What's your top tip for changing a tyre? 👇

@DarrenJohnson1973

6 жыл бұрын

heat the new tyre with a hair dryer on a low setting...it'll make sliding the last bit over the rim easier....or use washing up liquid on the rim (not even going to watch the vid as putting a tyre on is preschool education

@Mr500sheetsofpaper

6 жыл бұрын

If you know your tire is hard to get on, carry 3 tire levers. When you get to that unfortunate moment as you are remounting the tire, put one lever near where the tire and rim are beginning to interface and the other a spoke or two away from the other end. Use the third lever to force the tire onto the rim and work your way around.

@MrDenden94

6 жыл бұрын

Do some grip exercises

@slimelord314

6 жыл бұрын

Darren Johnson hey GCN is for beginners as well. I learned how to do it not too long ago

@Tkranz

6 жыл бұрын

Bacon grease! Coat the inside of your tyre and rim with bacon grease. Your tyres will slip on and off with ease. Added bonus of being the guy/gal who gets to ride around smelling like bacon.

I find shouting and swearing usually does the trick

@wigancyclist8913

6 жыл бұрын

and bang it with a hammer....

@SmSm-bv7fs

3 жыл бұрын

lol....yes this is very true

@miawallace2603

2 ай бұрын

Hahaha amazing comment

Excellent video. I’ve changed tyres before but always wrestled with getting the final bit of tyre inside the rim. The squeezing the tyre into the centre of the rim is an excellent trick that made it so much easier. Thank you GCN!

The manufacturer name/logo is easy to find on most tyres. What is not easy to find is the max recommended pressure. On most tyres it is displayed in small black letters that are hard to see against a black sidewall. So I recommend locating the pressure spec at the valve. After all, that's where you'll need it.

@jacobl6779

6 жыл бұрын

That's a very good idea!

@dickyr3295

6 жыл бұрын

Some GCN presenters seem overly obsessed with appearance (sock length/colour of shorts/position of cranks in photographs etc.) and so I suspect your excellent idea might trigger their OCD.

@ElliotFlowers

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, always look at the tire and try to see any words - either in extruded rubber or highlighted in white paint. Thanks for the tip. I had to google the manufacturers product code and product name just to make sure I was actually looking at a bicycle tyre. I used to get my inner tubes and condoms mixed up, but not now thanks to GCN tech channel. Thakns guys.

@georgehugh3455

6 жыл бұрын

D.Eldon - That may be helpful the first time you use that tire, if you have gobs of different tires or dementia, but I've been set on pressures for years now. I use the mfr logo to aid in locating any possible remaining glass, wire, stone in the tire once I've isolated the leak in the tube. Important not to flip tube for this to work.

@t.c.9838

3 жыл бұрын

@@ElliotFlowers Dude ... :)

I knew how to change a tire, now I learned how to change a tyre (:

@gcntech

6 жыл бұрын

Cheers Matheus 👍

@slimelord314

6 жыл бұрын

GCN Tech great video as always Jon!

@aaronwhiting7725

4 жыл бұрын

And now you can spell too.

@trollloloololooo

3 жыл бұрын

@@aaronwhiting7725 😂😂😂😭😭

Blew out a back tire on the ride home. Used this video tonight and it worked like a charm!! Thank you and your channel for demystifying cycling!

I haven’t changed a tyre for over 40 years. Thanks for the reminder! 2 new tyres now looking fabulous 😁👍

Thank you!!...your step by step instructions saved me from pinching and flattening the inner tire tubes with the levers and the flesh from pulling off my thumbs!!

Thank a lot for the tip. I was about to bring my tire to a shop as i had difficulty placing the tight beading. This helped a lot, saved me the money

Use talcum powder liberally on the tube and inside surface of the tyre, makes every change easy. It helps prevent pinching and helps both the tube and the bead seat correctly. Carry any spare tubes in a zip lock bag with talc in the bag so they are ready to go out on the road. Aligning the Makers name to the valve makes it easier to locate the puncture hole in the tube and also check for any material still stuck in the tyre.

Walked in my local Halfords a week last Saturday to buy some dry lube and just ahead of me was some bloke with his Giant Antham booking it in for a service and while he was at the counter he said it needed a new front inner tube also and the young girl behind the counter said that will be £37.50 for the inner tube and then anythingelse on top... £37.50... thirty seven pound fifty... THIRTY SEVEN POUND FIFTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!.... I'm in the wrong job... I run all my bikes tubeless but I can change out a inner tube so fast you could blink and miss it and Halfords are charging £37.50. Great video as usual GCN.

