Not to hijack or change the thread direction, but what is the cost and what are the average amounts of Ride-On needed per tire?

 

I paid for my tire irons the first time I used them.

The nice thing for me is I bought a spare set of wheels. So when I need to mount another tire, I really have a month or two to do it. I don't wear out a tire that quick, but if I don't have a spare tire mounted a couple of months after putting a new tire on, it drives me crazy.

Balance by dyna beads.

I put 30K a year on my bike, so I have had to have as many as 5 tires mounted a year. That adds up to $$$$$, so I decided to change my own tires. The mounting cost of $25 to $30 a shot wouldn't break me, but the spare wheels make it where I can change them at my leasure. I love to know I've got 2 brand new tires mounted and ready to go.

It works for me.

 

Check out link to Ride-On at the bottom is a .pdf for dosage amounts

 

There are many reasons to want to change your own tires.

On the other hand and as mentioned previously, after removing the wheel myself, the stealer only runs me about $20.

 

Harbor freight one with extensive "mods...

taken with cell phone awhile back.

Paid for itself first time
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Sorry, but between the NW weather and my work schedule I only get in 3k-4k mi. a year. I have to settle for quality over quantity.

 

I change my own tires on my 10 EG with a c clamp and screw driver and have never balanced one and cant tell a bit of differance no vibration or cupping.I have done this on several different bikes with no problems

 

i hear you. i lived in Tacoma/Puyallup for 18 months and riding was pretty challenging

 

I started changin' my own tires thirty years ago when I got tired of the minimum wage tire monkey gouging my wheels. I started with three tire irons, rim protectors, a bead breaker from J.C. Whitney, & a big rubber mallet. I've moved up to the Harbor Freight changer, a good mount/demount bar, & a Marc Parnes balancer, but the procedure is pretty much the same.

If you don't have a mount/demount bar find someone to show you how to put the new tire on with the rubber mallet. It's a lot easier than with the irons.