Originally Posted by
Sy Reene
What width were the tires? Pretty universally it looks like 25s are good amount harder to install than 28s.
If the inner diameter of the tire bead is considerably smaller than the outer diameter of the rim, tire width won't matter much in the difficultly of installing. There's likely manufacturer variances in both the rims and tires explaining why some find the installation 'easy' why other not-so-much.