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A definitive list, I'll start....

Bontrager AW3 on Mavic Aksium, has taken my feeble thumbs an hour and a half to fit, and has cost so far; 3 inners (keep pinching them) and a park tyre lever (I have never in my life snapped a park tyre lever!)


 
Posted : 27/05/2014 7:35 pm
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bin em, what happens if you get a puncture out the house, when its raining and cold, and raining a bit more


 
Posted : 27/05/2014 7:40 pm
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It's probably just one of those combinations, but Check the rim tape. I had a tyre I couldn't fit, turned out the rim tape was too thick


 
Posted : 27/05/2014 7:59 pm
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Conti RQ's were quite a hassle to fit on DT rims.


 
Posted : 28/05/2014 1:11 pm
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I'm finding Conti CX tyres quite tight on Wheelsmith rims - 30 mins and a punctured new tube. Suggestions welcome for slightly less tight brands.


 
Posted : 28/05/2014 1:24 pm
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Bonty xr4 TLR were a pig to mount on flows when new.
But refitting a month later after removal were not to bad.


 
Posted : 28/05/2014 1:34 pm
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Hans Dampf on Stans Arch EX.. nightmare!


 
Posted : 28/05/2014 1:40 pm
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I struggled (several punctures) to get some race tyres onto my road bike then watched a few Youtubes about doing it with no tools. Result!


 
Posted : 28/05/2014 1:42 pm
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I'll call your Dads and get them to help.


 
Posted : 28/05/2014 1:47 pm
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Lots of stuff online about Geax Saguaro TNTs on Stans rims.

The non TNT versions are OK however and are fine tubeless.


 
Posted : 28/05/2014 1:49 pm
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I'll call your Dads and get them to help.

Tell him not to forget his best tyre spoon.


 
Posted : 28/05/2014 2:06 pm
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Conti wire cx tyres on Crest 29er rims

They'reon now, with tubes, and I still can't get the bead to seat properly.


 
Posted : 28/05/2014 3:21 pm
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at the other end of the scale - old michelin All Terrain 2.4's on mavic 719's, slacker than a fat slag from middlesborough who takes it up the wrong 'un. that bad that i needed help to hold the tyre on the rim to inflate, and the tyre rotated under heavy braking ripping the valve off 6 times in one ride!


 
Posted : 28/05/2014 3:32 pm
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Schwalbe NN, WW or FA on a Sun EQ27 rim - absolute bloody nightmare to get on! Broken tyre levers, lots of sweating and plenty of swearing!


 
Posted : 28/05/2014 4:01 pm
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Hans Dampf on a Mavic cross roc was a but tight.

Used a tea spoon in the end as i'd killed both my tyre levers


 
Posted : 28/05/2014 4:04 pm
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For difficult tyres you just need to use the best natural rubber lubricant known to man:

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Posted : 28/05/2014 4:05 pm
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gear Saguaro tnt and stan's +100


 
Posted : 28/05/2014 4:06 pm
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Hans Dampfs on DT Swiss ex5.1d. Nigh on impossible with rim tape of any thickness, still really bad without tape. They're fine on 729s though!


 
Posted : 28/05/2014 4:24 pm

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