How to Change a Bicycle Tire

Video Transcript

"Hi I'm Evan from Gregg's Cycles and I'm going to show you how to change a tire on your bike. The first thing that you want to do is go ahead and release the brake. That will enable you to get the wheel out of the bike and then let the majority of the air out of the tube, not all of it, just most of it. Once you have got most of the air out you can kind of feel the tire release, just kind of go around and knock it off the edge of the tire there or off the edge of the wheel and then take your tire lever and just insert one right there and then it just kind of pulls the bead of the tire over, the bead of the rim and then once you have got that over just push and then take it all the way around and then what you want to do is you want to pull the tube around starting from the opposite side of the valve stem and that way you are sure not to break the valve stem off in there. Then get around to where the valve stem is, pull the valve stem out, set your tube aside and then go ahead and remove the tire again using your tire lever, just pop the bead of that tire right over the edge of the rim there and then again same thing just kind of work it around until the tire comes off and then to reinstall a new tire you would again put the bead of the tire over the bead of the rim. You can use your tire lever to kind of string it along there and then once you have that first edge of the tire over the rim, take your tube, find your valve stem hole, get that valve stem in there first and then just kind of tuck your tube inside the tire first. Then once your tube is in the tire go ahead and put the tire on the rim and start at the valve stem again and that way it is easiest because the valve stem is kind of the hardest part to get on the tire and then just continue to go around the rim. You may have to continue to tuck the tube into the tire and it may want to kind of pop out on you every now and then, then just go around with your thumbs and push that guy on there and then make sure it is all on there evenly. Then you can go ahead and fill your tire with air and put it back on the bike. Then always, always, always remember to reattach your brake at the end. Probably the most important part. That is how you replace a tire on your bicycle."