Replacing tire on Mach1 Wheels
RayKinsella
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Without retelling my entire "tail of woe" about the rear wheel on my road bike. Suffice to say the local bike shop replaced it for me a few weeks ago with a Mach1 for €150 - pricey I thought, but hey ho.
The mechanic told me when I was collecting it, that the tire was "pretty tight" on the Mach1, but "he got there in the end". So it appears that "pretty tight" is the understatement of the century.
I inevitably got a puncture today going through a pothole at the end of a 50KM spin. I went to remove the tire this evening to replace the tube and it appears to be literally welded to the rim. Like when I press hard on the tire, no space appears between the tire and the rim to slip in a tire lever ... I mean literally no space, zero, nothing, nada ... it is like they are welded onto the rim, its insane?
Any ideas or tircks????
Ray K
The mechanic told me when I was collecting it, that the tire was "pretty tight" on the Mach1, but "he got there in the end". So it appears that "pretty tight" is the understatement of the century.
I inevitably got a puncture today going through a pothole at the end of a 50KM spin. I went to remove the tire this evening to replace the tube and it appears to be literally welded to the rim. Like when I press hard on the tire, no space appears between the tire and the rim to slip in a tire lever ... I mean literally no space, zero, nothing, nada ... it is like they are welded onto the rim, its insane?
Any ideas or tircks????
Ray K
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As for getting the tyre back on I suggest you buy a tyre glider.
And is it a tubeless tyre ?