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Love my Sonder Transmitter but the inevitable puncture happened on the rear yesterday. Thought it would be simple enough getting the rear WTB Trailblazer 27.5+ x 2.8 off to replace the inner tube but no. Almost two hours to wrestle the rear bead out on one side, replace the tube and then wrestle the bead back in (with vaseline). Only to find that I've nicked the new tube in the process and I'm now back to square one. Why the hell is it so friggin' hard to get this WTB plus tyre off and back on the Love Mud rim? Any other Transmitter owners out there had any experience with this?
Yes, I am going to go tubeless but waiting until there's a better mud option to replace the WTBs.
They are really tight. You need to push the bead right down into the centre, deepest part of the rim before trying to lever it off. After two trail-side repairs trying to get the tyre on and off (and aching arms trying to get the bead to seat properly again) I set it up tubeless - the tight tyre was an advantage there and it went up with a track pump without any problem.
Not that happy with the trailblazer tho - it rolls well, but doesn't feel stable in the front when cornering. Replacement alternatives are really dear tho so I'm waiting for sales