We had to install a set of American Classic tires recently and they are an absolute beast to get on. Was not impressed. My hands were not impressed either but got a decent tip out of it and we used it to buy lunch at the shop so not terrible but I don't like tires like that. A little struggle is fine but two mechanic struggle is not cool. Also not cool that the 25c tire is well less than that but we were using a wider gravel tire of some sort from them. I hope to see that customer again to get feedback on the tire. Hopefully it actually stretches out a bit in case he has a flat he can change it out there because as it stands I would not want to wrestle that thing while on a ride unless I had a good belt of scotch

If I want a hard tire to mount, I will take my Challenge Tires, at least when you install those it is in the damn name