Originally Posted by
lungimsam
It is a Velocity Synergy clincher rim, with a Grand Bois Hetre (gumwall, kevlar bead, folding tire) going on it.
I inflated it to max rated psi for the tire, and that seems to have seated the bead well. There is one or two places where the witness line starts to dive a little, but I can still see it - it hasn't gone under the rim edge, so looks like it is as close as I'm gonna get.
I am hoping it will not present the same problems in the future, like after a flat fix. I'd hate to spend half an hour getting a tire seated on the road after a flat fix.
Folding tires are often harder to seat because the bead is very flexible, and also sometimes because the tire has taken a set while sitting folded in the box for 6 months. If you buy folding tires, take them out of the box as soon as you buy them, and hang them up to relax the folds.
Your tire should be much easier to seat the next time, because it'll have taken a round set. I even suggest that after riding them a few weeks, you deflate and reseat to see if you can get them perfect.