Dannihilator

Chapter Ten, basic maitenance.

Tire instalation and repair.

Never ever ever ever ever ever ever use a screwdriver to remove or install a tire.

With a tire lever, at the bent side if it is pointing up it is to remove if pointing down it is to push the bead onto the rim.

To remove a side of a tire make sure you have at least three tire levers on hand. Start opposite of the valve stem on the wheel. After the first lever is in go a couple spokes down and put the second one on, then third and repeat until the rest of that side of tire can be undone by sliding your finger or with a lever. Throw a new tube in if you have a flat only after first checking the tire for why you had a flat to begin with. The remaining side of the tire can be simply rolled off from the rim. That depends on the rim and tire.

When putting a new tire on, make sure you do the following first.

-Take note of which direction the rotation should be, you want that arrow to be pointing forward. Some tire makers are smart enough that they only put the text on the right side of the tire, so if you mount the tire so that the text side is on the right(drive)side, you have the tire direction set correctly.

-Look a what the tire(tube) needs to be inflated to before mounting.

Put one side of tire on , should go on easily by hand. Put tube in.

if just fixing a flat, skip that

The proper technique to get the other side on is to get the the bead completely on by hand, but since some tires are really harder to mount than others, it is ok to use a tire lever, just be careful to not get the lever too far in or you pinch flat that tube.

Remember the psi range, and inflate the tire to somewhere in that range.