Tires?

Penn said:

Isn't there a bike shop in San Souci Plaza, near the Post Office?

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Vince said:

Yeah, forgot about them. S&M. I'll give them a call. May save me a drive to Charlotte Hall.

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itsbob said:

DIY save $$$$.. The actual equipment (could be as little as a couple of "spoons") isn't that expensive, and the first time you change your own tire you more then made up for the cost of the equipment.

Have to find the link for the stuff, even balancing is a lot easier then I thought... at least according to the site, haven't done it myself yet, but next tire change I will. Difference between $220 a tire, and about 120 a tire..

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Vince said:

Changed and balanced auto and truck tires for alot of years. Never did a cycle tire. If I'm pulling it anyway, I might as well do it myself. Need link, if you find it.

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dustin said:

It's easy to scar a bike rim with spoons. And if you have tubes it's easy to puncture the tube if you are not careful.

If I were you I would just take the wheel up to SM City and have them do it for you. Call ahead of time and they might be able to do it on the spot. This time of year they are doing lots of maintenance and building bikes. I've had them do work for me in the past and they never screwed up anything and the prices are reasonable.

But if you want to go the spoon route I have two of them you can borrow.

BTW you might save some money buying the tire online yourself.

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Vince said:

Thanks Dustin. I'm not in a big hurry because winter is coming and it's almost too cold to ride without 2 tons of stuff on. May just order online and pull one at a time and have SM do it. Any site recommendations on tires?

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