Pinching the tube on a tyre change

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Pinching the tube on a tyre change
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Posted: Jan 27, 2013 at 16:02 Quote
Why do I keep doing this? I keep catching the inner tube with my tyre levers when swapping the wet to dry tyres? I am fuming now, its the third time in a row ive done it? I never get flats on the trails, just in the garage!

Posted: Jan 27, 2013 at 17:07 Quote
Put some baby powder on you tube, it will not stick on the rim. I use the park tool clamps and it really help me.

Posted: Jan 27, 2013 at 18:07 Quote
This might sound crazy, but don't use levers to remount tires...

Posted: Jan 27, 2013 at 19:59 Quote
Yea I just force them on by hand.

Posted: Jan 28, 2013 at 4:18 Quote
yep brute force is the way if you can , try pushing the slack from the bottom of the tire that is already mounted up wards towards the top that needs mounting , I find this helps loads , also put a thin layer of washing up liquid on the beads to lube it.

Posted: Jan 28, 2013 at 8:30 Quote
Cheers Bigburd!

Posted: Jan 28, 2013 at 11:24 Quote
Nobody mentioned this yet so I will - put some air in the tube (until it's firm-ish) and it will be less likely to get pinched as you mount the tire.

Posted: Jan 28, 2013 at 11:45 Quote
sweet, nice one brian

Posted: Jan 29, 2013 at 12:06 Quote
Evo360 wrote:
Why do I keep doing this? I keep catching the inner tube with my tyre levers when swapping the wet to dry tyres? I am fuming now, its the third time in a row ive done it? I never get flats on the trails, just in the garage!
You don't need no stinking levers!
http://mtbtires.com/site2/tech/77-how-to/103-how-to-no-tools-tire-mounting-video

Posted: Jan 29, 2013 at 16:35 Quote
Thats on a folding tyre that basically has no bead, thats cheating!

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