My Tyres Don't fit... help

Same idea from Crank Brothers - Only £5 - retracts and is very light so you can throw it in your back/pocket. I got mine from Cycle Surgery (Holborn)

I put a Conti Grand Prix 4 Season on my new rear wheel, murder to get on. It was a 2 man job in the end using brute force and 2 fork(cutlery) ends. Thumbs were throbbing for a day

Schwalbe Marathon Plus. 90 mins last night, 3 inches of the tyre remained un-tucked.
I'ld even left the tyre in a warm room all day before hand.
(maybe i need to freeze the wheel?)

I gave up and put the the old Continental Gator Skin on in less than 3 minutes whilst distracted. I will use talc, and all the other things suggested on here and if I find the fork handles remotely successful will report back in a few days.

Arvy, have you tried Four Candles, or Fork Handles?

Sorry, had to be done.

My bad for the repost, I didn't read the first page first...

Marathon Plus are tough buggers but can be done by hand. I run one on the Condor.

Like the Durano Plus 25c
but the 23c are EEasy

Oliver, I'm covered in candle residue this morning. it provided a good insulating layer last night.

Hippy, noted - just not my hands.

If anyone has one of these Kool Stop Tire Bead Jack, I've got 4 candles for you.

Did you do the thing where you "stretch" the tyre towards the point that's not yet bedded in?

Did you do the thing where you jump around and scream?

and kick the tyres?

I do.. and that's not even when fitting tyres.

I look good in red, eh?

Anything you say, Veruca darling...

Put tyre over your knee and pull, that ought to stretch the bugger!

arvy ask edscoble, he's the man for getting on those hard to do tyres. he will cycle around to your place even!

Actually arvy, where are you? I can do tyre-fitting callouts for £10. :)

arvy ask edscoble, he's the man for getting on those hard to do tyres. he will cycle around to your place even!

It's true. And he does it for free. He came round mine to fit my Randonneur for me. He was bloody quick. Think he said he'd beaten his personal best too.

So eds and hippy are round for the double team?
It has now become a matter of honour that I do this myself. If you feel an electricity surge in NW1 tonight, you'll know i've just plugged myself into the closest socket.

I could show you some tricks.. but then I'd have to kill you..

Put tyre over your knee and pull, that ought to stretch the bugger!

...seriously, get some old kitchen forks. fork handles are the best, better than spoons. don't know why

Yep start at the valve when removing finish at the valve when fitting.

I know the forum has been on tenterhooks all week, but got the tyre (Schwalbe Marathon Plus) on in less than 15 mins. The above tips are the most useful, thank you el squire, jonny, & theBrick

My patented* SLTF

My tips:
1_If it is a difficult tyre to place and you have been going for >5 mins, remove it and **stretch **against your foot by pulling your hands up all the way around the tyre (like using a track pump)
2_I know Fred said don't use levers but I found the **levers **very helpful in getting one side of the tyre "in the valley"
3_Use a **table **- have the wheel forming the bottom of a right angled triangle - your body is the back - and your arms outstretched complete the triangle (the hypotenuse) - so the tyre is 90degrees to your body. This gives you leverage as you work around the tyre.
4_The last 4 or 5 inches are the hardest and this is where the leverage of the **fork **or 2 forks just eases the tyres in. you will place the fork handle between the wheel and the tyre with the teeth facing you, then push the handle away from you (the teeth move towards the tyre).

Don't use your finest silver, my butler was most unimpressed with the bent fork.

If anyone is raging I'll undercut hippy by a whole £1 per visit but I don't think I could ever beat the legend that is edscoble.

Aaaaaaargh!

New set of Ambrosio P20s for my touring / commuter from Hub Velo last month. The Marathons I had on my old bike were never seated properly on the new rims and I had vibration when riding. Took em off, faffed, hauled em back on - still misaligned. So assuming the tyres are stuffed I’m now fitting Conti 4 Seasons...

I’m about to wang the whole lot in the sea! Damn nearly broke my knuckles getting them on and they still have about 8” of the circumference not seating properly. The whole tyre is lower in the rim at that point. I thought maybe it was sticking to the cheap rim tape so I’ve changed that and even chalked the bead. Same result.

Is it me or the wheels? Obviously the mechanic who fitted my tyres to the new rims in the first place had the same problem.

Tried pumping them up to about 150 PSI and seeing if they seat themselves?

Wear ear plugs.

Haven’t taken them past 90. If you don’t hear from me in an hour send the dogs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XUFVrl0UT4

this has changed my life. really.
watch it, learn the tricks from the gray bicycle wizard

I will not be held responsible for ruined tyres/wasted money.
Obviously don’t leave them pumped up that high for any length of time