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Loose easy to fit tyre suggestions for impossible rims!!

by whizzkid
Mon, Jun 29, 2015 09:18
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My friend has some tyres that are physically impossible to fit on the rims he has and one of the tyres is frankly easy to get on most wheelsets. It is a known problem with these wheelsets apparently, I have done my research!
Please no tyre fitting suggestions please! All I need to know is any suggestions for tyres that people have found fit really loosely onto 622/15 and 622/13 rims!

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bamilton wackad... | 8 years ago
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Conti Grand Prix. The easiest fitting tyres I've ever used.

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joemmo | 8 years ago
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Schwalbe Durano. Though I don't wish to boast, I have in the past fitted the nemesis of all tyre wrestlers - Schwalbe Marathons - using only my thumbs and some blue language. However despite my obvious manual tyre wrangling prowess I was defeated by the combination of some Continentals and DT Swiss rims, the b*stards just would not go on, not even with tyre levers. The Duranos, by contrast, popped right on, no sweat or recourse to incantations.

I would recommend a bit of soap and water on the tyre bead as well, helps to fit them and to settle them on once you pump up. If a tyre is tight, it's more prone to sitting unevenly on the bead so you can get wobbles and flat spots.

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kev-s | 8 years ago
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Another one for schwalbes here

I have schwalbe dd ultremo tyres on my Reynolds assault disc wheels (also tubeless ready)

The tyres are easy to pop on and off the rim using your fingers, so now i no longer carry tyre levers 16 16

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peted76 | 8 years ago
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No problems with Schwalbes over here and I have a set of Sl23 rims notorious for being a bar steward to fit.
Another bit of advise keep away from VeloFlexes if the rims are that way inclined, I had sore thumbs for a week after loosing a wrestling match trying to fir a pair of these (against others advice).

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KirinChris | 8 years ago
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Agree with 700cc - Vittoria Open Corsa are really easy to roll on, especially as they wear in.

Pair them with latex tubes and *ahem* your friend will have a sweet ride, every bit as nice as a tubular.

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whizzkid replied to KirinChris | 8 years ago
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Thanks, but it really IS my friend! He said he couldn't get the tyres on and I smugly said I would do it for him but couldn't get the swines on either!! I spent more time trying to get them on than I would have done for my own wheels!! I would have given up far earlier and just binned the wheels or used them as wall ornaments!! 21

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whizzkid replied to KirinChris | 8 years ago
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abudhabiChris wrote:

Agree with 700cc - Vittoria Open Corsa are really easy to roll on, especially as they wear in.

Pair them with latex tubes and *ahem* your friend will have a sweet ride, every bit as nice as a tubular.

Thanks, but it really IS my friend! He said he couldn't get the tyres on and I smugly said I would do it for him but couldn't get the swines on either!! I spent more time trying to get them on than I would have done for my own wheels!! I would have given up far earlier and just binned the wheels or used them as wall ornaments!! 21

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Mungecrundle | 8 years ago
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If it were me, and if it was a wheelset that I really liked (other than the difficulty of fitting the tyres), and if I was willing to shell out £100 for a pair as something of an experiment, and if I didn't mind the 3 day, smoke filled tepee, drum banging, pre stretching, chanting and glueing ritual and if I was prepared to learn how to remove a valve core and carry repair slime to deal with possible punctures then I'd be prepared to have a go fitting a set of tubular tyres.

Failing that, I'd make up a believable cover story and head to my LBS.

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700c replied to Mungecrundle | 8 years ago
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Mungecrundle wrote:

If it were me, and if it was a wheelset that I really liked (other than the difficulty of fitting the tyres), and if I was willing to shell out £100 for a pair as something of an experiment, and if I didn't mind the 3 day, smoke filled tepee, drum banging, pre stretching, chanting and glueing ritual and if I was prepared to learn how to remove a valve core and carry repair slime to deal with possible punctures then I'd be prepared to have a go fitting a set of tubular tyres.

Failing that, I'd make up a believable cover story and head to my LBS.

Obviously this was a tongue-in-cheek response, and I'm not particularly wanting to hijack the thread but..
tubulars might be a little more complex to fit initially, but my experience has been nothing but positive with them - they roll superbly, enable you to use deep rims with no weight penalty, they're easy to replace in the event of a puncture (just carry a pre-glued spare), and I actually quite like the ritual of cleaning / gluing / repairing when the time comes..

(not that you should glue a tub onto a clincher rim, of course)!

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700c | 8 years ago
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Any of Vittoria's open corsa 320 tpi. very flexible and supple, esp when warm. don't even need tyre levers.

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