{"id":14020,"date":"2014-02-13T02:00:39","date_gmt":"2014-02-13T09:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=14020"},"modified":"2014-01-13T17:02:53","modified_gmt":"2014-01-14T00:02:53","slug":"kool-stop-tire-bead-jack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/kool-stop-tire-bead-jack\/","title":{"rendered":"Kool Stop Tire Bead Jack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I know how to change bike tires. I watched my father do it when I was ten years old and the guys at the local bike shop make it look easy. So I never went for a ride without tire levers and a spare inner tube or two.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, knowing how and actually doing it can be two different things. They say to put the tire back on over the rim with just your hands, because using a metal tool may pinch your new tube or poke a hole in it. With some tire and rim combinations, it&#8217;s close to impossible, and becomes less possible as you reach those last few inches of bead and your hands get tired and sore. You&#8217;ll be stranded until you get that tire bead over the rim.<\/p>\n<p>The Kool Stop Tire Bead Jack is the lightweight, inexpensive answer to this problem. Just put the fixed end on the other side of the rim, hook a section of bead and use the handle to pull it up over the rim. Repeat as needed, and in a few seconds, you&#8217;re done and on your way.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s too long to fit in a small tool kit. It&#8217;s about the length of a CO2 pump, but it&#8217;s not metal so it&#8217;s very light. You can stick it in a handlebar bag, or a rack trunk or just strap it to your top tube. You won&#8217;t want to ride far without it.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2014\/01\/jack-screen.jpg\" alt=\"jack-screen\" width=\"475\" height=\"413\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14021\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2014\/01\/jack-screen.jpg 475w, https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2014\/01\/jack-screen-300x260.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2014\/01\/jack-screen-345x300.jpg 345w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"475\" height=\"356\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yrpewB94L6M\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class='ctx-module-container ctx_default_placement ctx-clearfix'><\/div><span class=\"ctx-article-root\"><!-- --><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Easy way to get a bike tire on and off its rim<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[85],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14020"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14020"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14023,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14020\/revisions\/14023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}