Originally Posted by
Hiro11
I have 5000TLs on two road wheelsets. These tires offer great grip, great durability, high resistance to cuts, and are fast rolling. Terrific tires. They mounted easily with my thumbs on one wheelset, but... the other one was so tight that I gave up and took them into a shop. I've done maybe 12-15 tubeless setups myself and I've never seen a tire/rim combo that tight, I couldn't even get one bead on.
I've heard the 5000TRs are more ETRTO compliant and easier to mount. I've never tried them though.
One tip: buy tires from European sources. For some reason, tires are always very expensive domestically.
I can confirm that the 5000 S TR's are much easier to mount on Zipp 303 S wheels than the 5000 TL's have been on other wheelsets I own. I don't know how much of this is the tire vs the wheel. (My tubeless CX tires seemed easier to mount on the Zipps as well)