Mounting & balancing tires yourself: Difference between revisions
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A variation of this is the rope-and-a-stick trick, shown below. Basically, you make a tourniquet around the circumference of the tire to try and encourage the sidewalls to splay before adding air. | A variation of this is the rope-and-a-stick trick, shown below. Basically, you make a tourniquet around the circumference of the tire to try and encourage the sidewalls to splay before adding air. | ||
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Once the bead seems to be seated, look for an even ring on the tire all the way around the rim. There are usually some rings molded into the tire to make this task simple. There should be an even distance between the ring and the rim all the way around. If it's not even all the way around, the bead is not fully seated. | Once the bead seems to be seated, look for an even ring on the tire all the way around the rim. There are usually some rings molded into the tire to make this task simple. There should be an even distance between the ring and the rim all the way around. If it's not even all the way around, the bead is not fully seated. | ||