Anyone know how to remove road bicycle tyres?

willhub · 6 Mar 2008 at 08:09

Hi.

Well I gotta be at college in 50 mins and its 10 miles away and I need to fix my back tyre, its gone flat and I dont know how to remove the tyre, just wont budge, nothing like normal MTB tyres.

Anyone any ideas???

6thElement · 6 Mar 2008 at 12:19

Slightly late in reply but push the bead away from the edge of the rim into the centre channel all the way around. This should free up enough slack for you to be able to squeeze part of the tyre out over the rim then work it off the rest of the way around.

badbob · 6 Mar 2008 at 12:27

Remove wheel from bike, deflate. Use PLASTIC tyre sticks, push under the bead, lock down onto spoke. Use push the other one next to it, then slide around the rim.

Remove inner, making sure you keep it the same direction (so easier to find puncture on tyre) After you find the puncture, go to the location matching up with the inner on the tyre and check for something sharp ie thorn, then go around tyre a couple of times. Putting on the tyre is harder, sometimes the last couple of inches is really tight. You might need two people.

willhub · 6 Mar 2008 at 13:27

Thanks.

I did it earlier in the end, just got 2 spoons and that soon sorted it, fixed the puncture, and another one appeared!!, had to walk 2 or 3 miles coz the damn thing suddenly went down as I was riding

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badbob · 6 Mar 2008 at 13:29

If you use metal spoons on a alu rim you'll damage the rim..

willhub · 6 Mar 2008 at 13:31

badbob said:
If you use metal spoons on a alu rim you'll damage the rim..

All its does is were the black is, its chipped some black paint off, dont see what else its one? Looks fine, all I know is, the hooks did not work but a using the handle on spoons worked well.