Baja Design No Pinch Tire Tool

The heck with all of it, I got a flat once on a snow covered single track and vowed never to wind up in that situation again.

Now I've been running tire balls for the last 2 years and have never been happier.

Wow those are cool, did you install the "tire balls" your self? have you ever needed to change the tire pressure or rotate the tire since the install?

I had to rotate my front tire so the tread wears evenly its a pirelli MT21, it was "cupping" pretty bad, had to take it of the rim, flip it around and put it back on. Took about an hour including watching a couple videos as refreshers since I change tires so infrequently but I see myself doing this again in 5-600 miles.

I had each ball inflated to 15psi, and I use Michelin AC10 street legal knobbies. I do 99% dirt, so I have no real street knowledge, as the knobbies ride terribly on the pavement anyway.

But no issues at all, great grip, fantastic grip off road, really allows the tire to mold around rocks and such. And of course, never worrying about a puncture is bliss.

My no pinch tire tool showed up the other day and I used it to put tires on my kx yesterday.

I like it, its near impossible to pinch the tube now which is about the only thing I had to worry about before while changing tires so changing tires is now a stress free experience.

I bought the kit with every size sleeve they have as I change tires for my friends too.

Wouldn't mind having this in the garage also seems small enough to be a mobile set up

I have had a Baja No Pinch tool, ever since I was turned onto them by someone on, maybe, Thumpertalk and it, along with a valve stem fishing tool, have been a couple of the best tools I have ever bought as it was always a nightmare/excercise in frustration in dealing with getting the valve stem through the rim hole.

Ever since getting the Baja No Pinch tire tool, I have not damaged one single tube and I have changed at least a dozen, if not more, tires on both my 21/18" rims, but also on the kids TT-R 90 and 110 with the smaller axle rods. Pushing the beads up and over the rims is a joy as compared to using the tire irons/tube pinchers I used to use.

BenWRR wrote:

Pushing the beads up and over the rims is a joy as compared to using the tire irons/tube pinchers I used to use.  

I'm a pretty tame rider these days being on the wrong side of 70.  I don't get many flats anymore with most of my riding being dry dirt forest service roads or the slab.  But anything that might make life easier certainly catches my attention.

What I wonder about with this tool is where I'd stash it on the bike.  My axle nut/tire spoons fit in the fender bag with my other bits and pieces and the spare tube; wondering where I would stash this kit.