Disaster

[STEVEMANFA]

well it's the bank holiday and guess what the weather is crap, so I pick my day for a ride out and that was yesterday Sunday 1st April.
Jump on bike at about 1pm and off I go, about 1 mile off road then I hit the woods and 6 miles in I get a puncture, no problems I got a spare tube and a multi tool, now this is where the fun starts, do you think I can break the tyre away from the rim, no chance of that so it was a long push home, my last puncture was 1500 miles ago.

 

[Deleted member 4366]

Did you try standing/jumping on it?

 

[JPGiant]

That's bad news.
Have you got Slime fitted?

 

[LeighPing]

Did you use the walk mode @STEVEMANFA ?

 

[RobF]

Ah, the old tubeless ready rims with inner tubes problem.

Same on my Charger.

After wrestling with the front tyre once too often I went tubeless.

Before that, I found the best way to break the bead was to use the end of a wooden hammer handle.

I carry a six inch length (ooo er missus) for the purpose.

Bearing down on that concentrated the pressure enough to do the job.

The rim does need to be on a hard surface, grass is a waste of time because give in the ground absorbs the pressure.

Finding a hard surface might not be so easy in some trail environments, but I reckon using a hammer handle you could pop the bead with the wheel propped up against a tree.

 

[Ballynoes]

Had a bike exactly the same…. Could not shift the tyre off the bead.

I now practice at home with all my bikes before I go anywhere…no good to you now though.

I did find this when all else failed… worth watching, came in handy with me once.

 

[STEVEMANFA]

Did you try standing/jumping on it?

Yep I did try that but it was no good, had to get a flat screwdriver in there when I got back home

 

[STEVEMANFA]

That's bad news.
Have you got Slime fitted?

No slime but I think I may give it a try

 

[STEVEMANFA]

Did you use the walk mode @STEVEMANFA ?

No it's crap to be fair, you have to push on it that hard it makes my thumb hurt.

 

[STEVEMANFA]

Had a bike exactly the same…. Could not shift the tyre off the bead.

I now practice at home with all my bikes before I go anywhere…no good to you now though.

I did find this when all else failed… worth watching, came in handy with me once.

Thanks for that I will give that a try next time

 

[soundwave]

go tubeless and be done with it

 

[Trevormonty]

go tubeless and be done with it

Given how tight bead is, tubeless should work.

 

[STEVEMANFA]

Got some stans on order, going to try it in the tubes first and if then that don't work will go tubless.

 

[Nealh]

Got some stans on order, going to try it in the tubes first and if then that don't work will go tubless.

Waste of time and money with tubes, they are too stretchy and thin for it to work.

 

[STEVEMANFA]

Well I will give it a go and report back the next time I get a flat.

 

[soundwave]

get 2 valves and some rim tape it is less hassle when you get the hang off it

 

[STEVEMANFA]

Thanks for the info soundwave, I'm going down the tube route first, then I may go tubless at a later date

 

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