Bad day at Black Rock

[400bhp]

I resorted to rummaging around in the gutter and a nearby bin for anything I could use as a lever and did eventually manage.

Of course you were looking for a lever mate

 

[machew]

To get the last bit of the tyre on the rim, (20" rims and marathon plus) I use something similar to the Park Tool PTS1 - Tyre Seating Tool

 

[GilesM]

Hah. I cycled past Black Rock, Ireland he other week.

There is an excellent book of the same title as the film written about Blackrock in Ireland.

 

[biking_fox]

One trick that helps especially if you've not had to remove the tyre for a while is to work it all around the rim before attempting to take it off. The first bit is easy, so you just do that all around, stretching the bead a bit. Only then do you try to take the whole tyre out. Makes a huge difference especially with my Marathon Plus which are a nightmare to remove.

 

[swee'pea99]

For future reference (and this works for *all* tight tyres, needles to say):


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XUFVrl0UT4

 

[Domus]

Got the bike home and a good mate of mine came round to put me straight.

Well blow me down, as they don't say round here, the front was flat as well.

A thorn was embedded in the tyre so my spare tube went on that. My mate has 50 years of cycling behind him and he struggled as much as I did the other day. We succumbed to using a VAR lever to get the last bit over. Went out to buy some new tubes as the one I fitted on Friday was nipped and had a 6mm split.
Three new tubes bought, one fitted and the bike was cleaned and lubed and new pedals fitted. Looks very well, may just have to go out tomorrow.

I have now got three reusable cable ties in my saddlebag and the VAR levers, just hope I never need them