Hi
New to the group, first time gs rider, love the bike but had a bit of bad luck picking up a screw in my rear tire. Looking to change my own tires as may be switching tires depending on riding conditions, on/off road. Any recommendations on tire changers or just tire levers?
Thanks in advance.
J
If you're looking to change a bunch of tires yourself, at home, then the No-Mar is the way to go. I saw this hot chick at the Long Beach Mc show in November of 2015. She would remove and reinstall tubeless tires in less than 1 minute, without breaking a sweat, and smiling all the time. Wow. There's a video of her on the No Mar you tube page. Anyone can make a generic tire changing machine, and everyone can destroy their own rims using it. Not so with No-Mar. Just like the name implies.
If you're out in the sticks, miles from anywhere with a flat tire, start walking...unless you have the tire repair kit from David Petersen up in Seattle. David is an avid ADV'er and is well known within our community as the manufacturer of the virtually indestructible "Cyclepump". One of those beauties ended up under my Christmas tree and I needed it yesterday on Highway 1, 3 miles south of Gorda. I stopped and helped a cute blonde named Zoe. She had a flat tire and her spare was low on air. I whipped my new CyclePump out and now we're fb friends.
David also makes a portable bead-breaker and a complete, high quality tire patch kit that contains everything you need to fix a flat on both tubeless and tubed tires. Good stuff, good guy. Worthy of our support.