Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2013 9:53:46 GMT 10
Yeah OK pretty basic stuff, anyone can do it, even me .. right? Sheesh it's more harder than ya would think.
Rear tyre, all good .. it's valve kinda kinks and points outward, ya can get the air nozzle thingy in there no problems.
Front tyre .. why oh why doesn't it do the same thing? It's just a standard valve, sits in the center of the rim and points straight towards the middle of the wheel. Where you have spokes and brake disc and shock absorber to contend with.
Yeah OK I know I'm slack and really should have come across this much earlier in my riding experience, but yesterday I finally had to put air in my tyres. First service station we stopped at had a standard air hose with the long handle and no matter which way you tried to put the thing on the valve it just wouldn't go in there. We spent about 10 minutes moving the bike back and forth to find a postion where it would go in, nope. Went to another service station and found a more modern type hose with just a little nozzle and after bending the hose (which was split nicely thankyouverymuch) and then holding the split closed so the air was going in not out I finally got some much needed air in my front tyre.
I really needed it too, our pressure gauge said I had 140 front and 150 back, the service station one said 120 and 130. Eek, I thought it felt a bit weird last time I went out but put it down to the changed postion from the seat.
Anyways, anyone got any handy hints about this to make it easier? Can you get bendy valves to put on the front as well?
Rear tyre, all good .. it's valve kinda kinks and points outward, ya can get the air nozzle thingy in there no problems.
Front tyre .. why oh why doesn't it do the same thing? It's just a standard valve, sits in the center of the rim and points straight towards the middle of the wheel. Where you have spokes and brake disc and shock absorber to contend with.
Yeah OK I know I'm slack and really should have come across this much earlier in my riding experience, but yesterday I finally had to put air in my tyres. First service station we stopped at had a standard air hose with the long handle and no matter which way you tried to put the thing on the valve it just wouldn't go in there. We spent about 10 minutes moving the bike back and forth to find a postion where it would go in, nope. Went to another service station and found a more modern type hose with just a little nozzle and after bending the hose (which was split nicely thankyouverymuch) and then holding the split closed so the air was going in not out I finally got some much needed air in my front tyre.
I really needed it too, our pressure gauge said I had 140 front and 150 back, the service station one said 120 and 130. Eek, I thought it felt a bit weird last time I went out but put it down to the changed postion from the seat.
Anyways, anyone got any handy hints about this to make it easier? Can you get bendy valves to put on the front as well?