manual tyre changer frame thingies

[Anonymous]

Those wheel ring things with the bead breaker fitted that whips and ballards sell.

Do they make me want to change tyres more often? Or do they just take up more space in the shed? are they only for foam tubes? Or all?

[glennMember]

Descent tyre levers is all you need..
my 3c worth.

[Anonymous]

2 x 15″ car rims welded together in a stack, piece of reo or similar type bar welded in the middle long enough to hold your tyre in place, garden hose around the edges of the tyres to protect your spokes and stop it sliding around the floor and a couple of tyre levers are as good as gold and you will done like a kipper for tyre changes

(Boulder we really need some new terms, I have flogged the crap out of those two now:laugh: )

[glennMember]

DanD wrote:

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2 x 15″ car rims welded together in a stack, piece of reo or similar type bar welded in the middle long enough to hold your tyre in place, garden hose around the edges of the tyres to protect your spokes and stop it sliding around the floor and a couple of tyre levers are as good as gold and you will done like a kipper for tyre changes

(Boulder we really need some new terms, I have flogged the crap out of those two now:laugh: )

Ooops sorry I forgot about the DanD 3000,, its a treat…

[Anonymous]

bit hard to hang a pair of wheels on the wall though.

be alright if i needed a coffee table in the shed.

[Anonymous]

champo35 wrote:

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bit hard to hang a pair of wheels on the wall though.

be alright if i needed a coffee table in the shed.

Use your imagination Champo – overcome adapt and improvise – But taken on board I could use it as a beverage holder as well in the shed:)

[TheBossMember]

champo35 wrote:

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Those wheel ring things with the bead breaker fitted that whips and ballards sell.

Do they make me want to change tyres more often? Or do they just take up more space in the shed? are they only for foam tubes? Or all?

THIS THREAD HAS BEEN MOVED TO GENERAL TALK CHAMPO ON THE GROUNDS YOU ARE NOT ASKING FOR ANYBODIES HELP, YOUR ASKING YOURSELF

Can be used for all sorts tube, tubeless and Mousses like TB and Crash run

[GregMember]

Yeah I have a Ballards one, they are cheap enough and can be used for everything, the lever is good for cracking the beads so you dont waste 2 mins flogging it with a rubber hammer like Dan

TB

[Anonymous]

I had thought the same thing. However, given that I have never changed a tyre on my bike myself I didn’t see the point in getting one.

How much are they anyway?

[GregMember]

Ballards on line catalogue I think around $140

TB

[dennis da menaceMember]

i seen a trick one in a catalogue yesterday, im not sure if it was supercheap or repco, it was a bit more technical than the ballards ones. it was a bolt down jobby and it had the bar with the lip thingy so you just pushed it around the rim to remove the tyre and a bead breaker thingo….like a proper one.

sorry i binned the catalogue already though:(

[Matt BakerMember]

Moto wrote:

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I had thought the same thing. However, given that I have never changed a tyre on my bike myself I didn’t see the point in getting one.

How much are they anyway?

the bike shop has free fitting anyway, and if they dont i have a couple of mates that work at a tyre shop and they sort it out for me

[Anonymous]

Yeah, whenever I buy a tyre I just get the shop to fit it. It’s hassle enough for me to have to take my wheel out and drive it there. I reckon they should do a delivery service

[Matt BakerMember]

my local bike mechanic has a special on at the moment, if you spend more than $200 on tyres, repairs, service etc, he picks the bike up and drops it off.

[Anonymous]

Will he do it for Nelson Bay residents if I spend more than $400

As a point of interest, who here changes their own tyres and who gets the shop to do it?

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