Tube replacement
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Tube replacement
I’ve been fortunate in my 5 or 6 years of riding. I have only had one flat tire on the road. That flat was on my Specialized Roubaix. Today, I had a flat on my Synapse that I keep at my weekend house. I was on my return and only about 4 or 5 miles from the house and my son is down visiting so I gave him a call to come get me. This evening I went to change the tube and could not get the tire levers to do their magic. It is like the tire is glued onto the rim. I may even have damaged the tire. Anyone had a problem like this before? These are 30 mm tires so I expected this to go easier than the thinner Roubaix tire I removed from the rim
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I’ve been fortunate in my 5 or 6 years of riding. I have only had one flat tire on the road. That flat was on my Specialized Roubaix. Today, I had a flat on my Synapse that I keep at my weekend house. I was on my return and only about 4 or 5 miles from the house and my son is down visiting so I gave him a call to come get me. This evening I went to change the tube and could not get the tire levers to do their magic. It is like the tire is glued onto the rim. I may even have damaged the tire. Anyone had a problem like this before? These are 30 mm tires so I expected this to go easier than the thinner Roubaix tire I removed from the rim
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Sometime in the last decade or so, most rim manufacturers switched to "tubeless ready" rims. Typically with a deep center channel. You need to force the tire into the center channel to remove.
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Thanks guys. The tire bead definitely sits in a deep channel. But I swear it seems like it is glued in. I’m going to give it another try and see if I can get it off without damaging the tire. If not, I’ll take it to the bike shop. Meanwhile, this mornings cardio is a fatbike ride over the dunes and down the beach.
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