changing tires (clincher wheels)
06-16-06, 03:12 PM
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changing tires (clincher wheels)
Does anyone know of a link to a decent tutorial on how to change tires? I just bought a bike that has American Classic 420 clincher wheels, and I want to know what i'm doing in the event of a flat. Someone told me that tires mounted on clincher wheels have to be glued on??? Seems like this would make roadside repairs a little difficult.
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Park tool, Sheldon Brown. Check 'em out. Learn to change tires BEFORE you need to on the road.
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No, tubular tires are glued. Clinchers are regular, traditional tires (the tire "clinches" the rim when the tube is inflated).
Really, the best way to learn to change efficiently is to have someone who knows what they are doing show you. Ask an experienced rider if you know one, or go by your LBS during off-peak hours and ask a mechanic to show you. Any decent mechanic can change a tube/tire in a couple minutes.
Really, the best way to learn to change efficiently is to have someone who knows what they are doing show you. Ask an experienced rider if you know one, or go by your LBS during off-peak hours and ask a mechanic to show you. Any decent mechanic can change a tube/tire in a couple minutes.
Originally Posted by Eric_The_Jew
Does anyone know of a link to a decent tutorial on how to change tires? I just bought a bike that has American Classic 420 clincher wheels, and I want to know what i'm doing in the event of a flat. Someone told me that tires mounted on clincher wheels have to be glued on??? Seems like this would make roadside repairs a little difficult.
06-16-06, 03:28 PM
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Tubulars use glue and clinchers clinch the rim. https://www.parktool.com/repair/readhowto.asp?id=100. As CastIron says, learn to make repairs at home. Be sure to carry repair supplies, know how to use them and periodically check them.
CO2 cartridges look simple and are more compact than carrying a pump but the first time I tried them, I wasted mine. Luckily, someone had warned me to practice so I was in my garage.
CO2 cartridges look simple and are more compact than carrying a pump but the first time I tried them, I wasted mine. Luckily, someone had warned me to practice so I was in my garage.
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It would be a good thing to learn what not to do as well. There are times like winter cold with numb fingers or wet weather and you have a difficult time putting the tire back on the rim. You just want to get the darn thing on to go home. So you use the tool to slip in the last part of the tire and behold, you cause a pinch and the tube is busted.
There are other times when you are looking for a place to prop the bike up while you change the tire. Sometimes there ain't anything good to rest it. And now the chain touches the dirt and nothing is working quite right. You consider turning the bike upside down but don't want to mess up the new Fizik saddle. Yo do anyways and the Cateye computer breaks off.
You haven't lived until you change the tire and start to inflate it but the presta valve is defective or worse, you break it with your pump because of stupidity.
Don't listen to those who tell you all you need are some CO-2 cartridges.
There are other times when you are looking for a place to prop the bike up while you change the tire. Sometimes there ain't anything good to rest it. And now the chain touches the dirt and nothing is working quite right. You consider turning the bike upside down but don't want to mess up the new Fizik saddle. Yo do anyways and the Cateye computer breaks off.
You haven't lived until you change the tire and start to inflate it but the presta valve is defective or worse, you break it with your pump because of stupidity.
Don't listen to those who tell you all you need are some CO-2 cartridges.
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Here are a couple of good videos from Jim Langley that show you how to change a tire:
https://video.google.com/videoplay?do...q=bicycle+tire
https://video.google.com/videoplay?do...q=bicycle+tire
https://video.google.com/videoplay?do...q=bicycle+tire
https://video.google.com/videoplay?do...q=bicycle+tire
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Thanks for all the replies guys. Garfield, yours was definitely entertaining. I'll probably do some practicing on an old bike wheel/tire combo and get up to par on it.
Damn blue nose.....that dude in the video makes it look TOO easy to install a new tire. I think he must've had a pre-stretched one
He doesn't even need tire tools to install or remove it? He makes it looks as if the whole ordeal is about a 1 minute process.
Damn blue nose.....that dude in the video makes it look TOO easy to install a new tire. I think he must've had a pre-stretched one
He doesn't even need tire tools to install or remove it? He makes it looks as if the whole ordeal is about a 1 minute process.
