Lend me a paddock stand. Manchester.

[Nobbylad]

I think you might be missing the point with the mobile fitter. He comes to you, in a van, with your new tyres, with all the necessary equipment to remove the wheels, the tyres and put the new tyres on etc.

He even has a card machine if you want to pay by debit/credit card.

Takes the hassle out of riding somewhere with a nail in your tyre and you don't have to wait around like you might do if you went somewhere that had a queue of people having tyres fitted or the mechanics were busy servicing bikes.

When i've had tyres fitted from him before they were the same price if not cheaper than ride in ride out places.

[timwilky]

I have used B&C quite a few times, well recommended.

Originally Posted by Nobbylad

I think you might be missing the point with the mobile fitter. He comes to you, in a van, with your new tyres, with all the necessary equipment to remove the wheels, the tyres and put the new tyres on etc.

He even has a card machine if you want to pay by debit/credit card.

Takes the hassle out of riding somewhere with a nail in your tyre and you don't have to wait around like you might do if you went somewhere that had a queue of people having tyres fitted or the mechanics were busy servicing bikes.

When i've had tyres fitted from him before they were the same price if not cheaper than ride in ride out places.

I get the idea with the mobile service - seems perfect, I'm just trying to cut down on costs as much as possible. I've been told I'll be paying maybe £10 extra for him to take the wheels off and put them back on, so then it's not worth me doing it myself.


Whose used the mobile bike tyre services before? happy?

I think I'll be getting roadsmarts. It was a toss up between them and pilot roads, I gather roadsmarts are a little more modern with being dual compound.

[Shawthing]

I've also used Bike Tyre Services before, though i took my loose wheel with similar puncture to thier base in Sale. They have been there for a few years now.
They did a profesional plug and patch repair for very reasonable price. Tyre is still going strong.

[hindle8907]

Originally Posted by Nobbylad

There's a very good mobile fitter around Manchester way....I've used him a couple of times and he was very competitive with the ride in/ride out places.

http://www.biketyreservices.com/

+1 , you can lend my abba stand if you want but you wont save much by removing them your self.
I don't have the time at the moment to do it with you and to be honest I only trust my self to work on my own bike don't really like tinkering with others.

Matt at biketyreservice has good prices and I think you only save 5 quid per tyre if you take in lose wheels.

Okay so I've decided to go with B&C performance tyres, they're offering roadsmart 2s for £240, ride in ride out, and I get a £25 cashback deal. It's a good price, but my wallet won't know what hit it.
I was going to go with biketyreservices but this deal is just a little better.

And for interest, you save £15 per wheel when doing a loose fitting - so not too bad, that's the difference between PR3s and PR4s.
If I had a car and the tools needed to remove the wheels I would - but I think it's not going to be worth it.
Or maybe when I get there I'll remove the front wheel.. should be easy enough, and extra £15 wouldn't go amiss either. I don't know.

Thank you everyone for your kind offers and advice, I was panicking to begin with but things seem sorted now.

[Nobbylad]

Out of interest, what was the difference in cost between B&C and BTS?

Originally Posted by Nobbylad

Out of interest, what was the difference in cost between B&C and BTS?

It varied, but works out at the same to be honest. BTS don't do a mobile service any more. But then BTS don't deal directly with dunlop so you can't get cashback deals - B&C do hence the deal.
So BTS asked for £265 for PR3s, and you can get £25 cashback from that.

If you bring the tyres in yourself, both say £50 for fitting, ride in ride out (both wheels). And then it's £15 off for each loose tyre.

Hope that helps

[Ratty]

That B&C deal look good. I got my PP3's from there and got a £25 fuel card direct from Michelin. I was going to pm you back about how much it cost to fit internet tyres at these places, but you have already done your homework.

Ratty

[flymo]

I still remove and fit my own tyres, have done for years.