Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 288
Likes: 71
From: Eastern North Carolina
Bikes: Some of the bikes I've collected: Raleighs ( about 20), Trek ( oldest 1978 770 Columbus tubes), Mercian, Condor, Bob Jackson, Falcon, Holdsworth, Jacques Anquetil, Bianchi, LeMond, Cannondale, Schwinn, Iver Johnson, Dunelt
I have a Pre-Trek Lemond with Campag Omega rim . It has 700x19 tires. Years ago I was going to loan it out to ride and tried to replace tires. At the time every tire I tried was too tight. Did all the tricks at the time but finally gave up.
Now I am using tubeless on my modern road bikes and they are very tight but I have been able to mount with just tire levers. Have a Koolstop tire jack now and it is no problem at all.
In the 80s I used Specialized folding on Weinmann concave rims and they were very tight when new but stretched and not bad if you had to fix flat on the road.