life on the wand

I decided to save the $20 fee to have someone else mount my front tire for me by doing it myself. A stool with a hole in the seat makes a good work bench.



Remove front wheel (last picture shows the jack), take axle, and use the axle to hold the wheel from sliding off the stool.



All ready to remove the tire.



My fancy bead breaker.



Getting the first side of the tire off is usually the hardest part.



Removing the inner tube is easy!



Getting the second side off is also relatively easy.



It must have started to go wrong about here. Hardly any more pictures! Getting the new tire and inner tube on the rim was relatively easy, but I spent at least an hour trying to get the bead to set. Tried every trick I knew plus two, but finally got it to go.



Time to put the tire back on after balancing it. Should have taken pictures of that, too. Oh well. Looks kind of funny with the tire pointing strait and the forks off to the left.



Well, maybe I'll get the rest of the process documented next time. Anyway, it's nice to have a tire with some tread on it.
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