Originally Posted by
maartendc
I definitely saw it while looking for reviews of the Reynolds Strike wheelset from multiple sources, and I believe I had heard about people complaining about it with the Assaults as well. Good to know you can mount them by hand on yours.
I think basic geometry tells us that a tire of a given width, will be harder to mount on a wider rim than a narrower rim. The latest fashion of using tires that actually are narrower than the outside rim width is leading to lots of anecdotal mounting issues.