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No, but the R W Thomson design from 176 years ago was attached with bolts, so the problem with getting beads up onto the bead seats didn't apply
I have looked at that and I think you might be right, not a problem I've ever encountered before in nearly 70 years of fitting tyres. I'll give it a go, cheers both.