Originally Posted by
steelbikeguy
I had no idea such a thing existed, but it must be useful. For tubeless tires?
For those of us still breaking a sweat to get our Continentals onto our MA-2's or Ambrosio rims, I feel the need to remind the audience that using levers to mount the tires risks pinching the tube (been there, done that), so some version of tire jack is the preferred tool if your thumbs aren't up to the task. A little help can be valuable, especially after a hard day, or in a cold rain, or in the snow, at night, etc. I'm pretty sure I've fixed flats in all of those conditions, and am in no rush to do it again.
Steve in Peoria
IME tubeless ready tires are why everything is much harder (though MA40) don't help
adding to the problem is tire makers are starting to move away from having tubed and tubeless versions instead having one version
Case in point I was replacing a older gravel king slick in 28mm. the new gravel kings were for both tubed and tubeless, with max listed of 60 for tubeless and 90 for tubed
these were the first tires I ever needed a lever to get the first side of the tire onto the rim....and it got worse from there, needing tire jacks and soapy water to them on
so unless you are going tubeless, my advice would be to do everything you can to get a tube specific tire
no way this was going work in the wild, so I rebuilt with GP4 rims and went tubie