Changing tires??

[Steve]

For those who change their own tires, what do you do with the worn out ones?

I admit that I have thought about going down to the local tire shop and tossing it on their pile of used tires, but so far, I have hung on to them and taken them back to the bike tire shop and paid the proper disposal fee (about $3).

The local tire shop does not handle bike tires, so they might wonder where it came from.

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[waterman]

For those who change their own tires, what do you do with the worn out ones?

I've got about 6 hanging in the rafters of my garage. Will have to get rid of soon but out of sight, out of mind.

I use a bench mounted vise to break the beads on mine. Same principle as C clamp. Will have to try the barrel or bucket method. Too often I am changing them on my lap. Makes for a messy job.

[Nessism]

Can anyone confirm that a C-clamp will break the bead loose on both sides for a Tubeless tire? Tube type should be no problem but tubeless can be a real pain sometimes.

[bwringer]

Can anyone confirm that a C-clamp will break the bead loose on both sides for a Tubeless tire? Tube type should be no problem but tubeless can be a real pain sometimes.

I use two large wooden woodworking clamps to break beads, and have never been defeated yet.

Slow, but it works and no deadly forces are used.

A metal C-clamp sounds like a good way to gouge an aluminum rim, but I think it should work fine as long as you're careful about that.

For the rest of the procedure, I use this method, using a 14" car rim as a changing stand -- this has pretty much become the standard text on the topic:

http://www.clarity.net/~adam/tire-changing-doc.html

As far as tire disposal, Google recycling for your county or city. There's a way to dispose of tires free just about everywhere.

In Indianapolis, they just said to put them out with the trash, and the regular city trash pickup will take them away and recycle them. Woohoo!

I put my old tires out next to the trash and they vanish, that's all I know...

[jimfj]

I have used a C clamp to break the bead on both tube type and tubeless tires with great success. A piece of scrap wood on hand is great too.

[p_s]

The local Tire Barn store let me put 4 worn-out tires on their stack for free. I did get my car tires changed there in April, but I doubt they remembered me.

[catbed]

my tires are still in my driveway. changed em about 7 months ago.

[Larry D]

The local Tire Barn store let me put 4 worn-out tires on their stack for free. I did get my car tires changed there in April, but I doubt they remembered me.

I did the same, only at a Big O Tire. They took some old oil from the bike and a couple car changes too.

I had a really nice guy helped me change my tires in his garage. Actually, he changed them and I just helped him where I could. Thanks Brian !