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Afternoon all, not been round these parts in quite a while but after a bit of help!
I’m running a high roller on Mavic EN627 rims and really struggling with how tight the fit is. It took me an hour to get the old tyre off last night and still can’t get the ruddy thing back on!
So looking to change tyre as wouldn’t be the most practical if it went on a ride.
Any tips on what tyres seem to come fairly generous to get on the rim?
Thanks Simon
Specialized seem to go on with very little effort.
Specialized seem to go on with very little effort.
I’ll caveat that by saying as long as you avoid the black diamond casing. A mate bought a 2.3” one and I had a big fight on my hands getting that onto an i23 wtb rim. It went up tubeless nicely once I finally got the ***** on though as it was so tight.
The 2.3” grid tyre onto the rear rear of the set went on much easier.
Other than that black diamond compound spec tyre I’ve never had any issue getting a tubeless mtb tyre onto a rim. Used Maxxis / specialised / schwalbe /
On one.
All onto either DT Swiss rims or wtb i25’s.
I have these rims on my Zesty and also run High rollers in 2.4. I didn't really have much issue getting the tyres on. The old Michelin Wild Rock'R2 that came with the bike were a nightmare to get on and off pretty sure this was down to them being the Gum-x version.
Specialized seem to go on with very little effort.
I found this today doing a tubeless setup with a new Slaughter 2.3 tyre: first time in a long time (first Spesh tyre for years...normally Maxxis or Schwalbe) the tyre just went on easily and and then inflated with just a track pump. Even managed to then deflate and pop a Rimpact tyre insert with minimal fuss and no sprained thumbs & cursing</span>