Originally Posted by
DScience
Ok I have a question. When I installed my 25c, for the first bead I was able to get about 75% seated in the rim. The remaining part was SOOOOOO hard to get above the rim. I had to literally use a tire lever and push/force the bead over the rim little by little. It took 30-40 minutes of brute force. After I was like, "I just made this tire my *****" because it was so hard. How did you do it??
Start at the valve hole when mounting a tire, and work outward, down toward the opposite end. The A23 is a tubeless ready design, so make sure the bead is down in that center channel as much as possible, vs. on the "shoulder" below the bead hook.