How to Change a Bontrager Bike Tire

Bontrager bike tires are a popular brand used on many bikes, including Trek and Gary Fisher. They are used with and without tubes, depending on the type of wheels you use. Bontrager tires may become worn or damaged through normal wear and tear or because of a puncture. You can change a Bontrager bike tire by following a few steps.

Instructions

    • 1

      Deflate the Bontrager tire to make it easier to remove from the wheel rim. Unseat the bead by pressing the lip of the tire into the deepest part of the wheel rim. Remove the tire from the rim by pushing or pulling one side over the wheel rim edge, then the other. If there is a tube, remove it prior to removing the tire.

    • 2

      Place the new tire on the wheel rim. Line up the label of the tire with the valve hole in the wheel. Start by pushing one side of the lip over one of the wheel rim and work it on all the way around one side of the rim. If there is no tube in your Bontrager bike tire, skip to Step 4. If using a tube, inflate it slightly to give it a bit of shape and insert its valve into the valve hole on the wheel rim. Insert the tube into the tire.

    • 3

      Inflate the tube a bit more. Push the side of the tire in from the wheel rim wall and look down into the rim. Ensure that the tube is not sticking out from under the tire lip; if it is, push it back up into the tire. Continue checking for a protruding tube as you work your way completely around the wheel. Repeat this process on the other side of wheel.

    • 4

      Push the other lip of the Bontrager tire over the wheel rim. Start at the valve and work all the way around the tire, pushing the tire's lip over the rim as you go.

    • 5

      Inflate the Bontrager tire to the pressure specified on its sidewall.