Confused! just changed my first tyre and only took 5 mins plus the innertube seems far to big.

[RabbitFood]

Right so far I only have a small hand pump that you take with you on rides for when you get a p*****er. Anyway before my ride tonight i used the pump for the first time and riped the valve from the innertube because i was useing it all wrong, now afeter useing it i now know how to use it lol.

Anyway when i pumped the innertube up it was far to big for the wheel then when i let it done it fitted, is that right and also I got it from Evans cycles and he assured me it was the right innertube for my Allez 09 that they had in the shop so I am sure it is.

1. So should it seem bigger than the wheel untill you put the tyre on and pump up?

2. Why did it only take my 5 mins to play about with the pump and innertube and fit the tyre, i have read some horro storie on here about the first time?

Have i done this correct or ****ed and bodged it?

Rabbit

 

[Sittingduck]

You know that you're supposed to put it inside the tyre before you inflate it, right?

 

[RabbitFood]

lol yes of course, but what im saying is when it was infated it was to big for the wheel.

Anyway i let it down put the tyre on then inflated it and all sorted, just seems far to easy

 

[Sittingduck]

Hahaha, so you're just natrually suspicious of things that are full of hot air, eh?
I think they will always seem way too big if inflated when they're not encased in tyre.

Hope that helps set your mind at rest
SD

 

[RabbitFood]

thanks SD well i suppose time will tell on my ride tom night to see it it all falls to peices lol

rabbit

 

[Sittingduck]

Good luck

SD

 

[garrilla]

Make sure you get a pressure on it. Does ther mini-pump have a gauge?

 

[RabbitFood]

No it dose not but im getting a propper pump with gage before i go out on it again me thinks

 

[Sittingduck]

RabbitFood - FYI...

There's a typo in your Sig line

Regards,
Chip-eating-Fool

 

[Maizie]

2. Why did it only take my 5 mins to play about with the pump and innertube and fit the tyre, i have read some horro storie on here about the first time?

I was terrified the first time! I'd read in theory what had to be done, but had never taken wheel/tyre/etc off of bike. As a kid, my brother had always done arcane things with sticky patches and bowls of water and chalk when needed.
Laid in ready for the day it inevitably happened, I had two spare inner tubes and a repair kit inc. tyre levers with me in my pannier, plus "a step-by-step with photos complete idiot's guide" of what to do printed off from a website!
I think the whole lot took me less than ten minutes to do, I was extremely pleased with myself even if all I did was change the inner tube and pump it up - I'd been ready to call on someone from the BUG at work if I had to, but no, I'd been self-sufficient and speedy (which kind of sums up what I like about cycling, really!)

 

[Flying_Monkey]

If you pump up a tube off the wheel, it will always seem massive. But don't worry. And no, changing a tube is not as hard as some people make out. There are just some particular combinations of different brands of rims or wheels and tyres, coupled with the problems of weather (freezing fingers!) that can make it hard.

 

[RabbitFood]

cool thanks for the tips and help guys, I have decided to get myself an old racing bike and restore and a frame and build from scratch so that i learn how everything works

not told the missis that im getting another bike yer hehe and i only been cycling this year

 

[Randochap]

Here you go. Just for you.