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Basicall,, I'm runnin. The above set up that came as standard on my codeine. I actually like the tires and have no problem until yesterday. Had a puncture in the trails and it took us around 20 mins to change it! The tyre us really difficult to stretch back onto the rim. It took two of us to lever it back into place?? Anyone else had thus issue?
Not with that combo, but my new road bike tyres were ridiculously hard to fit. First one I struggled for hours, then used a little talc and it just popped on. The talc acts as lube. I now carry a little ziploc bag of talc in my saddle bag..
if you've not used tubeless rims before you need to ensure the bead is in the channel in the middle all the way round before you try to pop on the last bit.
+1 for what bigjim said.
I have the same on my Codeine (with the wider rims). I've had them on and off a couple of times as I have converted to tubeless, and not had a problem.
I didn't know that! So the bead needs to be in the central channel as opposed to butted up at the edge? Will the tube inflation pop them out to the correct ppositions then?
Yeah - ditto what bigjim said.
I also have the Pacenti rims on my roadie and I'm dreading the first time I get a puncture whilst out-and-about - the tyres are f'ing tight! 😯
Yes, the tube will pop the bead outwards if it hasn't already moved there. TBH I only found this out a couple of years ago, after years of changing tyres. Some people say that by doing it "properly" you can get all tyres on and off without tyre levers. I wouldn't go that far, but it does make a big difference.