Tyres

[saftie]

New tyres ordered of Norbo today, i am going to fit them myself. My question is would you bother getting the wheels balanced after?

[crash]

at very least i would do the front one

[jollyjoiner]

I've been changing my own now for a few years on my track bikes ( not RD's though ) and have never noticed any bad vibes from not balancing them

[Norbo]

id get them done both . the most importent is the front or you will fined it jumping all over the place if it's a lot out . its cheep to get them done my local place charges nme £10 for both wheels

[LC_BOTT]

Buy some cheap stick on weights, and do it yourself on a couple of stands using the wheel spindle. If you can change tyres yourself why not balance at home too?

[saftie]

Think i will give balancing a go at home, if i get it wrong i can just pull the weights of and get it re-done. Just off to Google wheel balancing.

[saftie]

Well tyres arrived today. Rear was a bit wider than expected but spoke to Norbo and he said its what all you guys are fitting. Decided to start with the rear tyre first, was determined not to mark the rims so only used a tyre lever twice to ease the first side of the old tyre off using plenty of gaffer tape on the rim then managed to push the second side off by hand. The new tyre was a bit trickier, getting the first side on wasn't too bad but the second one was a complete b*****d but after using cable ties too stop it creeping back then leaning it against a radiator for 3/4 of an hour to warm it up i managed to get it on no tyre levers used quite chuffed with myself. Front should be a doddle now!

[Norbo]

They can be bugger to do . The trick is to get the other side in the mudle with neeling on it and lever the far side on oposit you rarther then doing the side in front of you .

[saftie]

Fitted the front tyre tonight after work got to say it went on a lot easier than the rear, think it helped being leant on the radiator for an hour made it nice and supple. Also had a go at balancing the front wheel seemed to go ok will have to wait till we take her out. Did a few more jobs, new airfilter, fork dust seals, stripped and cleaned contacts in switches as indicators were a bit hit and miss. Think we are all ready for the mot now might be tomorrow, i will let you all know how we get on. this will be the first time the bike has been on the road since 2003 if it passes.