Originally Posted by
fender1
Just be aware that getting tires on and off these Sun rims (CR 18 and rhynolites I have had both) can be a serious PIA. So much so that I got a set of Soma steel core tire levers. I currently use a a set of 700cc CR-18's w/ the 106 Nokians for winter riding. I had the Rhyno lites on another bike. I broke two plastic tire levers chaning tires before.
Wow. Is that 'cause of the tires or the rims? I had no problem putting schwalbe studded tires onto mavic 26" rims.