We pay 80 chf twice a year for them to change the wheels and store them but we do have two sets of rims so it’s just a straight swap, not changing the tyres onto the same rims.
We consider it worth it.
We’re not changing them just yet though as we’re at a low altitude.
My place in Nyon I book on-line, show up 10 mins early, check-in, get a free coffee, chat to a couple of people, pay my bill and head out 20 mins later. I used to show up on time but I found other people who had booked the same time slot slowed things down.
YMMV
Indeed. Two sets of wheels & tires.
I did not like the idea at the beginning. After i realized I can make the car look completely different depending on the season…I fully embraced hedonistic consumerism.
Then I’ll probably buy a full set when my summer tyres die out, and then I’ll just change between them at home.
What do you do with the tyre pressure sensors?
Do you have a torque wrench?
If you have ever wondered why there are so many YouTube videos of detached tires on the road, the answer may be there.
Lidl this week:
They’ve got trolley jacks too.
I’ve got a torque wrench but I’ve driven in many countries and changed many wheels without one, and never had a wheel fall off.
I’ve seen some people ‘attempt’ to service their cars so I can quite believe that people have no idea how tight wheel nuts need to be!
The funniest time was when a house mate had to top up his oil.
“I tried to put 4.5L in as that was what the capacity was according to the manual, but it started overflowing.”
Luckily, he told me before he drove anywhere so I could drain out the few litres he didn’t actually need.
15 min with or without an air wrench?
Did you forget to change the filter?
I go to a local farmer. He mounts em for 30 franks.
That price suggests a FOREIGN farmer, cheaper 
He is Swiss
Here is the link to the podcast.
I found it interesting the comments about EV.
Edit: Here is the link to the TCS 2025 Winter tire test mentioned in the interview.
In French, but as it’s a Swiss site there has got to be a way to change language which eludes me. Web tools will give you an English translation.(Found it: Scroll almost to bottom there is a language choice in the penultimate box).
Interesting. - What are they like without the snow and icy - noisy I suspect.
Noise is not really an issue unlike car winter tyres. I used to have them on my mountain bike - great all year round. Have just ordered for my 28 inch ebike. As with all winter tyres they are of limited use on ice but I just feel more comfortable venturing out with a better tyre.
I do most of my miles on asphalt - mainly to get to the off-road bits or car-less mountain roads.
Ideally, I’d like a second set of wheels fitted with these tyres so I could swap
the wheels over to cycle in the snow and ice.
The ones in the photo had metal studs - surely these must be great on ice?
Ice is really difficult. The spikes are small; I know of no other way than to go straight and slowly.
Looking at the videos of a car driving in the snow, it struck me how different the reality is in most of Switzerland. You have roads that have refrozen overnight.
I’d agree there. Snow’s quite often fine though.
But the ice, or lack of it, is much better here than in the UK.
The dry air helps with sublimation so quite often the ice just evaporates away rather than thawing in the day and then re-freezing at night to create treacherous black ice.
That’s on roads which have a winter service though.
As long as you don’t live in the mountains, it’s quite possible to cycle throughout the winter here but it’s not always pleasant.
That’s like an hour work, how is that possible? Or do you mean he just changes the wheels as you have winter wheels as well?
FOr CHF 30 he certainly has complete wheels. As do probably 90% of Swiss vehicles - it’s not a good idea to repeatedly remove and mount tyres.
