Zog The Undeniable
12-31-1969, 08:00 PM
Zog The Undeniable wrote:
> bicycle_disciple wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I tried this for probably 20 minutes with all the strength I can
>> muster. Basically trying to pull on a Deda Tre RS corsa folding
>> clincher 700 x 23c onto my HED Jet road rims. Folding tires are nice
>> but new ones are difficult to mount. I have never had so much
>> difficulty in the past with any tire than this one.
>>
>> When it came in the box, it was nice and pancake flat and I wondered
>> how it'll ever attain the round shape. What I tried doing so far is to
>> get the tire on the rim without the tube and leaving it on there for
>> sometime to "stretch out". But the tube is going to be hard as hell
>> because I don't see any space for it to get in there anyway. Whats the
>> "pro" technique here, bleeding hands and skill or any less gory way
>> out?
>>
>>
>>
>> B.D
> Three things usually work:
>
> 1) Try fitting it without the tube first, using tyre levers. Sometimes
> this stretches the bead slightly.
>
> 2) Get loads of talc on the tube.
>
> 3) Before the final push, check the beads are in the middle of the rim
> everywhere else round the wheel.
>
> The good news is that kevlar beads always become much looser after a
> couple of weeks on the rim, so subsequent puncture repair isn't the
> nightmare you'd expect.
....and as a coda to this, I removed a Vredestein Fortezza - the tightest
tyre I've ever had to fit - using two hub QR levers yesterday. No problem.
> bicycle_disciple wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I tried this for probably 20 minutes with all the strength I can
>> muster. Basically trying to pull on a Deda Tre RS corsa folding
>> clincher 700 x 23c onto my HED Jet road rims. Folding tires are nice
>> but new ones are difficult to mount. I have never had so much
>> difficulty in the past with any tire than this one.
>>
>> When it came in the box, it was nice and pancake flat and I wondered
>> how it'll ever attain the round shape. What I tried doing so far is to
>> get the tire on the rim without the tube and leaving it on there for
>> sometime to "stretch out". But the tube is going to be hard as hell
>> because I don't see any space for it to get in there anyway. Whats the
>> "pro" technique here, bleeding hands and skill or any less gory way
>> out?
>>
>>
>>
>> B.D
> Three things usually work:
>
> 1) Try fitting it without the tube first, using tyre levers. Sometimes
> this stretches the bead slightly.
>
> 2) Get loads of talc on the tube.
>
> 3) Before the final push, check the beads are in the middle of the rim
> everywhere else round the wheel.
>
> The good news is that kevlar beads always become much looser after a
> couple of weeks on the rim, so subsequent puncture repair isn't the
> nightmare you'd expect.
....and as a coda to this, I removed a Vredestein Fortezza - the tightest
tyre I've ever had to fit - using two hub QR levers yesterday. No problem.