Originally Posted by
luker
on the subject of seating beads...I dunno, but whenever I have a problem seating the bead at the valve stem, it is because the tire bead is on top of the tube right at the valve stem patch. While the tire is completely deflated, push the valve stem in as far as you can get it to go. This will move the tube in past the bead. Inflating will go much better.
We really need to see pictures...
Originally Posted by
East Hill
I am really dumb--why didn't I think of that? Thanks, I will try that--it should work.
I learned that the hard way, by blowing out a tube because I didn't get the tire seated properly around the valve. A tube makes an amazingly loud noise when it blows out while you're inflating it in a stairwell indoors.