@nielstielemans152

6 жыл бұрын

Nigel Oulton the thing is, if you have to change a tyre in the rear and there's a chain plastic thingy box (dont know what its called), it can take a pretty long time to undo this, then remove the brake cable from the roller brake, and then also remove the shift cable when a nexus hub is used. So yeah if the girl had an road bike or mountain bike it is pretty expensive... But otherwise its normal charged

@markflugge

6 жыл бұрын

Nigel Oulton Or was that the price of the service?

@leqin

6 жыл бұрын

Mark Flugge actually for the sake of brevity I left out that while I paid for my muc-off glow in the dark dry lube the bloke who owned the Giant that he brought in for service was asking how in hells name could a 4kin inner tube (his words) cost £37 4kin pounds fifty... the girl behind the counter basically said if you want it fixing up, because I had to admit the bike looked seriously in need of some TLC you can either pay through the nose or shove off elsewhere. So yes they wanted 37 fifty for just fitting a inner tube - a job I can do with ease in just about a minute.

@leqin

6 жыл бұрын

niels tielemans what is a chain plastic thingy? only I am perfectly familiar with a Shimano Nexus hub and know how to strip one down and fully service it and ought to because I own it and its bigger brother - fine pieces of equipment although I prefer sturmy srcher. Is a plastic thingy a chain guard?

@cormacstapleton9295

6 жыл бұрын

Haha I know my friend paid 20 euro for them to put in a new inner tube with sealant on his mtb even though he has never got a puncture on it and only rides on the road. Maybe he heard about the benefits of tubeless and thought that was what he was doing but the benefit of tubeless is the lack of a tube! I told him next time he wants to do anything to his bike to ask me first just for his own financial wellbeing!

Great tutorial. Helped me changing my first road bike tire. 👌

Thanks so much for this! I've changed tubes, but never a tire.... and on my new carbon wheels! I literally replayed this over and over and it was reassuring as I fought to get the tire on.... but I did it... twice!!!

Ah one side then the other! Brilliant, thanks. I have changed so many but struggling with one and this tip made it 10x easier, thank you!

I bought a Venge new to cycling this really helped me thank you!!!

Thank you so much for this! I've been fighting this tire and this video made it simple!!

Okay... that went much easier than i thought it was gonna be, much easier, i mean following his instructions properly, thank you so much GCN

This video helped ALOT. First video I saw on changing a tube and I was able to do it. THANKS!

Just ordered my first lot of gcn swag :) hope it arrives soon!

Nice and straight to the point. I appreciate your work. Thanks!!!

Thanks for this video. After a lot of wrestling with that last bit of tire and much bead squeezing I finally got the tire on the wheel! Hurrah! Road bike tires are really tough!

Just watched this and for the first time ever, got the tyre back on without resorting to the tyre lever to crowbar the last bit onto the rim. Cheers!

Great video learnt how to fix my new Kenda tubes and tires to my Vision Team 30 wheel set. Really helpful video.

Thank you guys great video my tire was the definition of stubbornness but with the help of your tutorial, I managed to fit it on the rim finally. thanks again

Outstanding work JohnnyTech.

It’s good to see Mr C. still using Velox rim tape (even when the Zipp wheels come with their own plastic rim strips pre-installed). That said, I expect that he could also get these Conti’s on and off of that Tarim without those levers!

Excellent followed this to a T! Struggled with getting the bead on at the very end. So I recruited extra help because I didn’t want to use the lever. I could totally see me puncturing the tube.

Is narrow rims can be difficult to install and remove plsss help thank you

nice design, works well and very easy to set up.

Can I pump tube a little before placing tire bake to make shure that tube don't сlamp between rim and tire as I usually do at mtb bike?

Hi there! I have an ultegra wheelset and it came with tag saying not to use tire leavers. Any tips in how to take the tire out and then place it back? Thanks.

I had toss out a bunch of tubes today, they had split from being stored in my basement which can get quite humid, is there an ideal location or temperature to store tubes?

What about pre-stretching the replacement tyre/tire? I have a pair of Tufos are are extremely difficult to get mounted at home, much less in the field. And what about those of use riding tubulars? That is a horse of a different colour.

