Originally Posted by
Glynis27
Not just limited physical ability. I know at least 2 people who have put their jack through the gas tank.
Many bike shops will give free classes on tire changes. It's almost necessary to learn if you do any amount of riding.
When it comes to using the jack things have gotten harder. Old style bumper jacks were easy to use, but you needed an old style bumper. Come to think of it older cars had better standard tools. Not perfect, but servicable. Some more recent tools are all but useless when the nuts ate tight. I once actually got the rear wheel all but off the ground, but the length of the wrench supplied with the car still did not have enough torque to gets the nut loose.
There are some 'tricks' to changing even a car tire. The one that comes to mind is get the nut started before jacking up the tire.