Dealer won't install tires?

[Defekticon]

I'll leave blitz to his own take on it, but I believe this was my fault. Over inflation and being strapped down tight enough to bow the sidewall in the trailer. During the first leg of our trip the bike fell over in the trailer and crushed my mountain bike wheel. After that I started cranking down the straps a little tighter, but I should have just added some more straps instead of making them tighter.

 

[blitz11]

I didn't look so much at the Metzeler tires which came off, so i can't comment too much about sidewall cracks.

The new Mitas tires were banded together for shipping. It seemed that on the front tire, where we had the most trouble, didn't have parallel beads. On opposite sides of the sidewalls, the beads were stuck in the drop-center part of the rim, and we had a lot of air leakage when we went to seat the tire. We had to lever the bead closer to the sealing surface to lessen the air leak.

 

[Don in Lodi]

I didn't look so much at the Metzeler tires which came off, so i can't comment too much about sidewall cracks.

The new Mitas tires were banded together for shipping. It seemed that on the front tire, where we had the most trouble, didn't have parallel beads. On opposite sides of the sidewalls, the beads were stuck in the drop-center part of the rim, and we had a lot of air leakage when we went to seat the tire. We had to lever the bead closer to the sealing surface to lessen the air leak.

A trick for you; inflate inner tubes in the collapsed tires and lay them out in the sun to cook for a few hours, turning over occasionally. Lacking tubes, just the heating will help a lot.

 

[blitz11]

Thanks.

1. they were in the sun on the way to Bozeman, and we left them in my driveway to heat up.

2. Tubes - i had 19" tubes; that is a good idea.

3. Defektion was on a time budget. i would have had to have levered the tires off, and then back one, and we didn't have time.

 

[Checkswrecks]

Some tires I've gotten that have been strapped have been so tight that the bead has been slightly bent. I just straighten them by hand (they're tough) before installing or like Blitz wrote, they can be really hard to seat.

 

[holligl]

It's water under the bridge now, but just an FYI for future reference. Every Cycle Gear location that I'm aware of will change a motorcycle tire that is off the bike. They also carry, or can get, the Mitas tires for the same price as Revzilla because they are linked with each other.

Schaumburg IL Cycle Gear does no mounting. Their referral, off the bike, wanted $60/tire. Did it myself.

 

[scott123007]

Schaumburg IL Cycle Gear does no mounting. Their referral, off the bike, wanted $60/tire. Did it myself.

Thank you for that info. I will call ahead in the future when I'm on the road instead of taking it for granted that they all do. Too bad though, because the ones that do, only charge $25 if you buy the tire from them.