recommendations for tyre changing kit?
 

Howdy,

Can anyone provide me with a list of tools I need for changing the tyres myself?
What levers etc and were to get them from cheap and fast.

I have 4 weeks to get the bike back on the road for the lakes :)

Cheers

Chrs

Bare minimum:

Couple of tyre levers.
Valve core extractor.
Spanner or pair of pliers to undo the valve stem nut.
Pump.
Washing up liquid/car shampoo.

Local Machine Mart or (probably) Halfrauds. Or eBay.

More or less any will do if you're just doing it in your garage - big, long steel ones are cheap, but don't use the leverage to compensate for bad technique and damage your tyres or rims ;)

I have spangly Motion Pro spannerlevers, which are not cheap, but worth it if you want something light and multifunction to carry with you.

Take the rear wheel off and come up to Hudds on Sunday morning and I'll give you the two TKC's and give you a personal instruction in tyre replacement and some real good tips on how to do it easily, especially braking the bead. You cannot believe how easy it is!:toothy10:
.......................and you can see the small levers that I now use (not those huge ones I used to carry around):o

yep...
Two 200mm levers is all yer need to carry...

At home I use this to put tyres on.... 16:1 tyre pusher..
still need levers to remove it...
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Steady on.

I do remember the days you swore by big long levers.....

I've sworn at tyre levers of various lengths.

Me as well.
Also, different lengths for different circumstances. The rear usually has stiffer walls than the front, so longer levers work better.

Aye aye :lovers[1]:

Just SteveD's phone number?

I changed tyres today and used a valve pulling tool for the first time. What a revelation :) Push the cable of the tool through the valve hole and screw into the tube. Put the tube in the tyre with the valve more or less in the right place. Fit the tyre and hey presto the valve is in its place. Brilliant.
http://www.adventure-spec.com/defaul...s.html?cat=103

I also tried a Moto pro bead buddy but managed to break it. I was probably doing it wrong.
http://www.adventure-spec.com/defaul...ead-buddy.html

I did the rear tyre at about 10am after it had been in the garage overnight. Talk about hard work. I put the new front in the sun for an hour or so and it was like playing with a bit of putty. Levers only needed for the very last bit and the beads satisfyingly banged into place at about 20psi.