Ital
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Hi All,
my stock tire need replacement. The bike has about 10k miles. The rear wheel is not bad and I thought I would be ok till the end of the season, but my front wheel is kind of bold in the center and I would be scared to drive with it in the rain, thus it is time to replace both. I made up my mind on the tire and I am going to go with the Pirelli Angel GT
I never done anything like this before, but I looked at some videos and I think I can manage getting the wheels off. I did buy for the front a 19mm hex tool so I should be good. However I do have some questions:
1) I can get the tires on Revzilla for the pair for $289 shipped but I do not know where to get these mounted and balanced.
2) There is a Cycle gear near me that I can get these but I am looking at about $395 installed
3) Can I take both wheels off or should I do one of them at the time?
4) Where can I get the wheels mounted and balanced? Cycle gear will do it for the $395 so will probably end up going there... otherwise if I buy the wheels from Revzilla, cycle gear would charge me $100 anyways to mount and balance...
should I try calling other tire shops? I just want to make sure it is done right.
5) From what I read on the forum I will need to lube the main rod, is something like this good?
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000CPJMY8/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_1?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1
5) I plan to clean the sprocket and chain while at it.
6) not sure if I am missing anything else.
Thank you all
my stock tire need replacement. The bike has about 10k miles. The rear wheel is not bad and I thought I would be ok till the end of the season, but my front wheel is kind of bold in the center and I would be scared to drive with it in the rain, thus it is time to replace both. I made up my mind on the tire and I am going to go with the Pirelli Angel GT
I never done anything like this before, but I looked at some videos and I think I can manage getting the wheels off. I did buy for the front a 19mm hex tool so I should be good. However I do have some questions:
1) I can get the tires on Revzilla for the pair for $289 shipped but I do not know where to get these mounted and balanced.
2) There is a Cycle gear near me that I can get these but I am looking at about $395 installed
3) Can I take both wheels off or should I do one of them at the time?
4) Where can I get the wheels mounted and balanced? Cycle gear will do it for the $395 so will probably end up going there... otherwise if I buy the wheels from Revzilla, cycle gear would charge me $100 anyways to mount and balance...
should I try calling other tire shops? I just want to make sure it is done right.
5) From what I read on the forum I will need to lube the main rod, is something like this good?
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000CPJMY8/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_1?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1
5) I plan to clean the sprocket and chain while at it.
6) not sure if I am missing anything else.
Thank you all