Tips for getting the last bit of my old tire’s bead onto new rim? I’ve almost ripped off my thumb prints trying!
by jollyjogggers
Tips for getting the last bit of my old tire’s bead onto new rim? I’ve almost ripped off my thumb prints trying!
by jollyjogggers
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It was much easier getting this tire onto my old rim. I’m not sure what is so different with the new rim. As far as I know they are identical, other than that the new one is tubeless ready.
Should I get some of those Pedro levers? Any other tips?
I personally use leather gloves to finish this kind of job, works for me
Start away from the valve and work your way towards it. I do not know why, but it is easier.
Tire levers help very much. Sometimes, at that stage, I just use the rounded edge of the tire lever and push on the wide wall until it pops over the edge.
On all the rest of the tire, where the bead is already on the rim, push the bead towards the center of the rim, so it “steps down” into the center of the rim. That will help get you clearance to get over the rim.
Use a thinner rim strip.
Tire levers are your friend here.
Baby powder, latex gloves & when your ball finally drop … you just may get it.
Man up!
Push the bead into the channel in the middle of the rim, starting at the far side, that should give you enough extra length to get it over easily.
Do not use a tire lever w a tube. It will pinch the tube leaving a slice/hole and you’ll have to start over again w a wasted tube.
Crank Brothers has a gizmo called a ‘Speedier Tire Lever’ that has a slotted lip that helps push bead over rim (road rims only). But the boss is the Kool Stop Tire Bead Jack (and there are others): https://www.amazon.com/Kool-Stop-Tire-Bead-Jack/dp/B0CLLCWTN1
I used them both recently on a deep dish Roval carbon rim that was killing me; worked like a charm. Plus I use a wax I got from Japan but soap and water is good too.
Soapy water and gloves.
KoolStop tire bead jack
Try [this](https://youtu.be/Suh1-o6KBo8?si=ANURan5SX6_pg_8V). Start video at 11:00.
The bubbles from Soapy water, works on my mtb tyres
Often getting the bead in the center channel of the rim does the trick. That said, I have had plenty of tire + rim combinations where this still isn’t enough. I highly recommend getting a tire bead jack, as it gives you the insane leverage needed for these situations while also helping to avoid pinching tubes during installation.
Check out Crank Bros’ “Speedier Tire Lever”
One side of the tool is for taking tires off the rim (similar to a regular tire lever), and the other side helps put them back on.
This guy explains it really well..
[https://youtu.be/Suh1-o6KBo8?si=viIj_3GBLpsptPH7](https://youtu.be/Suh1-o6KBo8?si=viIj_3GBLpsptPH7)
Use 2 spoons man 👌
Search “tyre glider”.
tyreglider.co.uk
Honestly it has transformed my messing around with tyres from being something I dread, to being easier than putting the wheel assembly back on the bike.
Bead jack.
Tire levers?
Use levers.
Gotta use your teeth. Hurts the first cpl times but you figure out a method and it gets easy. Just stick at it.
Two plastic tyre levers put under the tire and hook onto the rim. Lift them and watch the tyre get pulled onto the rim.
Tyre levers. Don’t believe the people who say you’ll pinch your tube: it’s theoretically possible but I haven’t done it in double-figures years.
Leave it by the heater while you have a pint. Then grab the longest flat metal bar you can find
Always end at the valve. The valve is pretty fat so stops the tire from collapsing to the center of the rim and can be the difference between doing it by hand or needing a tire lever.
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