justin_o_guy2 wrote on 09/09/12 at 07:39:13:I can change a tire on a 10 speed without any tools. Pinch the bead, take a shoe off, hang a spoke next to the big toe, reach Waaaay down there by your toe on both sides of the tire, pinch & pull the slack to you. the tire will just roll off the rim,
But Digger seems to have the motorcycle tire changing thing down..& thats a different matter, IMO.
I think one of the hard parts for me was holding the wheel down while I wrangled the rubber. Do you have any tips there or IF the rims moving, youre working too hard?
Heat gun,, Ive always wanted me one of those,,
Hi Jus,
My point concerning practicing on a bicycle tire was that, if you use tire irons to do the job, the basics are the same as changing motorcycle tires. When removing a tire, small bites when starting out, progressively bigger bites as you go. When mounting a tire, big bites to start with, smaller as you go. Also, with a bicycle tire, you can experiment with the concept of getting and keeping the opposite sides beads in the rim well...this buys you more slack on the operating side of the tire.
Back in the day, when my back was younger and more flexible, I used to lay the wheel on the ground and use both knees to hold it down (and to hold the opposite beads in the rim well). Nowadays, I have a stand bolted into my garage floor that holds the wheel up off of the ground....much easier on this old back.
I can remember, back in the 70's, being able to patch a rear inner tube on one of my 750's in 20 minutes - on the road....and that was from the time I stopped the bike to starting off again. An angry girlfriend watching the whole thing seemed to speed things up a bit.....
At least the tire was usually quite warm and soft, from riding.....