Thanks for the link Mick.. I hadn't realised it was that simple, even so the clever D!ck demonstrating it in the video managed to scratch a couple of lumps of paint off his rim!
I do have a lifetime's supply of tyre soap now after fitting the tyres on my new ally rims on the Commando.. I've always fitted my own tubed tyres.
I was seriously thinking of trying to fit my own tubeless, but I'm not sure? It's so easy to have them done properly for about a tenner a wheel and balanced on a machine into the bargain. Is it that much of a saving in time and money? Cable ties are not cheap and then there's the weights.. Do you buy a selection and hope for the best, or work out what you need and order?
What do you do with your old tyres? I just pay the "environmental charge" and they are disposed of properly (we hope and trust) by the tyre fitters.
Still
balancing out to be better for me to have them popped on and off by a professional fitter..
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