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[moffman]

has anybody out there got a easy way of putting the inner hub inside the rear spiked tyres of the frog/hornet my fingers are still on fire after building my frog and ive just got my jun wanabe hornet today and the thought of doing them rear tyres again does'nt thrill me at all

[mr crispy]

Oh yeah, I believe the usual advice is to take some pain killers, wash them down with a slug of whiskey, then bite down on a leather strap and get to work
Warming the tyres up a little with a hair dryer or warm water may help but I find the best way is to just get on with it. You're putting the wheel in at right angles and then rotating it as instructed I assume? There's isn't alot of alternatives that I've heard of.

[moffman]

Oh yeah, I believe the usual advice is to take some pain killers, wash them down with a slug of whiskey, then bite down on a leather strap and get to work
Warming the tyres up a little with a hair dryer or warm water may help but I find the best way is to just get on with it. You're putting the wheel in at right angles and then rotating it as instructed I assume? There's isn't alot of alternatives that I've heard of.

yeah hot water didn't try hair dryer though maybe ive just got big banana hands

[taliesin]

Pain is mostly mind over matter; if you don't mind it doesn't matter.

[commiedoor]

pull out the inner bead of the tyre , squeeze the tyre to make a set of '' lips '' , put the inner in the lips , making sure the lips stay out side the inner ring . once you get one side in ,pull the nbead out on the outher side and make sure you keep the bead of the tyre out side the ring . you will be able to turn the ring which ever way you want . once your happy with the position , push the beads back in .. .strong fingers help too