Running 19.5" wheels; what about the spare?
I've got a set of Rickson 19.5" wheels recently and currently shopping for tires. In the meantime, I've been reading up about the 19.5" option and it would seem Rickson's website does not find having...
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skipro3 wrote:
So you are saying carry a spare tire, not necessarily a spare wheel with a tire mounted? That sounds practical. Would have to put a tube in there to keep the dirt out of the tire probably.
Heavens no. I'm saying have a spare on a wheel ready to mount that can be bolted up by a random 18 year old kid who just got hired the previous month by the tow company who just happens to get dispatched by AAA to the unknown back woods area where you have a flat in the middle of the night.
This is 2016. The odds of an under 25 year old knowing how to dismount and remount a tire off and on a rim, by hand, on the side of the road, with only two tire irons, without ruining the tire bead or the finish of those high dollar Rickson or Vision rims, are very, very slim.
I dismount and remount tires on 19.5" on rims at home, with only two tire irons, and it is hard work that I would not want to tackle under the already flustered and frustrating circumstances of having a blowout and being on the sloping side of the road.
Two out of the four times I was on the side of the road fixing my blow outs, I played musical tires, pulling a tire from the dually pair in the back to put on the front. Of the remaining two times, once I had a spare, and once I didn't, and was too loaded to break up a dually pair. THAT was a very long night, punctuated by daybreak before it was over.
Carry a spare that is ready to use.
