Originally Posted by
Gresp15C
I have some super tight tires. What I have to do is get 3 levers under the bead all at once, and then hold 2 of them in there while I pry with the third, then hook it over a spoke, and move on to the next lever. I'm convinced this is why lever sets come with 3. The hooks are because you don't have 3 hands. It doesn't always "take" on the first try, and you may have to fiddle with exactly where to place the levers.
On my previous rims, I couldn't hook a spoke with a lever. The next lever would not be able to get under the tire bead. (I cut the hooks off the pair that stays in my saddle bag.) I wonder if sets of 3 levers with hooks are designed for older wire bead tires? I haven't mounted a wire bead for at least 20 years now.
My tight tire howto
My previous Kinlin rims had a
very shallow center well. So it was very hard to get the last part of the bead over the rim, there's very little slack.
It's so tight that even with no tube installed and just one bead on the rim, I couldn't slide the tire around to match the tire label with the spoke hole. That's really tight!
But I found a fast, easy method to mount tires on those rims that doesn't take a lot of force. I still do it this way, even though my current wheels are way easier.
Here's the thread: Tight tire mounting
Posted in 2010!
The key is to lift less than an inch of bead at a time, then slide the lever over, and repeat. It's fast and needs little force. I need two levers to remove a tire, and just one lever to mount the replacement. Tire lever shape is critical -- see the thread for details.
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My old rims were
way tighter than that Velocity
video. I liked his technique for "normal" combinations.
Your Velocity rim profile looks like it's somewhat similar to my Kinlin:
