Originally Posted by
ThermionicScott
For tires that are a real bear to get on and off, I don't blame them!
These Nokians are such a pain that I picked up a cheap used front wheel (it was $10 or $20, can't remember) so I could just leave those tires mounted and swap front wheels with the seasons. I do the tire switcheroo on the rear because I've got a flip-flop hub set up with 16T and 18T cogs. I might be a season change away from picking up a spare rear wheel as well.
I have a Nokian Gazza Extreme 294 on the front of my SS MTB. I am scared to try to take it off. It took me the better part of an hour to get it on, and at one point I had to stop and lay down and count to 10. I cursed so much that I think I invented a whole new vocabulary. It was terrible.