.00 per tyre.
With several bikes, including a track bike, and changing tyres regularly I decided to try the https://max2h.com/en/ . I managed to contact them direct and get a better deal than the headline prices and it has just arrived. So I will let you how it goes very soon ......
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