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Darra8
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nicklouseLives Here
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Location: A Yorkshire man in Sweden
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bigchazrocks
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Location: Bristol / Salisbury-ish / Leicester
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Northwind
Joined: 06 Sep 2008
Posts: 4529
Location: Edinburgh
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 Posted Sun Nov 8, 2009 4:21 pm |
Better levers might help, the basic Lifeline ones Wiggle sell are quite good but really good levers like the Lezyne Powerlevers or similiar are very nice to have. Mostly it tends to be technique though, like Nicklouse says.
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ballspondroad
Joined: 24 Oct 2009
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Posted Sun Nov 8, 2009 4:32 pm |
You can get a sexy little divvy - Tyre Mate - something like that, but I've never used one. Metal levers for the intial off and final on and plastic elsewhere. Forks are better than spoons because you have those handy tines to lock onto the spokes.
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Darra8
Joined: 18 Apr 2008
Posts: 328
Location: North Powys
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nicklouseLives Here
Joined: 20 Mar 2003
Posts: 48121
Location: A Yorkshire man in Sweden
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1340jas
Joined: 22 Aug 2007
Posts: 131
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Posted Sun Nov 8, 2009 5:16 pm |
Mix a bit of washing up liquid with a small amount of water and lube up the edge of the tyre and beed on the inside of the rim.
It should ease the tyre on. I've had a few pairs which have been a buggr to seat. This method usually works.
I usually us my thumbs to put them on and off.
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jadamson
Joined: 27 Nov 2008
Posts: 293
Location: southampton
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Posted Sun Nov 8, 2009 6:33 pm |
its all about technique, you will get used to it =) ive got continental tyres what are renowned for being an ars* to get off!
to take them off use the tyre leaver as normal but hook the end on one of the spokes then go about an inch along and hook another tyre leaver on then another inch etc etc and eventually when the first tire leaver pops off your ready to take the tyre off.
to put them on i strongly advise not using leavers as like you said they just break! ive broken 3!! 2 of mine and 1 of my friends  woops  but now ive learnt the technique i can just use my hands and im not very strong either.
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Adam Thompson
Joined: 06 Oct 2009
Posts: 46
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Posted Sun Nov 8, 2009 7:06 pm |
couple of screwdrivers or a small crow bar
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jadamson
Joined: 27 Nov 2008
Posts: 293
Location: southampton
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Posted Sun Nov 8, 2009 10:02 pm |
that could damage the rim! you should only use the plastic tyre leavers if need be! you can use your hands to get it back on.
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jayson
Joined: 21 Jun 2004
Posts: 4053
Location: York, United Kingdom
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Posted Mon Nov 9, 2009 1:01 pm |
The tires that came on my carrera were (apart from weightin the same as the moon) the most pig awkward difficult tires to put on and take off ive ever come across in my life, its like they were welded on and then somehow the bead shrank when i did manage to get them off and took so much brute strength and LOTS of swearing to get back on even geoff capes would have struggled.
The best tires ive had are panaracer fire XC's, they almost fell off the rim and went back on comically easily using just my fingers.
Im currently running mountain king 2.4's and so far ive not had to remove them so i cant say what they're like but im prayin they're not as bad as the cheapo's they replaced.
*Old Red - STOLEN*
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The Beginner
Joined: 30 Apr 2009
Posts: 444
Location: Leamington Spa
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Posted Mon Nov 9, 2009 4:10 pm |
| jadamson wrote: | | that could damage the rim! you should only use the plastic tyre leavers if need be! you can use your hands to get it back on. |
Lol most plastic levers are pointless, changed one tyre on a friends bike to find the snapped off end in there, metal the right shape causes no more problems than platic.
Tea spoons, handle as lever and the spoon bit tucks behind a spoke just great to hold it!
Simon
FCN9 using a home built hybrid (believed to be a Carrera touring frame) also building an MTB from a Kraken frame. |
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bigbenj_08
Joined: 05 Jun 2008
Posts: 6687
Location: On a HT! In the NW
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saracen fan
Joined: 08 Sep 2009
Posts: 130
Location: thetford, norfolk
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Posted Mon Nov 9, 2009 5:36 pm |
Jayson,
I have the 2.2 and they are bas*ards to fit lol
use a lil lube and they are easyer.
Ride it like you stole it
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mrsavory
Joined: 02 Nov 2009
Posts: 11
Location: newcastle upon-tyne
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rhann
Joined: 10 Jun 2009
Posts: 247
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Posted Tue Nov 10, 2009 12:25 am |
yes but have you noticed that only the pink ones are in stock.
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captainfly
Joined: 01 Apr 2009
Posts: 227
Location: NWUK
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Posted Tue Nov 10, 2009 4:29 am |
If you can warm the tyre up (hair dyer, fan/storage heater) this time of year and use your knee to press the bead out of it's channel then hook the bead over. Pulling them on again use you body weight /knee to hold down the bead as you push it in by hand. But a bit or warmth, use good technique and a bit of lube, ()furniture polish makes for reasonable tyre soap and alway used it on my motorbikes but never needed to on a bicycle.) does wonders.
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Dirtydog11
Joined: 03 Dec 2008
Posts: 564
Location: Between a rock and a hard place
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Posted Tue Nov 10, 2009 10:06 am |
No tyre levers required.
With one hand pinch and hold the top of the tyre whilst at the same time, with the other hand, run your thumb and forefinger all the way around the rim, pinching the bead together as you go.
If you've done it right you should have the bead sitting in the middle of the rim (Deepest part) and have enough slack at the top to ease the tyre over the rim.
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