jokerr Posted January 5, 2010 Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 (edited) whats the best way to get the rear tyre off the bead? any top tips? i have heeled it to exhaustion Edited January 5, 2010 by jokerr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikespace Posted January 5, 2010 Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 There's a few threads about this, but as you've obviously not got a bead tool, there are various options, the quick answer is - Garden shovel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jokerr Posted January 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 cheers bikespace on my way to the shed as you read this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy Posted January 6, 2010 Report Share Posted January 6, 2010 How does that work? I've always used 2 bits of 4 X 2" wood .one under rim on floor and t'other right up against the rim somebody else to stand on tyre opposite you and then jump up & down on the second bit ((lever?) I have considered fixing a bit of steel (like a tyre lever) to end of this bit to get right in under the rim. I have seen guys driving over the damm things in start field of trial in case of ememrgency! My little system works for me but I would be interested as to how the garden shovel works Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabie Posted January 6, 2010 Report Share Posted January 6, 2010 it's a real pain in the a*** without a bead breaker (i remember doing it with a sledge hammer and still struggling), luckily my old man run a tyre centre and the revelation that a a tyre changing machine is (with the adapters for bike tyres) makes all the effort of doing it manually seam such a waste - often these places will fit you tyre to your wheel for a price of give free fitting if you buy the tyre from them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordi Posted January 6, 2010 Report Share Posted January 6, 2010 Put the wheel in a large vice, place a bit of wood between the rim and the rear jaw of the vice and wind in the vice. Ensure the front jaw goes under the rim and hey presto the bead pops! Turn wheel around and repeat for the other side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete_scorpa3 Posted January 6, 2010 Report Share Posted January 6, 2010 Or alternatively, see if you can find an old screw type bottle jack in the back of the garage or at an auto jumble and use that with a couple of bits of wood wedged between a doorway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ham2 Posted January 6, 2010 Report Share Posted January 6, 2010 This works for me..........Try it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jokerr Posted January 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2010 so many brilliant suggestions. I wish i had asked before attempting it with nothing other than my boots. the shovel worked like a dream Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikespace Posted January 10, 2010 Report Share Posted January 10, 2010 How does that work? I've always used 2 bits of 4 X 2" wood .one under rim on floor and t'other right up against the rim somebody else to stand on tyre opposite you and then jump up & down on the second bit ((lever?) I have considered fixing a bit of steel (like a tyre lever) to end of this bit to get right in under the rim. I have seen guys driving over the damm things in start field of trial in case of ememrgency! My little system works for me but I would be interested as to how the garden shovel works Loads of ways work, I just suggested that cos it was the laziest to explain :-) Just dig the shovel in between rim and tyre and stand on it (like yer wife does when yer watching her dig the garden) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
french Posted January 10, 2010 Report Share Posted January 10, 2010 I just take it to my friendly tyre fitters and they break the bead...the most difficult thing is inflating the new tyre though i tried everything! then i took it back to my friendly tyre fitter & he used a gadget called a cheeter took about a minute!...you live & learn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dang2407 Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 Take the springy bit inside the tyre valve out when inflating the new tyre for the first time. This will help push the bead out. You'll need a compressor with 4+bar though - a foot pump won't do it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigel dabster Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 I just take it to my friendly tyre fitters and they break the bead...the most difficult thing is inflating the new tyre though i tried everything! then i took it back to my friendly tyre fitter & he used a gadget called a cheeter took about a minute!...you live & learn you haven't heard of a beader then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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