Thank you very much! Nice tip. I haven't changed my tyres for a while just because it was so difficult to fit them again that I didn't want to do it...
Tip: Push the bead in with your 8 fingers. Eight fingers have much more stabbing force than your two thumbs. Grab the tyre like you would a pull up bar and push from the other side side without looking.
Thank you!! Pinched an inner tube and struggled for two hours before I found this video. key thing really is taking the whole tire off and putting the inner tube in the tire before putting the tire back on, the bead doesn't let you do the trick where you put one side of the tire on before putting the inner tube in
Brilliant!!! Thank you SO MUCH!!! This is hands down THE best video I’ve seen on how to deal with those impossibly tight bike tires!! ❤❤❤ I’m a woman and don’t have a great deal of hand strength - and I didn’t even need it. Works with different brands of tires too. Again, thanks so much! 😊
Another happy viewer. After getting sweaty and frustrated for a half an hour with zero progress, I refrained from throwing the bike through the car windshield and retired to my office to cool off and find out how to mount a bike tire. Found this video and had two of them mounted within 20 minutes. Thanks again, and thanks for keeping this up for 13 years and counting.
This video is absolute gold. I saw this video 5 years ago and it changed my life. Every other video out there suggest little gadgets, baby powder, oil soapy water. Nothing is simpler than string, I’ve even used my shoe laces once out on the road. This trick is so underrated.
An hour of frustration and a ruined tube - watched this video and literally 5 minutes later both tyres seated without the need for a single lever! Can’t thank you enough!
You have absolutely saved my day and my sanity, after getting pretty irate at my tyres. Your 5minute video was the most straightforward and least tyre-some (boo bad pun 😂). Thank you so much!
This is a phenomenally old video, but I’ve just spending 45 minutes and 3 pinched tubes trying to install and tight tyre/rim combo with tyre levers. On my first try after this video, I slipped the tyre on with only my hands - Incredible! Perfectly illustrates what I had been missing before.
I am absolutely speechless. Wow. Thank you SO much, this morning two if us were stressed for over an hour trying to fit my tyres. I actually then placed an order for different tyres thinking there was zero chance that these would fit. Then I watched your video, and in honestly less than 5 minutes on my own without tyre levers my tyres were on! No stress, Unbelievable!!!
Lol, shocking camera work but bloody genius insights. Thank you
Thank you very much! Nice tip. I haven't changed my tyres for a while just because it was so difficult to fit them again that I didn't want to do it...
Wish I had watched this before literally bruising the inside of both hands fitting two new Continental Gatorskins without tire levers earlier today...
Now how do you take them off?
hate tire fitting so much. rather do a fork service.
I fucking hated these tyres while trying to fit on my boardman slr rims... Oh and I thought I could fit them tubeless, how naive 😭
I. Love. You. Also was going to bike over the balcony until I found your genius hack x
One inner tube bust, two levers broken,...then this fantastic tutorial and life is good again! Thanks a lot!
Tip: Push the bead in with your 8 fingers. Eight fingers have much more stabbing force than your two thumbs. Grab the tyre like you would a pull up bar and push from the other side side without looking.
Fantastic. Makes total sense but I hadn't thought of it! Thank you.
Impressively easy. First time I’ve been able to get a Schwable tire on without giving strong consideration to giving up cycling after 50 years. 🎉
I and my thumbs thank you!
Thank You! Pushing the bead down into the well to create the slack. Excellent advice.
Thank you!! Pinched an inner tube and struggled for two hours before I found this video. key thing really is taking the whole tire off and putting the inner tube in the tire before putting the tire back on, the bead doesn't let you do the trick where you put one side of the tire on before putting the inner tube in
Classic old UA-cam to the rescue !! Worked like a treat on my seemingly stubborn tyre 👍
That is brilliant. Thanks for putting the video out there. Put an end to two days of struggling to fit GP5000 to my new Mavics 😅🎉
Excellent thanks
Anytime you see .mp4 in the video title, you know the guy is gonna be dropping timeless wisdom
One of the best tutorials even today. And yes, those tires are nasty to mount
also 512 subscribers and only 1 video, surely thats got to be some sort of record 😃
brilliant video, thanks 😃👍
Fantastic many thanks, my bike is back on the road!!
Fixed my problem! Thank you! Good job!
What are the straps he used called? 2:33
Legend! 🤓
Legend.
Don't buy anything from SpaCycles, the owner is extremely arrogant and irresponsible person
Tried for an hour to fit some new tyres, got frustrated, gave up. Watched this video and tried again, tyres on in 5 mins.
Are you still riding after 13 yrs? hoping you long live, pal. O/
I use velcro cable tidy straps as a helping hand
Brilliant!!! Thank you SO MUCH!!! This is hands down THE best video I’ve seen on how to deal with those impossibly tight bike tires!! ❤❤❤ I’m a woman and don’t have a great deal of hand strength - and I didn’t even need it. Works with different brands of tires too. Again, thanks so much! 😊
3:11 "This is the stage when you think, 'Well, that's never gonna get on." "Well, it is." Life lessons using bike metaphors. This guy is the best!
Another happy viewer. After getting sweaty and frustrated for a half an hour with zero progress, I refrained from throwing the bike through the car windshield and retired to my office to cool off and find out how to mount a bike tire. Found this video and had two of them mounted within 20 minutes. Thanks again, and thanks for keeping this up for 13 years and counting.
Can't praise this video enough! Struggled for 2 hours following other videos - all you need is this one! Thanks a bunch
This video is absolute gold. I saw this video 5 years ago and it changed my life. Every other video out there suggest little gadgets, baby powder, oil soapy water. Nothing is simpler than string, I’ve even used my shoe laces once out on the road. This trick is so underrated.
a-m-a-z-i-n-g
As well as knowing how to fit tyre with (relative) ease, they supply superb hand built bike and accessories.
Thanks. That was helpful.
An hour of frustration and a ruined tube - watched this video and literally 5 minutes later both tyres seated without the need for a single lever! Can’t thank you enough!
Absolute hero
I got problems with these tires. They won't pop out correctly. The tire wobbles a lot. Any tips for getting this done correctly?
You have absolutely saved my day and my sanity, after getting pretty irate at my tyres. Your 5minute video was the most straightforward and least tyre-some (boo bad pun 😂). Thank you so much!
Thank you for restoring my sanity, good sir!
This is a phenomenally old video, but I’ve just spending 45 minutes and 3 pinched tubes trying to install and tight tyre/rim combo with tyre levers. On my first try after this video, I slipped the tyre on with only my hands - Incredible! Perfectly illustrates what I had been missing before.
Ain’t nobody like the old schoolers
I am absolutely speechless. Wow. Thank you SO much, this morning two if us were stressed for over an hour trying to fit my tyres. I actually then placed an order for different tyres thinking there was zero chance that these would fit. Then I watched your video, and in honestly less than 5 minutes on my own without tyre levers my tyres were on! No stress, Unbelievable!!!
ahhh..thank-you! I'm "Tired"..but i gawt it!
This video is made the way videos should be made, no BS just the content required to get the job done, 20/20
That was superb so easy to do go and get myself some tyre straps. Done like a true Pro thank you
Very helpful video. Did the trick 👌 Thanks.