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install th tire with this special tire grease that professionals use to lubricate the edge of the tire to make it fit in place easier. This stuff avoids that the bead sticks to the rim after a while.
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This is a good point I got a tub of tyre soap from the local garage and use that during instlation and it does help when it comes to seating the tyre and breaking the bead later.

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This is a good point I got a tub of tyre soap from the local garage and use that during instlation and it does help when it comes to seating the tyre and breaking the bead later.

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I find that a readily available and highly effective alternative to 'tyre grease' (DO NOT use any actual grease, tyre grease is not grease per se) is fairy liquid.

Duck tape is cheaper and better than rim tape

The best bead breaker I have used 'out on the trail' has been a good solide MX boot, whichshould be worn anyway. To break the bead put a boot on each foot, put something under your wheel to protect the hub, place wheel on said item, jump up and down on tyre. As if by magic the bead is broken.
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How about these?
I bought one of these on ebay:
http://ngvi.ebay.co.uk/vi?ngvi&backt...Jf%2F0BNHfA%3D

No idea if it works, yet and frankly I've only ever changed the tyre on my bicycle!

Having said that would a G-clamp not work if fed over the bead from the spoke side of the rim, rather than over the whole tyre profile? Never tried that either, although they are easy to pack if not a bit heavy for the size.... Someone one here may have tried this already. If so, the fact it has not been mentioned probably means it doesn't work
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G-clamps do work, but are a bit fiddly compared with stamping on it. Stamping is also good cathartic therapy for having to change a tyre, which is a huge ball-ache of a job no-matter how you look at it....

One small item that is useful is an off-cut of 2" angle iron - place it on the tyre (having ground off any sharp edges) so that it is not quite touching the rim, back of the angle facing up (so that one edge is pushing down near the bead). Then just welly the back with a big rock/hammer/tree/boot. Costs about 15p, takes up very little space and if you need it you have scrap angle (frame repairs etc)
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Stamping is also good cathartic therapy for having to change a tyre, which is a huge ball-ache of a job no-matter how you look at it....
That made I laugh out loud!!
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I find that a readily available and highly effective alternative to 'tyre grease' is fairy liquid.
I found quite a lot of corrosion on some alloy rims when I removed some tyres that had been fitted with fairy. On the trail I us WD40, in the workshop I use windowlene. Unless I'm fitting mousses in which case everything gets covered in mousse lube whether I intend to or not. I MEAN EVERYTHING
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While you have bike itself with centerstand and sidestand you have all the tools you need to break the bed on the road. Why carry something else?
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While you have bike itself with centerstand and sidestand you have all the tools you need to break the bed on the road. Why carry something else?
very good point.....

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