How To: Set Up New Wheels and Tires 8

As a mechanic thats also the tire changer please do not use duct tape on your wheels. Creates a huge mess if left on for more than a few weeks and the remaining glue residue is really difficult to get off the wheel. Rim Strips are $2.00.

Duct tape blows almost as much as slime.

1000 dollar wheels and the dude is wrapping them in duct tape, really? A rim strip is 2 bucks, come on....

Why not use duct tape? Something wrong with that? Do you see the duct tape? The tips is good

In all reality the duct tape is probably more expensive then the rim strip. You're only paying $2 because you only bought 1 and they're marking the price up 300%. Plus the duct tape can be put on as thick or thin as you like. Not to mention that it sticks and doesn't slide around like those annoying strips.

i like the carbon hubs. i find it interesting the different methods to install a tire onto a rim. and yeah sometimes it may almost seem that a thinner sidewall tire is being used in a how to video clip. i guess we forget to think that technique is the key to getting the tires on; and these mechanics have a ton of experience changing tires that us normal folk do not have. also the length of the tire spoons is something that may not be thought about. i have one of those bead buddies and cant imagine what i did before one of those and some nice long tire spoons. haha!!

This bike is going to be sweet.

Sweet!

talon hubs... expensive $$$$