jimmy Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 Fitted new front tyre and tube a month or so ago. Yesterday, the best day of our year up here so far, and flat tyre. Looked at it last night pumped it up and left it. This morning, another cracker, and flat as fek again. In from work tonight, changed the valve and this time I 'painted' some soapy liquid around the valve and stem. BIG bluddy bubbles coming from the base of the valve stem..........so need to get the thing off and pick up another new tube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhat250 Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 Hee jim " lovely day too. take the bonnie oot ,,,,, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obriens65 Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 That is what's known as the law of sod. Hopefully there'll be some more good days for you to enjoy this year once you've got the new tube in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy xs Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 Jimmy could have been worse, you could have got a flat up the highlands with no signal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy Posted July 19, 2014 Author Share Posted July 19, 2014 Well 10 days later and its still not fixed. My shift pattern changed to mon-fri so I couldn't get into the local bike shop. Eventually sent my boy in but the shop is closed for the Fair Holidays......Ordered an inner tube from flea bay and it arrived on thursday so took it in to the guy that does my car tyres but he's shut so went round the other car tyre places but no-one would touch it....as I said FFS Need to order myself a decent set of tyre levers so I can deal with any future punctures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator mervin Posted July 19, 2014 Moderator Share Posted July 19, 2014 Tell ya what i did a tubeless bike tyre the other day , first time ever, I have a bead breaker tyre changer thinigie , so easy and no feart of pinching tube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finnerz89 Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 Feel your pain jimmy, had the same thing on one of my bikes, took over 2 weeks until I got it sorted today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator drewpy Posted July 19, 2014 Moderator Share Posted July 19, 2014 I got irons from Stafford s few years ago, £10 for 2 paid for them selves a couple of times as helped a few peeps out changing their tyres 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wild foamy Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 I've had problems with the XJ turbo wheels as they are 19', most tyre machines are limited to 18's but I ended up making my own set of jaws that fitted the existing machine I had to hand, The DT tyres can be changed with a pair of big screwdrivers, just be careful of the tubes, I replace the new tyre using only my boots with no levers at all, just make sure the shoulder is in the centre of the rim opposite where you're standing as it gives you more room to slip the tyre over the rim on the opposite side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slice Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 2 "G" cramps and 2 big flat screwdrivers are all you need Jimmy, as above just watch out the inner tube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy xs Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 I seen a clip on youtube using cable ties. I had a pack in garage so while I was waiting for my tyre levers to turn up from Ebay I thought I'd give it a go and to my surprise it works great for alloys, no risk of damage to rims Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewElvisFan Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 So am I right to assume changing a tubed tyre is similar to doing it on a push bike? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slice Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 Think so Andrew, just tougher rubber and a bit of a bugger to get back on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sniff6 Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Think so Andrew, just tougher rubber and a bit of a bugger to get back on. Just smear some washing up liquid on the tyre bead first and should pop back on the rim a treat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finnerz89 Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Or furniture polish apparently! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy Posted July 23, 2014 Author Share Posted July 23, 2014 or a tub of tyre soap, which doesn't contain salt. Anyway tyre now back on bike so we're good to go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dt502001 Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Tommy next time instead of waisting a pack of zip ties use tie down straps, changing a tire the first time is hard for anyone but everyone should learn and own some tire irons. A trick to doing tubed tires is to start 180 from the valve and finnish at the valve,this way you can push the tube into the tire and not pinch it, never push the tire irons all the way down to the rim center so you dont pinch the tube. The first few times anyone I have ever tought how to do it struggled but after a few times it get easier.I have a tire machine at my disposal but it dosent do me any good when I am 200 miles from home. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewElvisFan Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Never thought of tie down straps. I'll borrow some from work before the weekend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator drewpy Posted July 23, 2014 Moderator Share Posted July 23, 2014 or a tub of tyre soap, which doesn't contain salt. Anyway tyre now back on bike so we're good to go I use olive oil soap rather than the coal tar stuff, preserves the rubber better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewElvisFan Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Dumb question but in the absence of the above would 2 in one oil be ok? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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