Mountain Bike Parts: Tires

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Changing Mountain Bike Tires

If you are one of those people who are fond of mountain biking, it would be best for you to learn how to change your mountain bike tires. Changing mountain bike tires is not really that difficult as long as you have the right tools and knowledge of the different parts of your bike. To help you change your mountain bike tires, here are some tips for you.

Removing Your Mountain Bike Tires

Before you can change your mountain bike tires, you need to you need to remove the old tires first. If you are using a newer model of mountain bike, find the quick-release lever on each axle of the bike. Loosen the mountain bike tire by flipping open the release lever. Once the mountain bike tire is loose, you can already pull it free from the bike. On the other hand, if you are using an older model of mountain bikes, changing its wheels may take more than just loosing the release lever. Older models of mountain bikes use axle nuts to hold the wheel in place. To loosen the axle nut, you need to use an adjustable wrench. Work your way through the nut carefully. Once the nuts are loose, you can now pull the mountain bike tire free.

After freeing the tire from the bike, completely deflate the tire so that you can easily remove the tube inside the tire. To remove the tube from the tire, you will need to use some mountain bike tire tools. Pry the tire away from the rim to remove it from the rim. Take care not to damage the inner tube when you prey the tire out from the rim.

Installing Your New Mountain Bike Tires

After removing the old tire from the bike, you may now install new ones. Take a new mountain bike tire and carefully slip it on the rim. This process can be a bit tricky so pay close attention to what you are doing. If you cannot slip the tire into the rim using your bare hands, try using mountain bike tire tools. Work carefully to prevent snapping the inner tube and tire in place. Snapping the inner tube and tire tube into place may cause breaks in the inner tire tube. Once the inner tire tube is damaged, you will need to remove the wheel again and install another inner tire tube so be very careful. You don’t really want to do things all over again. Now, when everything is already in its proper places, you may not install the tire on the mountain bike.