Spring..When a young men's mind turns to rusty nuts.....

[Mike K]

My method is rather crude , but its very effective .

If you have no use for the old tyres , cut them off with a cut off wheel on a grinder . I use a little 4" grinder and firstly , cut out a section of the side walls until a large enough hole is made to access the bead . You can then carefully cut through the cable in the bead , this will release the beads grip on the rim .

This method works on really badly rusted beads that are glued to the rim . The only negative is, the tyre and tube are destroyed in the process .

I have also heard of people burning the tyre off , this is drastic and would affect the tempering of the steel in the rim !! Clouds of black smoke would have the EPA on your back these days too .

Mike