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  • Duuhhh … tips for getting road tyres on and off ??
  • DrJ
    Full Member

    Feel pretty stupid but ..

    I have a new road bike with narrow tyres and thin tubes (700×23). Now I need to change the tube but the tyre is f***ing tight! Any tricks to getting it on and off?

    Posted 13 years ago
    KINGTUT
    Free Member

    Tyre levers.

    HTH.

    Posted 13 years ago
    wwaswas
    Full Member

    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 13 years ago
    roadie_in_denial
    Free Member

    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 13 years ago
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