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@Aches
I know how to put a damn tyre on a wheel, i have done it 100's of times, including a few marathon plus tyres and other similar ones
I managed to force one side on, then i used so much brute force trying to get the other side on the wire came out of the rubber making the brand new tyre completely useless, then i couldn't get the the tyre off again so i just took it to my lbs and they couldn't get it off either, they had to actually cut the tyre then use more brute force to get it off!
then we measured the rim and its over 1cm bigger than a 700c road rim, so we tried a 27" tyre and that fit on just fine
Pretty sure they are 27", but if they are 700c i don't understand why its such a tight fit, even if i did get some tyres on its just not practical.