23-03-2021, 06:10 PM
(This post was last modified: 23-03-2021, 06:11 PM by Reckless Rat.)
The secret is to "Start and Finish at the valve", in other words, push the beads into the well of the wheel first, then holding the tyre into the well with your knee, 180° away from the valve, use a tyre lever to lift the bead at the valve up and over the rim. Keeping the knee on the tyre to ensure the bead is right into the well, you can then lever over the bead either side of the valve until you've got all of one side over the rim. Then (hopefully you've got little hands, get your fingers under the tyre and pull the tube out.
Turn the wheel over and do the same with the other side. Then drop the rim right into the inside of the tyre and then pull the top of the tyre over the wheel and off it comes.
Fitting is a reversal of the procedure. If you get the tyre properly into the well you should be able to walk a 19" tyre back on without having to resort to levers, which is the best way of avoiding nipping the tube.
17" or smaller tyres are a little tougher but the principle is the same. Start and Finish at the valve.
Or, if you still can't do it, knock the wheel centres out and take them to a tyre fitter.
Turn the wheel over and do the same with the other side. Then drop the rim right into the inside of the tyre and then pull the top of the tyre over the wheel and off it comes.
Fitting is a reversal of the procedure. If you get the tyre properly into the well you should be able to walk a 19" tyre back on without having to resort to levers, which is the best way of avoiding nipping the tube.
17" or smaller tyres are a little tougher but the principle is the same. Start and Finish at the valve.
Or, if you still can't do it, knock the wheel centres out and take them to a tyre fitter.