Ot--bicycle help please

[Teddykgb]

If someone could help me here it would mean a lot to me.......

My son is into BMX bikes and has got new rims but we can't seem to get the tire on.......it all the way off on one side and 3/4 in on the other.

Only thing I can think of is to pry a screwdriver between tire and rim but I'm sure to scratch the paint.

Please respect the OT and help me help my son get this tire on his bicycle rim.

 

[quinnsft34]

Are the previous "rims" from the bike the same size as the new ones?

 

[Teddykgb]

good question.....I told my son I'd get help here so of course he left his tire and rim to go out and play.......anyway I could tell by looking at it??? and if so how do I go about getting it on???

 

[Jack Herer]

There's a plastic tool for that. They're called tire levers.

Here's a link on how to do it:
http://www.ehow.com/how_2154582_use-bicycle-tire-levers.html

 

[Teddykgb]

Jack, thanks man that looks like the way to go but all bikes shops close at 6pm and it's 3min. till..........so if no more answers I'll get one tomorrow.

I have memory as a kid of my friends putting their tires on and mine lol and it seemed they did it by hand with no tools..... is that possible? would soap help?

 

[whalewager]

Soap and a couple of flatheads queen.

 

[Teddykgb]

O.k. I'm getting those levers tomorrow I want to do it right.....thanks again Jack and Q......

but son did ask me to do him a favor while he takes off to lacross practice..... He wants his "bottom brackets" which hold the "cranks" flush with the frame..... looks to me I just need a 2x4 and a hammer but I'm sure I'm wrong....any ideas???????? thanks guys.

 

[Teddykgb]

Soap and a couple of flatheads queen.

I'm worried I'll scratch the rim

 

[NES]

would soap help?

I dont know if it will help but it will be pretty handy to have around when to wash your kid's mouth out when he finally ask "Jesus fucking Christ DaddyKGB are you fucking dumber than a fucking bicycle?"

 

[Teddykgb]

Please nes.........i'm asking please..........let me get thru this.....i know im a dumb shit but my son is still on the fence.......i need to pull this off.

 

[NES]

Get him a board, they are much cooler.

 

[Teddykgb]

Get him a board, they are much cooler.

Tried that with him and his sister, stuck them on my long board and pushed them in the white wash...........nose down board up board down back of head lesson over.........

 

[whalewager]

Put washcloths where you bite into the rim...won't scratch

 

[NES]

Tried that with him and his sister, stuck them on my long board and pushed them in the white wash...........nose down board up board down back of head lesson over.........

not a surfboard, one of these silly:

 

[Teddykgb]

Put washcloths where you bite into the rim...won't scratch

O.k. I'm looking at the rim on the side where the tire more than 3/4 of the way on, it's out at 11oclock and one oclock..........where do i put the screwdrivers.....next to each other or opitsite side?

 

[Teddykgb]

looks cool NES but really right now I just want to get this tire on for my son and level that bottom bracket

 

[goodcall]

if there's one thing whalewager knows it's bicycles

 

[Teddykgb]

Taking son to practice and of course picking up some brews......be back in 20min any extra help would be great......I'm really bad with bikes please if help explain like your talking to a 5yr old.

 

[rayray]

for fuksakes kgb, put one side of the tire inside the rim. take the fucking screwdriver and lean the other side of the tire inside the rim and then slide the screwdriver around the entire rim. havent you ever seen a tire get changed before? it wont scratch anything and if it does, it will be inside the rim where nobody can see it.

 

[Buster]

teddy's son? enough said...

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