how to break your tyre bead at home ?

[norseman56]

Helge Pedersen shows how to do it with the sidestand in his video:

http://www.globeriders.com/product_pages/dvd_r1150gs.shtml

Put the bike on the centerstand and secure the bike with a strap from the centerstand to the front of the bike. Pull out the sidestand and lower the bike carefully down on the tire so it hits the tire close to the rim. It looks really easy when he shows it in the video. If you have taken off the rear, you can put your pannier or something under to secure it from falling backwards.

I got the Beadbraker from Bestrest products the other day and it worked quite well.

http://www.bestrestproducts.com/c-98-beadbrakr.aspx

I figured that this product and their Cyclepump would be exellent to bring along on my trips.

 

[DevonianScotsman]

 

[Stevie73]

Simples...

Put bike on centre stand. Tie the centre stand to the front wheel or the forks so it can't roll or fall forward. Lower the side stand, place tyre under side stand, lean the bike over so the bead is under the side stand, lean the bike a bit more and use its weight to break the bead with the side stand... It's what I do anyway...

 

[Stevie73]

 

[richierex]

Another way of breaking the bead is to get another bike with rider and use the side stand, ie stand down and then lower the bike stand onto the bead with the weight of the bike the bead will release.

This one works a treat. we used it on a campsite in Spain after a Frenchy punctured one of our tyres in 3 places. Its a long story but he was annoyed about parking spots.

 

[turnipbmw]

I have a vice

 

[Rob Farmer]

I bought one of Mavericks

Hefty but it does exactly what it says on the tin

 

[cheap'n'cheerful]

A blunt garden spade works well just put it between the protected rim and tyre and pretended your digging .

cheers C'n'C

 

[Rob Farmer]

A blunt garden spade works well just put it between the protected rim and tyre and pretended your digging .

cheers C'n'C

I've tried that with limited success. I'm no lightweight but I've had a couple of tyres that wouldn't break the bead this way.

 

[(RIP) Miff]

 

[Steptoe]

I'd like to see the bike packed up with a spade or shovel or a floor mounted bead breaker


Use a G clamp. No need for a large one if you insert it through the spokes and come up to the tyre from the rim.

It's also not a one use tool, can be very useful for other things when away travelling on the bike.

A multi tasking tool

 

[STUBBS]

Works perfectly - and the benefit of carrying one of those on a road trip is it has other uses, it's not just a one trick tool. .

I'd like to see the bike packed up with a spade or shovel or a floor mounted bead breaker


Use a G clamp. No need for a large one if you insert it through the spokes and come up to the tyre from the rim.

It's also not a one use tool, can be very useful for other things when away travelling on the bike.

A multi tasking tool

is there a 2 year echo

 

[Kelv]

Here is a good video by bill Dragoo - changing a tyre on a lardy GSA

<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/13361775" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/13361775">Bill Dragoo changing rear tire on BMW R1200GSA</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user4183891">James Pratt</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>

 

[the beer hunter]

Stand on it!

<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/19829692?portrait=0&color=ff9933" width="600" height="338" frameborder="0"></iframe>

 

[roddy]

try that with a tubeless tyre see how far you get

 

[Rob Farmer]

I'd like to see the bike packed up with a spade or shovel or a floor mounted bead breaker

That's probably why the threads called "How to break your tyre bead at Home"

Owd folk?

 

[Ceri JC]

I've used:

Boot Heels (good when you've got a flat that has been ridden on; harder with a tyre that has just been worn).
Car being jacked up on it (works fine, just don't touch the rim!).
Bench vice (as above ).
G-clamp (You want a large one, with a "deep throat". Yes, they're actually called that, it's no a wind up tool name you tell the apprentice to go and buy. )

The one I use the most? The same as on the trail; a bike's sidestand. I have 3 bikes so the front wheel needing doing isn't a problem for me; I just grab another bike.

 

[Ceri JC]

I've used:

Boot Heels (good when you've got a flat that has been ridden on; harder with a tyre that has just been worn).

As others have said; good luck trying this one with a tubeless tyre!

 

[Steptoe]

G-clamp (You want a large one, with a "deep throat". Yes, they're actually called that, it's no a wind up tool name you tell the apprentice to go and buy. )

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You don't need a large one. A smallish one used through the spokes and upwards onto the tyre, rather than over the tyre.

 

[Ceri JC]

You don't need a large one. A smallish one used through the spokes and upwards onto the tyre, rather than over the tyre.

Cool, never thought of that. Seems obvious now!