I have an old commuter bike with good quality (i am told) aluminum wheels (can't recall the brand right now). I am having a problem with the cheapie 27" tires, the beads keep breaking on them such that the tire has a squiggle in it and I have to replace it well before the tread is gone. I have used these cheapo, (either chinese or tw) tires for many years and never had this problem before. I checked the back wheel for out of true and vertical axis play and there is very little, appears to be ok. What keeps breaking the beads on these tires. I do not go fast or do any curb jumping. Thanks for any help.
How are you putting them on? It is important not to use any levers. Push in the bead to the center and work your way around until the tire is snug, then go back to the middle and push the bead in further and work your way out again.
I have an old commuter bike with good quality (i am told) aluminum wheels (can't recall the brand right now). I am having a problem with the cheapie 27" tires, the beads keep breaking on them such that the tire has a squiggle in it and I have to replace it well before the tread is gone. I have used these cheapo, (either chinese or tw) tires for many years and never had this problem before. I checked the back wheel for out of true and vertical axis play and there is very little, appears to be ok. What keeps breaking the beads on these tires. I do not go fast or do any curb jumping. Thanks for any help.
I have an old commuter bike with good quality (i am told) aluminum wheels (can't recall the brand right now). I am having a problem with the cheapie 27" tires, the beads keep breaking on them such that the tire has a squiggle in it and I have to replace it well before the tread is gone. I have used these cheapo, (either chinese or tw) tires for many years and never had this problem before. I checked the back wheel for out of true and vertical axis play and there is very little, appears to be ok. What keeps breaking the beads on these tires. I do not go fast or do any curb jumping. Thanks for any help.
How are you putting them on? It is important not to use any levers. Push in the bead to the center and work your way around until the tire is snug, then go back to the middle and push the bead in further and work your way out again.
How silly. Of course you can use tire levers if you want to. It is, however, cooler if you do not use levers and just use your bare hands.
Now the to the original poster. I am assuming that the word "squiggle" is not in reference to your tire bead. Whe wire bead cannot get a squiggle in it. So you must be refering to your tire casing. That will get a squiggle if you break any cords in the casing. Usually this happens if you hit a sharp corner and damage the tire, or possibly you overinflated the tire.
Go to Performance.Com online and look at their $6 Forte' GT2. It is one hell of a tough tire. I think they sell those in size 27".
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Mike A Schwab said:
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I have an old commuter bike with good quality (i am told) aluminum wheels (can't recall the brand right now). I am having a problem with the cheapie 27" tires, the beads keep breaking on them such that the tire has a squiggle in it and I have to replace it well before the tread is gone. I have used these cheapo, (either chinese or tw) tires for many years and never had this problem before. I checked the back wheel for out of true and vertical axis play and there is very little, appears to be ok. What keeps breaking the beads on these tires. I do not go fast or do any curb jumping. Thanks for any help.
How are you putting them on? It is important not to use any levers. Push in the bead to the center and work your way around until the tire is snug, then go back to the middle and push the bead in further and work your way out again.
How silly. Of course you can use tire levers if you want to. It is, however, cooler if you do not use levers and just use your bare hands.
Now the to the original poster. I am assuming that the word "squiggle" is not in reference to your tire bead. Whe wire bead cannot get a squiggle in it. So you must be refering to your tire casing. That will get a squiggle if you break any cords in the casing. Usually this happens if you hit a sharp corner and damage the tire, or possibly you overinflated the tire.
Yes, sorry, I used the wrong terminology, should be casing that has a squiggle in it-broken casing. Had a series of these now whereas long time ago using same tires on same bike, no problem. I did find one of the brake pads too close to the rim and adjusted it-see if this helps. Also wrote the company you suggested, I think you meant Performancebikes.com? Could not find a warranty policy or shipping policies at their site? I don't think it is cheap tires causing the problem as I never had this problem before until a few months ago and driving on same terrain, same bike, etc.
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Go to Performance.Com online and look at their $6 Forte' GT2. It is one hell of a tough tire. I think they sell those in size 27".
