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Post by bobh on Jan 18, 2012 16:33:53 GMT
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Post by cam7777 on Jan 18, 2012 17:39:15 GMT
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Post by m40man on Jan 18, 2012 18:08:46 GMT
Apart from the initial positioning of the valve through the rim, which is a bit fiddly, I find fitting tubed tyres much easier that doing tubeless.
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Post by cam7777 on Jan 18, 2012 18:15:06 GMT
I find fitting tubed tyres much easier that doing tubeless. I find the opposite
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Post by m40man on Jan 18, 2012 18:24:21 GMT
I find fitting tubed tyres much easier that doing tubeless. I find the opposite So does Bob, but why ? Tubed tyres are must easier to lever over the rim. (Admittedly, taking care not to pinch the tube is a hassle.) I did the Tranny tyres with just three tyre levers. Didn't even need the bead breaker to start off.
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Post by cam7777 on Jan 18, 2012 18:28:03 GMT
I thought I demonstrated just how easy it is to fit tubeless tyres
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Post by m40man on Jan 18, 2012 18:43:25 GMT
I thought I demonstrated just how easy it is to fit tubeless tyres No Sir - You demonstrated how it is easier to fit tubed tyres when using your nice stand & tyre bar, compared to fitting tubed tyres using just levers & a bead breaker. You didn't demonstrate a comparison between tubed & tubeless, which is the issue here .
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Post by CD on Jan 22, 2012 20:59:43 GMT
My Divvie tubles is easy enough to fit and hardly needs and levering to get the tyre on. The Guzzi Breva's Brembo's have almost no central well. I left that to a tyre fitter with a proper machine for the job. !!!
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Post by newell on Jan 24, 2012 9:57:20 GMT
"..... Tubed tyres are must easier to lever over the rim. (Admittedly, taking care not to pinch the tube is a hassle.) .....
Always found it helps if you put a small amount of air in the tube, to make it stand proud and avoid the lever ends, and make sure your levers are smooooth, take some emery paper to them if necessary.
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Post by bobh on Jan 24, 2012 12:10:34 GMT
Jim - see video 1 at 3min35 - he demonstrates how to gauge the amount of air in the tube.
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Post by m40man on Jan 24, 2012 12:48:22 GMT
Jim - see video 1 at 3min35 - he demonstrates how to gauge the amount of air in the tube. Yes - too flaccid & trouble will surely follow . Still have to take care though, even with the correct turgidity.
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Post by newell on Jan 24, 2012 12:54:16 GMT
I can't play it Bob. I see a still of it and have audio, but it will not play. I always have problems with videos. Thanks anyway. Regarding changing a tubed tyre, I'm like you mate, one of the old school: if you couldn't repair a puncture at the side of the road then you did not get to work. I wish I had a pound............
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Post by peteff on Feb 2, 2012 18:37:21 GMT
We did a tyres and tubes on a KTM 450 last week and the hardest bit was getting the valve tube through the hole in the back rim. It was a heavy duty tube made of 4mm thick rubber. The other pain in the butt was the two rim locks that hold the bead after the tube is inflated.
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Post by DahDit on Feb 3, 2012 9:18:21 GMT
My Divvie tubles is easy enough to fit and hardly needs and levering to get the tyre on. Fiasco, Gpam and I may have to agree to disagree with you there....admittedly it was the blind, leading the blind, leading the blind when we tried. ;D Thanks for the top tip, based on previous experience that may well be sound advice for me......
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