1. Pressing the bead into the center channel to get slack is critical. Just poking at it here and there won't work. Put the rim across your knees, start opposite the valve, and press and slide the thumbs around the beads on opposite sides to "iron out" the bead into the channel and get the requisite slack for the final few inches. 2. With a silver fine-point Sharpie, draw in your own small direction-of-travel arrows right under the tire logos . . . all four of them. When you faff around trying to find the molded one, you will know why. 3. Keep the plastic cap on your Presta valve spares so the metal tip does not chisel into your spare - when installed, ditch both the caps and any screw on washers - they serve no purpose when mounted - one less thing to fiddle with, and a fundamental Rule of Pro. 4. On the road, be sure that any sharp thing poking into the tire that caused Flat No. 1 is removed lest you enjoy Flat No. 2 within about 30 seconds after you resume riding.

@gcntech

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your top tips!

Happen to have this exact tyre too, I'm very weak so had to resort to the tyre levers :p Have done this multiple times before but these little tips were quite helpful, like pumping up to 15psi

Love you for the “center of the rim” tip ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Thank You for the video. My first time changing road bike tire. Well, it took some time and few scratches on the stickers of the rim, but otherwise missione completed! Drinking coffee and doing this on the couch, I just hope I'll never have to do it outside in bad weather conditions!🤣

Thank you sir , I was trying to put the tire on for an hour then watched this video and got it on in 1 min 👍🏽

Thank you! Excellent video.

Thanks! Helped me a lot

Thank you. I am 77 and I don’t have the hand strength of my youth. Your video was helpful. Robb

Bloody did it! Thanks GCN!

Thanks for this very helpfull explanation!

@gcntech

5 жыл бұрын

Cheers Andre!

I have tires that start out really tight (can barely get them on or off even with levers), but then loosen up a lot and become very easy to take on and off. So I mount and dismount them a few times to stretch them out before installing them with a tube. Figured this one out after destroying a couple tubes...

Great tips- Thanks

this may be a tricky one... i have 105 direct mount brakes, and every time i press the brake lever the brake pad meets the wheel, but when releasing the brake lever it returns half way to its original position, not completely. only if i press a little bit with a finger it does. any sugestions?

Very practical! Seeing the video help to avoid big problems. Nice way of teaching, 👍🏽 it proofs wise words: “Have you seen a man skillful at his work? He will stand before kings; He will not stand before common men”. Of course, there is nothing demeaning about working for “common people”. But the skillful artisan’s fine work will not remain a secret 👍🏽 please, reveal more such secrets as shown in the video 😀

Thanks for sharing

Love the instructions helped me change my first bike tube at 26 years old haha

Are those tires for all thpe of road or only for track. I have continental 5000 but are worthless on the road. The puncture very easily. Do you highly recommend those grandprix 4000

Great bike! Love it!

2:35 “Now, do take care” :drops tyre lever: Yeah, I know, that’s not what you need to be careful about. But it still made me laugh.

Hi Mate. Was wondering if I can fit a 700cx28 road tire into a wheel that carries 700cx32 hybrid tire. Can I do that?

Thanks for the radiator tip.

John, how far out of true can a wheel before it is optimal or necessary to fix it?

I followed your steps and this was the first time I've ever changed my bike tire by myself!! I really appreciated all the help. Thank you!

In case of a difficult tyre/rim combination it 's best to start with pushing the bead of the tyre to the centre of the rim ( which diminishes the tension on the bead ) and once this is done you can put 2 tyrelevers under the bead next to the valve (!) and lift the bead over the edge one lever at a time. With this technique you can often push the tyre of the rim without the aid of a lever in a normal situation.

@joe94c

9 ай бұрын

What do you do when you physically can't push the bead? XD I have newish bike where I've never changed anything. The bead is so stiff and tight I can't move the bead

@joe94c

9 ай бұрын

It's so stiff I have to use both hands to move it a few millimeters... never mind get the tool in at the same time

Great video!

Nice ! tried for the first time but couldn't make it. Glad I had my BFF nearby and he is a crack with bikes :) let's see how it goes my second time.

i have a roadbike tyre but i want to change it to a mountain bike tyre would it work or do i need a whole new wheel?

