so i go to get my rear tire put on today....

[heatherg11]

and it takes these guys over an hour to get my new tire on!!!! They were trying their hardest to get the damn thing on as i was thinking what the hell...is it really that hard?? It was at a real shop and everything.
They had all the necessary tools and it still took them over an hour!!!  Is this normal?? How long does it usually take to put a tire on?? I was the only person in the shop and my bike was the only bike they were working on.  It really made me feel GREAT about getting back on my bike to ride it home.  What's the deal??

[Turd Ferguson]

Some tires can be a bear to get on.  I'd guess that these particular fella's hadn't been mounting tires for very long

Congrats on the new tires!  Replacing a warn out tire makes it feel like an entirely different bike.

-Turd.

[heatherg11]

that's an understatement....it really did feel like a new bike. Before I could feel everytime I changed gears, now I can't!!  I'm not sure how putting a new tire on helps with that but it really did.

[werase643]

I worked at a shop in Raleigh a while back.....

I got on the kat600 rode it around back
removed tire
replaced tire
rode it up front again in 30 min.....noticed I put it on backwards.....
did it all again in 20

[heatherg11]

wow you're fast.....been doing it long??

[cafeboy]

I got on the kat600 rode it around back
removed tire
replaced tire
rode it up front again in 30 min.....noticed I put it on backwards.....
did it all again in 20

+1  It only takes me about 30-35 min. to change one in my back yard.

[Jughead]

I used to be Able to change a Knobbie in 20 Minutes with 2 Tire Irons. Last time I changed one though it was Putting a Used Barum on a Cagiva rim. It took well over an 1hr 1/2. Not because of Inexperience but it Had Fossilized.

[werase643]

I went to wal-mart a couple of yrs ago
I wanted new black round hold air tars for my Del Sol...
they told me it would be like 4 hrs

I said I'd take the tars..... TO GO....
and they looked at me real funny like
pulled into the driveway
jacked rear
replaced 2 tars with spoons
jacked front
replaced 2 tars with spoons
finished all 4 and dropped the car on the ground in 48 min.

[Jughead]

Did you take it back to get them Balanced.It would have only Taken them 2 Hours.

Yeah Last time Dad Took His Tracker to Wally world to get tires put on they put it on the Lift.Took the Old Tires Off and 2 Hours Later came to tell him they didn't have any in Stock. He told them to go &#%^#%@ and went to the walmart in the Next Town.They Put it on the Lift.Took the Wheels off Unmounted the Tires and 2 Hours Later came and Told him that they only Had 2. By this time almost 6 Hours Had Passed so he told them to Mount the 2 they Had a Shove the other 2 up their Arse when they got them in.


Hey Ken I say Tars too. 

[Gisser]

What's the deal??

Hopefully, the deal was flat-rate.  

[cafeboy]

I get paid 9/10 of an hour to change 4 tires at work so I will do them in about 15 min.
Work faster make more $$$$$$$$$$