Folding non-folding tyres

Quoted message said:

I got some tyres off ebay but I'm a bit dubious about how they came
packaged. They're non-folding tyres (Schwalbe City Jets) but they came
tied up in knots too get them packaged smaller.

Would this damage anything in them at all or should they be ok?

They'll be fine if they look OK from the outside: if nothing is ripped or
badly kinked.

I've folded City Jets by twisting into figure-of-eight then folding in
half.

Quoted message said:

When I
got the same tyres from Wiggle they came in a nice big box and not at
all folded.

Excessive packaging annoys me -- increased prices and more awkard rubbish
to deal with.

~PB

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Quoted message said:

I got some tyres off ebay but I'm a bit dubious about how they came
packaged. They're non-folding tyres (Schwalbe City Jets) but they
came tied up in knots too get them packaged smaller.

Would this damage anything in them at all or should they be ok?

If they were folded correctly without kinking the beads, they're fine:

http://www.rideyourbike.com/tirefold.html

James Thomson

James Thomson said:

If they were folded correctly without kinking the beads, they're fine:

http://www.rideyourbike.com/tirefold.html

I was about to attempt to describe that fold using naught but words,
but those illustrations are great.

--
Dave...

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Quoted message said:

James Thomson said:

If they were folded correctly without kinking the beads, they're fine:

http://www.rideyourbike.com/tirefold.html

I was about to attempt to describe that fold using naught but words,
but those illustrations are great.

Yep, I tried the method with a new Panaracer PAsela Tourguard and it works a
treat.

Interesting - I have always done it a different way.

Place hands on opposite sides of the tyre, pointing in the same
direction (ie one up, one down).
While holding the tyre, return hands so both point up.
Faff till the three loops it naturally falls into are the same size..

For a smaller package you can use any odd number of loops (3,5,7 - more
than 7 is hard).

...d

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Pete Biggs said:

Quoted message said:

I got some tyres off ebay but I'm a bit dubious about how they came
packaged. They're non-folding tyres (Schwalbe City Jets) but they came
tied up in knots too get them packaged smaller.

Would this damage anything in them at all or should they be ok?

They'll be fine if they look OK from the outside: if nothing is ripped or
badly kinked.

I've folded City Jets by twisting into figure-of-eight then folding in
half.

That twists the beads and can cause damage. Someone already posted a
link explaining how to do it properly.

Rob Morley said:

Quoted message said:

I've folded City Jets by twisting into figure-of-eight then folding
in half.

That twists the beads and can cause damage. Someone already posted a
link explaining how to do it properly.

It's only a gentle twist that requires little force and has not done any
harm, IME. It's quicker and easier than any other way. You can easily
kink a bead if you try the more complicated fold and get it wrong, as I
did the first time I tried it.

~PB

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Quoted message said:

James Thomson said:

If they were folded correctly without kinking the beads, they're fine:

http://www.rideyourbike.com/tirefold.html

I was about to attempt to describe that fold using naught but words,
but those illustrations are great.

Yep, I tried the method with a new Panaracer PAsela Tourguard and it works a
treat.

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David Martin said:

vernon said:

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Quoted message said:

James Thomson wrote:

> If they were folded correctly without kinking the beads, they're fine:
>
> http://www.rideyourbike.com/tirefold.html

I was about to attempt to describe that fold using naught but words,
but those illustrations are great.

Yep, I tried the method with a new Panaracer PAsela Tourguard and it works a
treat.

Interesting - I have always done it a different way.

Place hands on opposite sides of the tyre, pointing in the same
direction (ie one up, one down).
While holding the tyre, return hands so both point up.
Faff till the three loops it naturally falls into are the same size..

I do it a really awkward way - hold the tyre at each side, cross your
wrists to form the three loops, then bring the bottom one up with your
knee and push the top one down with your chin :-)