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ffm in reply to @abr

I've been changing inner tubes for 25 years and only just found out it's about a million times easier if you start taking the tyre off and finish putting it on at the valve.

t'other way round, surely? The aim is not to be doing the difficult bit at the valve because you don't want to be mangling it. So you start taking a tyre off opposite the valve (the bit when you need levers, but start putting it back on at the valve (the bit when it's nice and easy).

Before you inflate the tube you should check that it's not pinched under the bead anywhere and push the valve in slightly because the thicker disc of rubber around its foot can more easily get trapped under the bead.

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abr in reply to @ffm

Yeah, my method was always the other way around in the past, since I didn't want to do the difficult bit at the valve, where it's most fragile.
But turns out if you do it at the valve, there is no difficult bit, so no need to worry...
(YMMV obvs, could just be other things at play).

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ffm in reply to @abr

Fair enough. I think what most people miss is that if (when putting a tyre on) you frequently squeeze all the way round to ensure that the bead is down in the well of the rim you can usually get tyres on without levers. Loads of people just assume that all tyres will be a struggle.

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