Duuhhh ... tips for getting road tyres on and off ??

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4 posts & 4 voices | Started 1 year ago by DrJ | Latest reply from roadie_in_denial

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DrJ - Member

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 1 year ago #
KINGTUT - Member

Tyre levers.

HTH.

Posted 1 year ago #
wwaswas - 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 1 year ago #
roadie_in_denial - 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 1 year ago #

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