Tire and Tube Trouble

[KnottedYet]

It worked!!!!!

Deb, you are my HERO!!!

Flosshilde has one new tire on, and I've got one more to do. (I think I'll do the back tire tomorrow morning.)

THANK YOU DEB!!

[Mimosa]

What I normally use as lever is something very cheap (no more then a couple of dollars).

They normally come in mini tyre-repair kits (about 6 dollars) which you can put in you backpocket.
They never break and allways do the job, regardless of the rim.

[Kalidurga]

Hey Knotted, since Deb answered your question, mind if I hijack this for a similar question?

I just bought a set of folding tires with a slightly knobbier tread (Ritchey SpeedMax Cross). As soon as I got home, I unfolded them and laid them out on the living room floor where they've been ever since, waiting patiently for me to stop being lazy and pull the wheels off of my bike to mount them.

Is there anything I need to know about mounting a folding tire? They definitely don't have the same curve to them (curve from rim to rim, I mean) as the tires originally on the bike, so I'm wondering if it'll be tricky to get the second bead lined up in the rim.

[spokewench]

Na, they aren't hard to install - all the same tricks as any other kind of tire.

If the tire is cold, sometimes, my husband will put it in the oven low temp for a minute to get it to be more pliable. But this is not necessary unless the tire is cold

Same old tricks, put the tire on one side of the rim, stick your tube in, go around the rim starting at the stem side putting the tire into the rim on the other side. If it gets tough towards the end push the tire together all the way around the rim, i.e. pushing the tire towards the inside of the rim on both sides at the same time all the way around. This will make it easier to get that last part on.

[Kalidurga]

Thank you, Spokewench, that's about what I figured. They certainly seem soft enough that I didn't think it'd be any more difficult. Always got to be sure when ya try something new and different, though

[KnottedYet]

I am not experiencing stunning success with Flossie's 2nd tire. So I'll hie me off to the LBS for help (and a set of real tire levers). There is still some wear left in the old tires, so I'll donate 'em to the freebie box at LBS.

I just hate it that I can't do this by myself. Can I blame the Speedlever/Campy rim mismatch?

(BTW the Speedlever is FAB-U-LOUS on the Kona's wheels!)

[KnottedYet]

Love my LBS. Dude put the tire on with his bare hands! As I stood there telling him NOTHING I did would get the tire on.

Got 3 steel core tire levers. (can't quite remember how you use the levers to put the tire ON. gotta research)

Also bought another of those cute little presta-Schrader adapters.

Cleaned and lubed Flossie's chain, now I gotta put on the computer and reset it. (am starting to really like Boeshield)

[CyclChyk]

I just hate it that I can't do this by myself. Can I blame the Speedlever/Campy rim mismatch?

Sounds good to me!!!