I hate fixing punctures

[ghoti_mhic_uait]

The actual patching of the puncture is fine and dandy... and usually done several hours (or even days) before the bit I've been dreading - replacing the tyre on the wheel.

This is why I used to ask tenth_mediaeval, but he went and moved to avoid my petty chores. Or for reasons unrelated to me, one of the two.

I've had it suggested that I take it to a bike shop. I don't mind getting them to fit a new inner tube, if it actually needs one, but that's a bit much for every puncture... and it makes me look like a wuss. At least tenth_mediaeval knows I can cook a four course dinner for seven using only a kettle, a grill and fridge, the guy at the shop just sees someone too hopeless to fix a puncture.

Anyway, if any of you have clever ideas of easy ways to put my pushchair tyre back on, I'd be grateful. Is it brute force needed or is there something clever I'm not doing?

Comments

[ghoti.livejournal.com]

I don't, but I do have spoons with similar shaped handles. The spokes on my pushchair are too thick to be able to hook the levers anyway.

[feanelwa.livejournal.com]

The levers are better than spoons even without the ability to hook them, because they have the little end the right shape and are a different amount of bendy. I would however expect a pushchair tyre to be harder to put on than a bicycle tyre because there's less of the rest of it to take up the tension.

I second the idea of take it to a bike shop, the dude will probably find it quite stiff as well and unless all his friends and family are also bike mechanics, will understand that you have a large skillset that nevertheless doesn't include putting tyres back on pushchairs. Alternatively ask one of these geek cyclist types to do it in exchange for cake! There are enough of them about.