I've got a secondhand tubeless tyre that needs fitting, and hear they're not easy.

Can anyone suggest where I could get it fitted around Congleton area?

second hand may go on with a bit of bouncing and fiddling do you have a compressor?

You need to find a small back street one man band tyre fitter, every town has one, the one i go to charges a fiver but i always give him ten, i went round most of the bigger companies first and they didn't want to know.

Ten? FFS a cheap (new) compressor is 99 quid and a beader probably less than 20?

Ten? FFS a cheap (new) compressor is 99 quid and a beader probably less than 20?

not wrestling with a stiff tire for the better part of an evening.... priceless...

I've got a secondhand tubeless tyre that needs fitting, and hear they're not easy.

Can anyone suggest where I could get it fitted around Congleton area?

 

Easy. Easier if you leave the tyre in the sun for a bit to get warm. Should take 5-10 minutes depending on motivation.

 

I use the local service station compressor (not a ****ty digital one), and a tie down or bicycle tube to help seat the bead.

not wrestling with a stiff tire for the better part of an evening.... priceless...

 

you need a beader biff no wrestling needed.

 

Fitting a stiff tyre -why?

A bit of tyre soap makes getting the tyre on the rim dead easy, even with short levers (or none at all if you're lucky).  Getting it blown in to position on the rim should not really be a problem if you take the advice above.  If the tyre comes (and a second hand one won't) with the two sides close together (some have cardboard packing to space them out) then put something in to space them apart and leave for a few days. 

 

 

If you can get a good seal using the strap or bicycle inner tube then it is possible to blow the tyre on with a bicycle track pump.   Not many garages have a decent compressor nowadays but the guys at your local tyre fitters might be open to persuasion.

Edited January 26, 201610 yr by 2stroke4stroke

you need a beader biff no wrestling needed.

 

Fitting a stiff tyre -why?

 

exactly.

 

Money invested in a compressor will pay back over time  by

 

A) not paying somebody to do something that is easily done your self with correct gear

 

and

 

swapping tyres on a regular basis to have a good, medium and practice tyre for each event.

 

Swapping a wheel including tyre change is a 10 min job - especially with Michelins.  

Practice Saturday afternoon -swap tyre and quick fettle ready for a Sunday trial is easy on. 

 

Probably make 1 rear last all year and still be reasonable with a bit of chopping and changing

 

Worth sticking a car inner tube in a new tyre for a few days to open the edges to help fitting.

 

lidl had compressors in recently for under a ton I think - rather random but true

I have several chunks of 2x4 wood cut up and I place those in between the two beads. Then i leave the tire in the sun. I have broken two of the foam beaders from company x... Not enough soap i think so they get caught. Now i just let the tire bake in the sun pushing the beads apart but unfortunately in winter time i am boned.

 

--Biff 

 

 

lidl had compressors in recently for under a ton I think - rather random but true

 

Yes, I bought one.

 

Excellent bit of kit, 2hp motor & 50ltr tank!

exactly.

 

Money invested in a compressor will pay back over time  by

 

A) not paying somebody to do something that is easily done your self with correct gear

 

and

 

swapping tyres on a regular basis to have a good, medium and practice tyre for each event.

 

Swapping a wheel including tyre change is a 10 min job - especially with Michelins.  

Practice Saturday afternoon -swap tyre and quick fettle ready for a Sunday trial is easy on. 

 

Probably make 1 rear last all year and still be reasonable with a bit of chopping and changing

 

Worth sticking a car inner tube in a new tyre for a few days to open the edges to help fitting.

 

lidl had compressors in recently for under a ton I think - rather random but true

 

Great advice.