tire swap stands....

yup. tube in first. teensy bit of air to hold its shape. pops the stem right thru. if its a stubborn one ill tie a bit of floss on the stem to yank it through. my bench aint super huge and it reserved for delicate work.

interesting- bet there's a zillion way to skin this cat.

HAHa, don't remind me. I thought I was in on the buy and when I returned from a weekend of riding the order had been placed and a done deal..

not saying its wrong to use lubes. jsut sying i dont fer tube types....

I run Tubliss for the most part, and I have to say I love the sheet metal bead tool they come with. It makes it easy to get the rim inside tire with the beads outside the rim. Then it goes on the stand and I use the Estonian Tire Contraption (ETC for short). I do it this way for traditional tubes, too.

I haven't thought of using the ETC like Kelly does--starting with both beads on top of the rim. I'll have to try that next time I'm doing a traditional tube. It wouldn't work with the Tubliss since the insert would interfere with the first bead crossing over to the far side of the rim.

too messy! lubes are for...another rubber substance!

Aside from a semi fancy bead breaker, my tire changing station is low budget. I have a small steel barrel with the top lip lined with heater hose. The barrel is partially filled with concrete for stability. To protect the rim from scratches and gouging, I use plastic strips cut from juice bottles and place them between the rim and tire iron. I also use Ruglyde rubber lube, available from my local NAPA store. This setup works well on street tires as well as dirt. Not a scratch on the forged Marchesini wheels on one of my bikes.

oh snap. why didnt i get one of these sooner. it aint a ton faster but, i didnt even being to break a sweat. zip-tied some 5/8" poly tubing, guessed at the height, set the wheel up there with the spacers in, 1/4 turn after wing nut touched the spacer and it didnt even budge. what a joy. no lubes, mess and no back pain. holy smokes. thought at first ok this thing should fold pretty quick. pffft...didnt need 1/4 the engery i did using the bucket/barrel method, way more control. comon summer, gona change me a mess 'o scooter tires. dont ferget ta check yer sprocket bolts and pull/lube them chain adjusters people!!!

this lil stand gets 5 stars.

#$%#^&!

cuz of u running out/hoggin them all i spooned on a 55$ Shinko!

angry midget REALLY angry now!

i did not know that! it's a decent donut for the price, fer darn sure.

sats "HOLESHOT" on the side too...i like that.

tic-tock motoz shipment? *tap tap tap.....*

The first time I tried that group buy tool I almost posted on here to sell it. I hated it. Once you get it figured out, and your technique down, it's freaking genius... Putting on a new tire is so freaking simple... I can mount a tire almost effortlessly with 2 rim locks in about 5 minutes... With 1 rim lock, I bet I could do it in a couple of minutes...

That tire stand looks kind of familiar...

No, I tried that way, and don't like it. Maybe next time I'm that way you can show me your bag of tricks...

Works best if you move your rim lock to same side of rim like a KTM. You'll need to drill another hole for it on a Husky rim. This makes it easy to capture rim lock, after slipping the valve stem through. I've done it this way for 13 years. Ride on the road at speed, between trail sections no problems with wheel vibration.