Originally Posted by
grumpus
The circumference/width ratio is rather different when comparing car and bicycle tyres. A ratchet strap or similar does the job of holding the bead near the bead seat with wider bike tyres, maybe not so much with a more flexible or narrower tyre.
I get that, having mounted many truck/car/trailer/small equipment tires using a strap or rope & tire iron, especially those ones stored stacked or banded flat for shipment, but you'd think someone would make a simple fat oring to do bike tires if they do a lot of them.