My Tyres Don't fit... help

Ok so i got my new wheels home after trampsparadise trued them up for me
went to put the tyre on and they just don't fit.
I can't get the last bit of the tyre over the rim to get it on (this is before the tube)
This is the same problem i had when i tried to build them up myself in the first place.
this is more than a HTFU and use brute force to get them over the rim situation it's about the last 4" i can't get over.
I've tried 4 differen't 700c tyres from 19c to 28c
I've tried a 27 1/4" on it just to check it really was a 700c (it's to small for 27"s...)
This has put a downer on my friday night as i wanted to get these sorted and then go out so im sitting here gettting pissed off.
rims are ambrosio 19s extra super elite

With some rim and tyre combinations it can just be a nightmare to get them on.

What I'd recommend is to put the wheel on a table. Stand facing side onto the wheel, with the side that the bead is stuck on facing towards you, positioned at 12 o clock. Place your palms on top and push down and then kind of roll it up and away from you. Use your body weight.

Good luck - don't give up!

Another tip - starting from the point opposite the valve grip the tyre between your thumb and forefinger and turn the wheel towards the valve whilst keeping pressure on. Do this round to as close to the valve as you can, then do it for the other half of the wheel. Then have another go at getting the tyre on - hopefully you'll have stretched the tyre enough to get the bead over the rim.

I'd also recommend buying a Crank Bros Speed lever so in the future you can fix a puncture at the roadside without worrying about getting the tyre back on.

Wow! That speed lever looks amazing!

Have you tried washing up liquid?

the the thing i tried 4 diff tyres
I managed in the end to get a conti sport ultra on (one side of the rim) which is a shit cheap tyre so might need something with a low TPI i guess. I mght have to splash out on those shit white tyres
.

going to try the suggestions now.
if it doesn't work im going to out have a few drinks then try drunken master style

I had the same thing about a month ago, had to resort to metal tyre levers and brute strength in the end, just hope when the time comes to take them off they have stretched a bit, good luck I know how frustrating it can be

just ruined my thumbs squeezing a gran compe over a rim...

anyone else have nightmares with these tyres ?

warm tyres stretch easier.

just don't use a nekkid flame!

put them on a warm radiator for a bit, then get ready to skank

ehhhhh worked well with one side.
the other is about to brake my plastic leaver.
washing up liquid isn't helping, but i'll give it another go with sugst below.
Im going out now and will leave it in the hot water cuboard and use the suggestion below of a warm tyre.

thanks

With some rim and tyre combinations it can just be a nightmare to get them on.

What I'd recommend is to put the wheel on a table. Stand facing side onto the wheel, with the side that the bead is stuck on facing towards you, positioned at 12 o clock. Place your palms on top and push down and then kind of roll it up and away from you. Use your body weight.

Good luck - don't give up!

make sure that when you're trying to get that last bit over that the rest of the bead is sitting in the middle of the rim and not still up near the edge....if you we looking at a cross section with the bead sitting in the buttom of the u shape, you can even do this for the second part when the tube is in too but make sure you push the bead back up into position when the tyre is fitted.

ma40s and gator skin folders gave me apoplexy today. i gave up.

how angry did you get?

rage rating please

so much that when i yelled vile swear words and accused the tyre of being a piece of female anatomy, from the fourth floor, the people in the street looked up in fear.

rage rating: sudden and short, but potent nonetheless, 79%.

I once unleashed some ire against a mountain bike tyre and ended up throwing the whole wheel across the kitchen, just catching it in on the rebound in time before it wreaked the havoc that a wayward, heavy wheel has the potential to cause in a small, south west london flat.

the tyre made a mark on the wall, which remains, two years later.

rage rating: potentially explosive, but rapidly doused in reason, 63%

in the middle of an argument once i hurled my bob jackson across the pavement in old street, quite forcefully, a la david millar. i managed to grab it as it bounced about, moments before it nearly beheaded some hipsters.

rage rating: almost absurdly high, necessitating the throwing of a nearly new vigorelli at the floor and wall, 92%

i was raging before i left
then i ran into sophie ellis bextor at the bar next to my house
i got home gave the tires anthoer go then gave up.
photos to follow to shot wtf is going on with the tyres
cause right now im over it.

sophie ellis bextor wtf?

wtf exactly ... i was told i dissed, then i was ooo hi
drunk posting stops now

[quote=Scrapper;185501]i was raging before i left
then i ran into sophie ellis bextor at the bar next to my house
i got home gave the tires anthoer go then gave up.quote]

do you mean "When I saw Sophie Ellis-Bextor I realised my tyres had a long way to go before they could be considered anything like as difficult and stiff as Ms Ellis-Bextor so I forgave them a bit?"

@scrapper

These things I find are pretty hand

steel core tyre lever

My tyre's are a complete bitch to get on and off, got me some of these and they did the trick. unfortunately I have still managed to wreck one so they are by no means indestructable. Great if you have a puncture in the middle of no where tho. Time to invest in some workshop tyre levers I think?

this is the amount of tyre i can't get over
even the giant tyre leaver on the right didn't work.

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throw more money at it ;)

i broke two park levers last week. seriously, get some old kitchen forks. fork handles are the best, better than spoons. don't know why

YouTube - The two ronnies - Fork handles

yeah maybe the wheels are pissed I only threw silver coins at them

2 very bent forks later no luck still...

i think i need my miyagi's help right now

motorbike tyre levers for leverage. £5-£10 anywhere, like Halfords. If They don't work, crowbars are your next stop.