New tires

I finally put some new tires on my road bike yesterday. I didn’t realize how bad they were getting until the new ones were in place – also my tiny hand pump was probably doing an inadequate job of inflating them thanks to a breakdown of the floor pump. So we got a new floor pump as well.

Here is one video I watched to help, although I think in comparison to the video, my tires were quite stiff and not so easy to stretch the last edge into place. Looking forward to taking these out for a spin!

These are the old ones – the wear probably doesn’t show up that well, but I couldn’t believe how solid the new ones felt after getting them installed.

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  1. I finally put new tires on last weekend, almost a year after it was recommended at the end of last years riding season. Same experience… The new ones were really tough to get onto the rims. The ride difference was amazing, though. Enjoy!

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