I am having the toughest time trying to remove this tire from the rim. I have tire levers and everything but this thing seems so stiff and dont wanna come off.
Would love to leave it in the sun but it just started raining today and it has been in the house all day :/Leave it in the house or in the sun to warm up. They are a lot easier when the tire is warm.
Sorry bro but i got plent of the "Skills" but its just that these tire been on for a while and the rubber isnt as stretchy. The rims are Sun Ditch Witch Rims and the Tirers are a Michelin DH 2.8Ummm.... get some skills
Tried that. These tires are not too flexy and stretchy as regular tires. these things are stiffjust lift part of the tire up whilest pushing the tire to the side. always works good for me.
He got elevated to a bigger position in the company dealing with bigger wheels.<Sidetrack> Hey Bizutch, what happened to steve white anyways? I heard hes not doin Bike stuff with michelin anymore?
Any info?
That's true for a lot of tires. It does take a lot of practice to get good at it. Working at a bike shop for years with lots of road tires helps.. I'm not kidding when I say it's easier without tire irons.
I remember helping a SRAM tech at a National try to get a Tioga DH tire off a Tioga rim. We snapped two screwdrivers...and wound up just borrowing someone elses wheel!That's true for a lot of tires. It does take a lot of practice to get good at it. Working at a bike shop for years with lots of road tires helps.
However, some manufactures have developed crappy rim profiles that allow the tire bead to slip off frequently. To solve this problem, the simply make the rim diameter a tiny bit bigger. This makes tire install and removal a bitch. Tioga DH rims did this. They were my first DH rims and I didn't know any better. I went on for 2 years thinking DH where just REALLY hard to change.
If Steve White at Michelin can dake a DH3 Mud off a Rhyno Lite with nothing but 2 thin yellow plastic Michelin tire levers I think you can get that 2.8 off pretty easily.
Stand with the tire leaned against your legs and the valve stem at the 12 oclock position. Start at the valve stem. Push the tire into the center of the channel in the rim on the side closest to the ground opposite the valve stem. If you do it opposite this way, the valve stem will not allow the tire to drop into the channel.
Once you've pushed the tire into the channel...PULL the tire UP and the rim DOWN...then pop the tire off the bead at the valve stem with two levers side by side. Leave 1 lever in the bead.
Now push the tire opposite the bead back down into the channel and pull the tire toward the valve stem. Work your way around...pushing the tire into the channel and PULLING the slack toward you at the valve stem. Go less than inch away from the 1st lever still in the tire and leverage a fraction of tire off the rim.
Repeat pushing the tire into the channel and pulling the slack toward the valve stem several times. Only try to go less than inch away from your last section of tire. Sometimes only a half inch of tire popped off followed by a few good pushes into the channel and tugs on the tire will give you that extra slack for a few more millimeters of work.
Not trying to be a dick but there are some tires and some rims that just don't play nicely together, unless your thumbs resemble a hydraulic press there's just no way to get certain tires off of certain rims without a tire lever.I'm not trying to be a dick but I've never unerstood how it's hard to get tires off. I haven't used a tire iron in about 5 years now. It's not difficult if you work it into the center of the rim and keep it there. I'm not kidding when I say it's easier without tire irons. Use your thumbs to work it down and pull the tire away from where you just came from. when you get to the last bit use your palms and a rolling motion to get it off. I've done Michelins, Nokians, Minions, Highrollers, Big Earls, Nevegals, road tires, bmx tires, etc. like this on every rim you can imagine including arrows which are the hardest out there. Oh and for gods sake DO NOT post any more threads asking how to get tires off a rim. Regardless of the model and brand the advice will always be the same.
I disagree. I've never tried the THE eliminators and I'm guessing they'd be ridiculous. That's different tho.Not trying to be a dick but there are some tires and some rims that just don't play nicely together, unless your thumbs resemble a hydraulic press there's just no way to get certain tires off of certain rims without a tire lever.
That pretty much sums it all upIsn't that advice for anything and buy hope