It was really hard I have decathlon 520 and I change it with continental grandpri 4 seasons luckily I have different type of leavers and did it the first one in 2 hours after the other one took me 10 min . I used instalation leaver and normal leaver in the same time to install it and I tight up one of the sides so it won't go out. It was really tight and the rims are 622/17c

I always dust the inner of the tyre and the inner tube with either talcum powder or climbers chalk so they don’t stick, also a little bit of washing up liquid on the last stubborn bit of tyre that is putting up an almighty resistance to being popped over the rim, ( just snapped a brand new Park tyre lever putting my new Vittoria tyres on!).

learned a new tactic. thank you

Thanks!!!

You want to try that with arthritic fingers? But question. Is a wider tyre easier to fit? My bike is a 10yo with those nice 23mm tyres. I would have to change the wheels to get wider ones.

Thank you

Helpful tips. You just helped me change the first tube of my life.

@gcntech

Жыл бұрын

Nice one! Glad to help

@Tradvesting89

4 ай бұрын

Help you

@Tradvesting89

4 ай бұрын

Your sope to aredss

Ha ha, that was a ridiculously easy tyre-rim combination you chose for the video.. :-) It would have been good to demonstrate fitting something tighter, and particularly the technique of "rolling" the last section of the bead onto the rim. Just fitted a brand new Vittoria Corsa G+ onto a Ryde Pulse Sprint rim and it was a nightmare! It's now pumped up to 140psi and hopefully stretching a bit.. One tip from this particular tyre - tan sidewalls help when fitting because it's easier to see the inner tube (because of the colour contrast) and avoid pinching it.

I had my first two flats last night, the first was bad luck, the second was not knowing wtf I was doing. Thanks for making this video

Fantastic video. Inner tube to valve? How does that work? Your valve is already on the tube.

After an hour of struggles, I finally watched this video and with a little cursing I managed to get the clincher onto my rim.

Replacing both tyres and tubes, got the old set off but I’m struggling with tucking the tube into the new tyre. No matter how many of these I watch it doesn’t help, I can’t get the tube tucked back inside. Obviously my technique is wrong and I’m missing something glaringly obvious in the process. About to give up after a solid hour on just one and see if there’s a local bike shop who will do it but I want to learn

really struggling to get the tyre on. I followed the steps but end up with a good 8" of tyre on one side of the wheel which is so taught it's nigh on impossible to budge. I always have some kind of problem (80% of the time). what am I doing wrong here ...

I run vittoria latex tubes on mine, i pour some baby powder in the tire before i replace the tube and rotate it and also extra powder on the tubes in a ziploc bag. All your tires get powdery white, which easily wipes off. I got a flat in November and i ran these and i still am on new gp4000s25mm stretched out to 28mm due to 27.5mm rim outer width ran at 100-115 psi

Hi Jon, I noticed in your tire change video the Zipp 404 NSW wheels. I have the 303 NSW and would like to use latex tubes with my Vittoria Corsa G+ clincher tires. However, I have read suggestions against this stating the rim could heat up enough in braking to burst the latex tube. What is your opinion on this? Great videos , Thanks, Dave

@JS-tb9hu

6 жыл бұрын

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Just popped my tube trying this. It wouldn't seat properly around the valve and then it wouldn't go back into the tube for when I was trying to seat the last part of the bead. turns out the tubes I had where not made really for 23, they where more for anything between 25-32c. since changed tubes. works like a charm! though did need two pairs of hands to get certain tires on lol

You make it look so easy, I got mavic cosmic 40 and they are such a pain to change tyre’s that i almost cry every time i get a flat tyre 🤣

I’m a newbie. Should the tire and inner tube be the same size?

if I can't fit the tire underneath the bead is the tire too wide for my rim?

Thank you for the video.. couple tweaks of my experience of tire installs. 1) I would finish off the final bit of tire install at the valve end little more wiggle room with the valve out of the way. Especially Tubless tire setup 2) you can apply bead lube on the last 4 inches to get it onto the rim 3) After mounting the tire pump tires up to aprox 20 psi and then check for inner tube bead pinching. Especially for latex innertube‘s.

Not to discourage anyone but this guy makes it look way easier than it is. Im sure some tire tube combos are easier than others, but expect a fight. definitely something to learn prior to getting your first flat on the road, youll be cursing in public most definitely

yo! it's easy... I've done it a million times. besides some pain in my fingers on the couple first times

As a child I remember changing bike tyres was painful and remarkably awkward. It seems nothing has changed. All of my tyre levers are snapped, I have three bent table spoons, and two massive blisters on my thumbs.

