11-04-19, 06:49 AM
As said, for the amount of times the average person would use it i think it makes more sense to get them fitted properly at a tyre shop or mechanics.
They had a nightmare fitting my last rear one, as they reckon it had been flattened by being at the bottom of a pile in a warehouse. I even gave a hand trying to manipulate it to get some air into it, until he then suggested it would need warming up for a while to try and expand it back into shape, but eventually he decided to give me someone else's tyre as a direct replacement instead, even though i'd bought my tyre elsewhere and just wanted them to fit it.
That sort of grief is really not needed for me, i just want the thing fitted and balanced asap so my bike's up and running with minimal fuss as it's my only form of transport.
Obviously if you do have time on your hands, or you do track days with tyres coming on and off regularly then this would then become a bargain must have bit of kit.
Ironically, many years ago, both of my brothers left school to go and work with my dad as tyre fitters, but i never did it myself. :lol
They had a nightmare fitting my last rear one, as they reckon it had been flattened by being at the bottom of a pile in a warehouse. I even gave a hand trying to manipulate it to get some air into it, until he then suggested it would need warming up for a while to try and expand it back into shape, but eventually he decided to give me someone else's tyre as a direct replacement instead, even though i'd bought my tyre elsewhere and just wanted them to fit it.
That sort of grief is really not needed for me, i just want the thing fitted and balanced asap so my bike's up and running with minimal fuss as it's my only form of transport.
Obviously if you do have time on your hands, or you do track days with tyres coming on and off regularly then this would then become a bargain must have bit of kit.
Ironically, many years ago, both of my brothers left school to go and work with my dad as tyre fitters, but i never did it myself. :lol
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