I've posted this photo in a lot of recent threads. It's from my
howto: mounting tight tires thread.
With my new rims, I got sore fingers and mangled levers when I tried to put the tires on the first time. I finally figured out an easier way.
The key is to just lift an inch at a time. It doesn't take much force, and it's fast.
Originally Posted by
Bob Dopolina
If a tire is so easy to install it flops onto your rim don't you think it may also flop off just as easily?!?
Continental tires are hard to install because they design the the lower tolerance limit as defined by ETRTO. They want their tires to STAY ON under the most extreme conditions.
Rolling a tire in a corner sucks. When it happens the tube blows and most people think they crashed because they flated when actually they crashed because their sloppy tire slipped off the rim in a corner.
No thanks.
I was in a hurry after I had a pinhole leak in a tube, and must have pinched the tube under the bead. After my ride, I noticed a hump in the tire, where the bead wasn't seated all the way. If the bead had come off the tire rim, the tube would have blown up like a balloon and popped with a bang. Tight fitting tires are good!