Changing Bicycle Tires
As we all know changing a bicycle tire by yourself is a hard job. In the text below I’ll try to give you some tips about how to do it yourself.
First you’ll need some tire levers. These little plastic gizmos help you to pry the tire off the rim and you can find them at the local bike shop. (don’t use any sharp object if you don’t want to damage the rim, tire or the tube). You need to use the flat end of the lever in order to get the tire off the rim. You need to use several of them in order to have the tire out.
If you want to keep the tire, but put in a new inner tube (or remove the inner tube for patching) you can leave the tire half on and half off. Remove the tube, patch it or throw it away. Before you insert a new tube, run your fingers along the inside of the tire and along the rim. Feel for any rough or sharp spots. If you are fixing a flat tire, note where the puncture was on the tire by noting the position of the hole in the tube. If there is glass or other sharp object stuck in the time, it will flatten your new or patched tube if you do not get rid of it. Insert new or patched tube into the half on half off tire. First, put the valve stem through the hole in the rim from the non-spoke side of the rim.
If you are replacing the tire, remove the tire. Put the new tire on the rim so that one of the inner tire edges (beads) is on the rim. Put in the inner tube, valve stem through the hole in the rim first, so that it is up inside the tire.
Use your fingers to squeeze the tire so that you are pulling the second edge of the tire onto the rim. When you have some of the second edge on the rim, work your way round, squeezing to get more of the tire on the rim, make sure that the inner tube stays inside the tire. Sometimes, the inner tube wants to poke out under the tire. Depending on the tire, this last part can be very hard or can be easy.
Pump up your tire. Look for any places where the tire has an unusual bulge or any places where the tube is poking out from between the tire and rim. If the tube is poking out, let the air out and try to push the tube back in.
Professional changing of bicycle tires
Be careful during changing bicycle tire
All steps during changing bicycle tires need to be done by the numbers
Today the “man job” is regularly done by the members of the opposite sex
It is not really has hard to change a tire. If you do not have the tire levers and have to go to a bike shop to buy some, take your wheel with you and ask the bike shop to change the tire for you. They will probably be happy to explain how to do it so that you can do it for yourself next time.
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