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Easy ways to change a tire.

  • Far Canal
    Far Canal
    7 years ago
    Dunno if this is bullshit or not,  never tried either,  looks to be real.
    First method is a bit slow, might just be the tire changer..
    !st Method
    Second method looks too easy to be true.
    Second method






  • Far Canal
    Far Canal
    7 years ago
    If anyone knows of "easy ways to get a tire off a rim" I am all eyes and ears.
  • paulybronco
    paulybronco
    7 years ago
    Well the getting it on part is true, i have seen that before, getting it off and balancing is a touch more involved
  • robots
    robots
    7 years ago
    Have you broke bead? I made a bead breaker which bolt to garage wall
    You can use clamps, but breaking bead can be very dependent on Tyre manufacturer. 

    Then get the big Tyre levers (4), rim protectors and will come off okey, heaps of old carpet helps to protect knees and wheel

    Have cut Night Dragon off before they are very hard to break bead by the usual ways


  • Krash Kinkade
    Krash Kinkade
    7 years ago
    in old day's there was an old guy in Sydney who could repair a tube without even pulling wheel off. he would be 100 now if still alive. in the late 1930's they got lots of flat tyres, my father road a 1937 velo 350 ktt .
    these days we got it easy good roads mag wheels tubeless .
    my sporty has spokes, I got a mountain pushy that has spokes but runs tyres tubeless  am thinking about doing the same with sporty . anyone else run a Harley with spoke wheels tubeless 
  • Krash Kinkade
    Krash Kinkade
    7 years ago
    the first way looks like would work, guy shows you the valve not sure if I seen him get valve through hole in rim, but he had a tyre with a tube.
    all second guy did is put a tyre on a rim tyre still had plastic ties between tyre and rim prob had a tubeless valve in mag rim. but he did not inflate tyre. some tubeless tyres hard to inflate. hardest I've seen was a 10 inch wide rim with a drag slick for a top bike. that was hard
  • robots
    robots
    7 years ago
    Proper tyre lube gets the bead to seat well, windex or soapy water is crap
    I use furniture wax for putting tyre on and seat bead

    But Night Dragon s are tuff to seat and break as the wire is smaller than most, Avon and Dunlop easy
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