Spec me a tyre bead breaker

[haaammit]

So my mate fitted my tyres for me on Friday and he used one of the below to break the bead. He then used a pair of levers and rim protectors to get the tyre off the rim. I get through a fair amount of tyres, and most places seem to charge ~£65 ride in price to do a pair. I can get a static wheel balancer for £40 and a bead breaker/stand combo for £60. £20 for a set of tyre spoons and rim protectors, £14 for a set of wheel weights and I'm good to go, unless there's other options out there I should consider? All up I'd be looking at £140 so two pairs of tyres and I'd be saving. I do ride a fair amount (2000 miles since March this year) and so do get through a reasonable amount of tyres.

Edit to add I already own an air compressor and a valve core removal tool is like a fiver

Thoughts? Ta muchly

 

[Fireskull]

I have done my own tyres for many years.

Started off with just levers and a manual bead breaker but it was always a fight.
Then I changed to one like you've posted but it came with a motorcycle tyre attachment that screwed on top, I think I still have it somewhere, but I never had anywhere to secure it down properly so it was a bit of a fight sometimes too if you had some old rubber that didn't want to come off.

A couple of years ago I tried one of these and this is still what I use now, the part to remove the tyre doesn't always fit all wheel sizes so I just use the device to clamp my wheel then use the lever in the ebay link below.

24mx

www.24mx.co.uk

And the best investment was one of these:

Alloy Wheel Tyre Lever - Manual Tire Bar for Aluminium Wheels Motamec | eBay UK

Designed for use with the walk around type manual tyre machines.

www.ebay.co.uk

And I also just use one of the manual balancers.

 

[haaammit]

I have done my own tyres for many years.

Started off with just levers and a manual bead breaker but it was always a fight.
Then I changed to one like you've posted but it came with a motorcycle tyre attachment that screwed on top, I think I still have it somewhere, but I never had anywhere to secure it down properly so it was a bit of a fight sometimes too if you had some old rubber that didn't want to come off.

A couple of years ago I tried one of these and this is still what I use now, the part to remove the tyre doesn't always fit all wheel sizes so I just use the device to clamp my wheel then use the lever in the ebay link below.

24mx

www.24mx.co.uk

And the best investment was one of these:

Alloy Wheel Tyre Lever - Manual Tire Bar for Aluminium Wheels Motamec | eBay UK

Designed for use with the walk around type manual tyre machines.

www.ebay.co.uk

And I also just use one of the manual balancers.

Fanks for the reply! I've ordered a manual tyre machine that has the duck head type attachment and my static wheel balancer arrived today.

 

[T1Cybernetic]

A bit late to your original post, but how are you getting on with your tyre changing?

After fighting with levers and fighting breaking beads for far too long, I finally caved in and purchased this -> https://www.motea.uk/uk/tire-mounting-device-wheel-balancer-a556105-0

It was around £125 at the time with a discount code on their website, and has definitely more than paid for itself over time. The funny thing is, after a problem with delivery and a part missing in the box they refunded me in full and then another one turned up in the post a few weeks later, the company didn't want it returning, so I sold it for £100 on the marketplace. Mental.

 

[haaammit]

A bit late to your original post, but how are you getting on with your tyre changing?

After fighting with levers and fighting breaking beads for far too long, I finally caved in and purchased this -> https://www.motea.uk/uk/tire-mounting-device-wheel-balancer-a556105-0

It was around £125 at the time with a discount code on their website, and has definitely more than paid for itself over time. The funny thing is, after a problem with delivery and a part missing in the box they refunded me in full and then another one turned up in the post a few weeks later, the company didn't want it returning, so I sold it for £100 on the marketplace. Mental.

That's the same one I went for. It works really well - done about 10 tyre changes/puncture repairs so already well paying for itself!!