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Zip ties mounting tires

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1948man

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This actually worked well for me. I'm sure those good with spoons wouldn't need to try it but although I have mounted one set with spoons, i suck at it. I was having a hard time even getting the easy first bead over the rim. With this method, it doesn't just slide right on but it doesn't take too much effort. $1.69 for a set of ten 24" zip ties at Harbor Freight.
 
A 80/55-17 is a lot harder to spoon on than a 130/90-17. I will have to give this a try.

Once the bead is broken, I assume you can use the same method for removal.
 
I had a spare rear wheel that already had the tire removed so I didn't need to deal with that part of the process. In the link from BikeCliff's to a similar mounting with lashing straps, there is some mention of using straps to dismount the tire but it doesn't really go into the technique. Maybe I will try to figure that out on the front wheel which I probably won't deal with for a couple of more thousand miles.http://advrider.com/index.php?threads/mount-a-motorcycle-tire-without-using-tools.299597/
 
The key is to squeeze the two sizes together and get them off of the lip. With a bicycle tire it is pretty easy to just squeeze the tire on without any type of spoon. For a skinny motorcycle bias ply tire, squeezing is also doable, but the spoons help to force the tire where you can't squeeze the sidewalls together. On a wide racial like the 180/55 you need your weight or these straps to squeeze the tire or a machine :).
 
Just spooned one on for the first time last month.
The original tire removed so easily with zip ties.
The new tire they did not work for me.
Not sure if it was because a different brand with stiffer sidewalls or just the sidewalls were not flexed like the old tire.

Stuck a hair drier in the new tire circulating hot air around the inside for a bit and it popped right on.
The tire specific lube was ultra slick also.
 
Some brands and sizes go on easier than others, absolutely in my experience. Avons went on super easy for me(soft compound), I did another set of Shinkos, no way, way tighter fit. I just pay a local shop $20 now. If you have a bead-breaker and floor mounted machine, it's a piece of cake...but I won't even waste my time wrestling them on by hand anymore, I have better things to do with my time.
 
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