bike tires question

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Any tips on changing a bike tire and tubes?

Use plastic tire levers. Pump a stroke or two of air into a tube before installing it. Put a little
talc or corn starch on your inner tubes.

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Went to buy a tube and wow picked up one that had a little teeny tiny nozzel instead of the nice
big tire valve usually seen on car tires. When did this happen? What do you use to put the air in?
Perhaps I bought the wrong kind of tube?

You bought a "presta valve" tube. You want a "schraeder valve" tube. Both are readily
available, you just have to check the package when you buy. Usually there is a picture of the
valve type on the box.

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Did solid tires ever make it to market, and where would one find such a thing?

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You can read comments on solid tires by searching the archives of rec.bicycles.tech on
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Take care Liz who is dying to get on her old one speed and take off but can't quite get the new
tires on.

Installing the solid ones will be 10x harder.

--Paul

Thanks Paul!

They don't have my size, so its off to get a new tube with the different valve from the
sports store.

Take care Liz I will do this if it kills me, even if the air is blue...

Hey! Look what [email hidden] (Paul Southworth) wrote :

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Use plastic tire levers. Pump a stroke or two of air into a tube before installing it. Put a little
talc or corn starch on your inner tubes.

Quoted message said:

You bought a "presta valve" tube. You want a "schraeder valve" tube. Both are readily
available, you just have to check the package when you buy. Usually there is a picture of the
valve type on the box.

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Did solid tires ever make it to market, and where would one find such a thing?

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Uhhh...HEY....they use different size holes....oh well, too late. Sorry

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Thanks Paul!

They don't have my size, so its off to get a new tube with the different

valve

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from the sports store.

Take care Liz I will do this if it kills me, even if the air is blue...

Hey! Look what [email hidden] (Paul Southworth) wrote :

Quoted message said:

Use plastic tire levers. Pump a stroke or two of air into a tube before installing it. Put a
little talc or corn starch on your inner tubes.

Quoted message said:

You bought a "presta valve" tube. You want a "schraeder valve" tube. Both are readily available,
you just have to check the package when you buy. Usually there is a picture of the valve type on
the box.

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Did solid tires ever make it to market, and where would one find such a

thing?

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"MisNomer" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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Any tips on changing a bike tire and tubes?

Went to buy a tube and wow picked up one that had a little teeny tiny

nozzel

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instead of the nice big tire valve usually seen on car tires. When did

this

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happen? What do you use to put the air in? Perhaps I bought the wrong

kind of

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tube?

Did solid tires ever make it to market, and where would one find such a

thing?

Exchange that tube with the small valve for the one you really wanted to buy. (At most shops you'll
get a dollar's change back). The smaller format valve ("nozzle"???) exists because it is easeir to
pump by hand.

Tips for changing a tire? Mark the tire, rim and valve so you can trace the injury, once located,
back to the point on the tire or rim to determine the cause and rectify it. Simply installing a new
tube in place of the old will often result in a another puncture if the object is still in the tire
or if the error in the rim remains.

Another tip? Inflate the tube enough so it is round in cross section before putting it inside he
tire. That keeps the tube fom folding over itself or geting caught unde the tire's edge.

Last tip? Install the tire with hands only, no tools. Use your palms, not fingertips.

Solid urethane tires come and go every few years. They are uncomfortable generally and murder on
rims but they have their adherents. Not enough to avoid bankruptcy, though. Then some other guy
discovers their "potential" and begins the cycle anew. ( I'm sure someone here will set me straight
and tell us all how his are superior.) I did install one on a good customer's bike which is
exclusively relegated to a trainer at her summer home. It is still fine after many thousands of
indoor miles.

--
Andrew Muzi yellowjersey.orgyellowjersey.orgOpen ↗ Open every day since 1 April 1971

MisNomer said:

Any tips on changing a bike tire and tubes?

Don't put the tyre back on with levers if you can possibly help it.

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Went to buy a tube and wow picked up one that had a little teeny tiny nozzel instead of the nice
big tire valve usually seen on car tires. When did this happen?

That's a Presta valve. If you don't have a pump to fit it, exchange it.

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Did solid tires ever make it to market, and where would one find such a thing?

Yes, in about 1890 or so. They are still made. They're fine if you don't mind the vibration
unscrewing all the nuts on your bicycle, including - er, since you identify as Liz, probably not the
two that really hurt.
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David Damerell <[email hidden]> Kill the tomato!