How to Fit a Tight Difficult Bicycle Tire: Installation Tips, Tricks & How to Prevent Pinch Flats

We'll show bicycle tire mounting tips, especially to fit a difficult or tight tires, and how to prevent pinch flats when installing a bicycle tire (clincher). This method is extremely helpful for installing a difficult tire or one with a tight tire bead or if you get a flat while out cycling.

Inflate the tube slightly and talcum powder tire to allow the tube to slide up into the tire. Deflate the tube but leave a tiny amount of air in the tube. Install one bead of the tire on to the rim and then insert the tube into the rim. Start away from the valve and move around toward the valve itself. Let the rest of the air out. With valve side of the wheel on the floor, starting away from the valve, shake the tire bead toward the center of the rim. You can do the same while seated. Most rims have a central depression or grove and moving the rim into the center means, in essence, you have a small circumference for the rim. As you get toward the valve, move the valve up into the tire. Let the rest of the air out of the tire and install either by hand or use one of several types of tools such as Crank Brothers Speedier Lever or Kool Stop Tire Bead Jack. You may have to repeat moving the bead to the center of the rim starting away from the valve several times.

Now our key to prevent pinch flats when install a bike tube and tire. Inflate the tire a small amount with either your pump or CO2 cartridge just a small amount. Move around the tire, shaking the tube up into the tire and looking at the rim tape and tire bead to make sure the tube is NOT caught under the bead. Do this all the way around and make sure the valve is able to be pushed up into the tire. If you can't see the rim tape as you go, let just a little more air out of the tube until you can shake the tire and see the rim and tape. Repeat looking from the other side.

Finally, inflate the tire to the proper tire pressure. Usually the tire will have a psi range marked on the tire wall. Under inflating will lead to pinch flats. Over inflating will leave the tire so firm that there will be no give when you hit pot holes or irregular pavement. As a rule of thumb, I determine the inflation pressure by using the mid-point of the range. Then, put about 5% less than the mid-range in the front and 5% more then the mid-range in the back (where most of you weight is). See: https://sites.google.com/site/bicycletirepressure/

I can't guarantee you won't get an occasional pinch bicycle flat tire, especially if you have a slow leak in the tube or hit a deep pot hole, but it won't be from mounting the bike tire.
The installation method is especially important on difficult tire rim combinations and is important with tubeless tires.

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