C'mon Jesse!
Change that damn tire yourself, it ain't hard!

Get a set of spoons and come over the house with a spare tire around your waist and I will show you how, should only take about 30 minutes from start to finish and you'll be on your way.

Seriously, last time I was at Lakeland I changed one right there at the track. With the tools it's cake. I even have a simple way to prevent from scratching your rim. :D

Get in touch with me.

Oh...I am on my way to ride right now, down to where Gary and Jimmy said they would be today, if your there I will explain it to you. If not, call me.

Later.

 

easiest way i found to break a bead believe it or not goes as follows..................lett all the air out (duuuuuuuuuuuuhhh) put a towel on the ground (preferably one of those soft cushy ones moms only lets company use) near a solid object like a curb, lay the rim/tire on the ground on the towel, then get in your car or truck and drive up to the rim (make sure u approach on the drivers side or it can get real ugly real quick, this way you can see the rim/tire and where u are going to drive) veeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrryyyyyyyyy slowly drive onto the tire..very important drive only on the tire unless u wanna make your rear rim all good to mount front tires on, as u creep foward tur your front wheel to almost drive around the rim u will here a pop (thats thebead breaking if you didnt remove the valve stem insert if u removed it u wont hear a pop but u will be able to see the tire come off the bead) then slowly back off the tire, get out flip the rim and do it again to the other side. I know it sounds crazy but ive tried pretty much every other way suggested to me short of buying a tire machine and this is definatly the quickest and easiest............................or u can go to the local bar bring home that drunk 500lb. biatch and tell her uve got all u can eat pudding for her if she just bounces up and down on that tirre:p

 

that is a good idea but ur gonna need a few of them the bead wont break if u only put pressure on one spot and make sure the hadle that u turn to make the clamp tighten and loosen is very strong and long because ur gonna need alot of leverage. they actually make a bead breaker that i had purchased at one time from my local nike dealer it looks like the cross section of a clam sorta only problem was it was only good for tires 160 and smaller. anyways just tryin to give some helpful advice but let me know if u find out a better way than i have...........oh and as always KEEP IT ON ONE WHEEL:cool:

 

oh and another thing after the bead is finnally broken (which ever way u do it) spray the sidewalls of both the new tire goin on and the tire commin off with either armor all or windex with bleach (i prefer the windex with bleach because its very slippery and it comes of the tire just by drying, armor all stayin on a bike tire is a bad thing) alos spray the rim. it makes the tires slip on and off alot easier. Weve done this and actually were able to mount a tire just by starting it halfway with spoons then stepping on the other side of the tire and it just slips on. whatever u use though make sure u clean it off before u ride on the tire!

 

I use my ramp board for my trailer and 2 short 2x4s.
Lay the rim on the 2x4s with the wood on the outsides of the rotor so nothing touches the ground.
To break my bead, remove the valve core empying the air out and then place the egde of the board at the edge of the rim where it meets the tire. Then jump on it the board and it's broke, sometimes takes a few jumps but it goes pretty easy.
Turn it over and do the same thing on the other side.
Get a set of good spoons, 3 is best and go to town.

When I do another one in a couple weeks I will take pics for ya'll.

Later.