 You don't need to be an 'investor' to invest in Singletrack: 6 days left: 95% of target - Find out more
Bike Forum
3
Posts
4
Users
0
Reactions
69
Views
Topic starter
Feel pretty stupid but ..
I have a new road bike with narrow tyres and thin tubes (700x23). Now I need to change the tube but the tyre is f***ing tight! Any tricks to getting it on and off?
Posted : 17/09/2010 8:52 am
Tyre levers.
HTH.
Posted : 17/09/2010 8:52 am
deflate the tube so that the beads drop into the 'well' of the rim - gives you a little more room to get one side of the tyre off.
It always worries me when I have to resort to big levers at home as I know I'd be stuffed on the road if I had a problem.
Posted : 17/09/2010 8:53 am
Insert tyre levers at the 'six o'clock' position when the valve is at the 'twelve o'clock' position. That's generally reckoned to be the point at which the tyre is loosest.
Posted : 17/09/2010 8:59 am