Enough said about tyres, lets see what we can do about them:
Rear wheel:
First part is easy. Rear wheel is 4.10-18H and according to what's written on the wall, you must be aware of direction of rotation.
No fuss getting this far without using tire levers:
I hate tire levers, way too easy to get the tube squezed btw. tire lever and rim, unless you are very careful, and you use fingers to feel.
A big tire lever is also very good at making marks in the original re-chromed Tagasako rims
A new tube of course:
In lack of better knowledge, I use the same approch as when I'm fixing a normal bicycle:
- I pump a little bit of air in tube, so I remains "straight" when pushed into tire.
- I start by tighten nut for the valve, so tube is held down to rim. Then I start working on the bead adjacant to valve.
Tube in place now:
I liked the look of the bead protectors protuding from rim, but I dislike the weight of 2 of these things in my rear wheel, so I cut them into a small piece using a hacksaw, and then I shaped the rubber so it will be squezed tightly to rim,
when the nut is tightened from the outside:
This is how far I got without using a tire lever, thanks to wifey's liquid potassium soap:
Using a tire levers once close to where the bead is actually in place, will make you do the last part by hand.
Finished:
Same procedure for front wheel 3.60-19 H (which for some reason in NOT uni-directional)
Standing on my own "feet" for the first time in 2,5 years:
More updates, next weekend
Drive safely!