Changing Tires - Page 2

 

That's very possible that's what has been happening to me. I've decided on
Bridgestone for my tires but I haven't decided what kind. I'd like a kind of
aggressive front tire, one that really grips the road. The rear tire will be
a touring type. I don't think my spoked wheels will allow tubeless tires, so
I will carry a tube type pressure can repair kit.

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If the mechanic takes the new tube out of the box and sticks it in the new
tire without inflating the new tube to "iron out" the folds, he just might
pinch the tube
as he spoons the second bead over the tire rim.

One Dunlop bulletin that I saw years ago advised tire installers to add just
enough air to a new tube to make it into a nice donut shape and put it
inside the new tire *before* slipping the *first* bead onto the rim.

I told a friend who laced wheels for a living about that bulletin and he
remarked, "Have I been doing it wrong all these years? Ya learn something
new every day!"

 



Certain Bridgestone tires, like the BT-020F with the old Spitfire
"lightning" tread pattern are *rain tires* but other models are better
in dry weather.

You can generally tell a tire intended for wet season riding by the
number and depth of the water-dispersing channels.

A tire with many deep channels is too squirmy for sporty riding.