April 2, 20188 yr well it's the bank holiday and guess what the weather is crap, so I pick my day for a ride out and that was yesterday Sunday 1st April. Jump on bike at about 1pm and off I go, about 1 mile off road then I hit the woods and 6 miles in I get a puncture, no problems I got a spare tube and a multi tool, now this is where the fun starts, do you think I can break the tyre away from the rim, no chance of that so it was a long push home, my last puncture was 1500 miles ago.
April 2, 20188 yr Ah, the old tubeless ready rims with inner tubes problem. Same on my Charger. After wrestling with the front tyre once too often I went tubeless. Before that, I found the best way to break the bead was to use the end of a wooden hammer handle. I carry a six inch length (ooo er missus) for the purpose. Bearing down on that concentrated the pressure enough to do the job. The rim does need to be on a hard surface, grass is a waste of time because give in the ground absorbs the pressure. Finding a hard surface might not be so easy in some trail environments, but I reckon using a hammer handle you could pop the bead with the wheel propped up against a tree.
April 2, 20188 yr Had a bike exactly the same…. Could not shift the tyre off the bead. I now practice at home with all my bikes before I go anywhere…no good to you now though. I did find this when all else failed… worth watching, came in handy with me once.
April 2, 20188 yr Author Did you try standing/jumping on it? Yep I did try that but it was no good, had to get a flat screwdriver in there when I got back home
April 2, 20188 yr Author That's bad news. Have you got Slime fitted? No slime but I think I may give it a try
April 2, 20188 yr Author Did you use the walk mode [mention=11625]STEVEMANFA[/mention] ? No it's crap to be fair, you have to push on it that hard it makes my thumb hurt.
April 2, 20188 yr Author Had a bike exactly the same…. Could not shift the tyre off the bead. I now practice at home with all my bikes before I go anywhere…no good to you now though. I did find this when all else failed… worth watching, came in handy with me once. Thanks for that I will give that a try next time
April 5, 20188 yr Author Got some stans on order, going to try it in the tubes first and if then that don't work will go tubless.
April 5, 20188 yr Got some stans on order, going to try it in the tubes first and if then that don't work will go tubless. Waste of time and money with tubes, they are too stretchy and thin for it to work.
April 6, 20188 yr Author Thanks for the info soundwave, I'm going down the tube route first, then I may go tubless at a later date
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.