@Dustbrigade

3 жыл бұрын

Hahah for real! This is my current mood. Had 2 leavers break and I ended up with a spoon. Now a trip to the bikshop later I manged to get off the tire, but not on. Thank you for making me laugh atleast!

With a stubborn tyre, I find rubbing some washing up liquid on the bead, will help it slide in easier.

My 68 year old arthritic fingers sometimes have trouble getting the last bit of bead over the rim. Especially the first time I mount a new tire. I use a Kool Stop Bead Jack to pull that last bit over. Better than using the tire lever, as it never gets between the bead and the inner section of the rim. And not to expensive. You can find them a lot of places for about $12.

@nigelliam153

Жыл бұрын

I'm 60 just fitted my first set of tures to my first set od deep carbon rims and I'm lying here reading your old post with two aching thumbs 😀

@tommccafferty5591

Жыл бұрын

@@nigelliam153 you have my sympathy. :-)

I've found with most clinchers that you don't need tyre levers with the method I was taught: 1. deflate tyre 2. starting at the valve, push both beads towards the centre of the rim 3-here's the special part: using the heel of your palms, starting from the valve hole, pushing the tyre into the rim while sliding your hands around the rim towards opposite valve. this gives you the most slack possible in the tyre. 4. when your hands are near either side of the point valve, pick the wheel up while propping it on your leg. the bead should be loose enough to pop off just by flexing your wrists.

Hi Jon and thanks for a great channel! I have a problem with my Ultra 6870 rear derailleur adjustment - For it to shift semi-ok, I need to micro adjust it all 33 steps down to get it to sit at the 5th cog without rubbing - I’m am following the directions of the manual. This leaves me with no more adjusting possibilities to be able to fine tune it. Do you know what it can be? It’s worth noting that the DI2 is retro fitted by myself on a DI2 ready frame.

Could you use a lubricant to ease a stubborn bead?

unless the tire is already flat, usually need to open the brake callipers in order to get the tire past the blocks. Or is that just me because I like to have the blocks so close to the rim?

@brijshreds

6 жыл бұрын

just deflate very properly and then no need to open the callipers.

@milehighsi

6 жыл бұрын

Depends on your clearance. I have to open my callipers now that I'm using 26mm. 23mm tires just dropped out. Also worth noting that you should close them again afterwards. I've forgotten to do this once or twice..

So you take off the whole tire to basically put it back on? I wish I was not following step by step I could’ve saved myself from taking of my tight fit tire and left the half then fit my inner tube in.

i cant even get half of the tires on my rim. They are old campagnolos from the 1992. I checked the size 700c, they are so hard to get on.

If you want to go 'no levers' I do, go with ROX rim tape. ultra thin which makes the over all wheel diameter smaller, which in turn allows you to get the tire off with out levers.

Sprinkle a little talc in the tyre to stop the tube sticking. Last few inches of tyre bead very tight? A drop of washing up liquid (Dish soap) in the former colonies works for me. I carry a tiny (very tiny) bottle of it in my saddlebag

Make sure it;s the right tyre. One of my bikes is an old '60's vintage Raleigh three speed. I got a new set of tyres for it and I could not get them one. They were way too small. I went back to the bike shop looking for help, and luckily someone there knew that back in the old days, some tyres sizes were based on the diameter on the inside of the tyre, or rim diameter, and some were based on the outside diameter of the tyre. I doubt that this is the case with new stuff, but if you have an old bike it's something to be aware of.

@dickyr3295

6 жыл бұрын

Minute Man Sheldon Brown covers it all but you’ll need a dark room to lie down in afterwards.

I have heard that finishing at the valve is best. What are your thoughts?

@alfieakaronaldog

6 жыл бұрын

You heard wrong

lol how do i make the pedals go around?

After putting the wheel back on the bike, I like to engage the brake with a rubber band so the wheel is centered and I can tighten the skewers without worrying about readjusting the brakes after tightening.

Thanks for the video, first time changing a tyre (I was putting a turbo trainer tyre on, so thicker and more awkward!) but your video worked a treat. Thanks!!

Get out of here, spend an hour on this crap and then I hear Simon Richardson in another clip say “finish at the valve because it’s best practice” gave it a shot and damn thing popped in place! 💯🙌

Lovely words