Can't get an Armadillo off!

OK, so I don't post much and am going to come across like a royal monkey for this....but does anyone have any suggestions for getting a Specialized Armadillo off a rim?

I remember it being a brute to put on but I spent 20 mins at the weekend inserting tyre levers and just having them slip off. There was no way it was moving.

Aside from taking a stanley knife to it, anyone have any suggestions?

Ta.

A little washing-up liquid on the rim?

aw man, this wasn't the thread i was hoping it to be.... :(

I say leave it on there and spray big gap filler in the valve hole. ;)

Get a lever in there and plenty o welly.

Metal levers and HTFU.

Also, royal monkey getting an armadillo off...

Maybe not.

a couple of balls may help, so just put yours and think that if once went in, now is caming out

Metal levers - that might do it. Was just browsing Wiggle and noticed the Crank Brothers Speed Lever. Anyone used it before?

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/Cycle/7/Crank_Brothers_Speed_Lever/5360019204/

aw man, this wasn't the thread i was hoping it to be.... :(

It's yours to change...
Googles armadillo pictures

armidillo's come off easy usually, weird!!

have you deflated the tyre?
pinched all around and centred the bead?
start at valve hole?

have you deflated the tyre?
pinched all around and centred the bead?
start at valve hole?

Tyre is deflated but didn't start at the valve hole. Will try again tonight but I think some metal levers will help. The plastic set I have just seemed to bend and slip right off.

have you deflated the tyre?

Arf!
Have you deflated the tyre?
Priceless...

Arf!
Have you deflated the tyre?
Priceless...

i think he meant fully deflated

i think he meant fully deflated

I sincerely hope he didn't...

i think he meant fully deflated

no :p

How do you titillate an ocelot?
oscillate its tit a lot.

are both threads still on the rim? or only one?

If one, get at it from the reverse side. Forget about metal levers, just use a big screwdriver. And washing=up liquid or talc.

This has been covered already so I'm not going to add anything useful..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unkIVvjZc9Y

Okay okay..
Don't use a screwdriver unless you want to pinch your tube.
If you start at the valve and push the tyre around you gain a little bit of slack at the opposite site of the wheel.
At the opposite side, HTFU and break your thumbs to push the tyre off the rim.
Easy peasy

yeah, by asking whether he already had one bead off the rim, I was assuming that he'd then taken the tube out.

If not, I'd cut the tyre and my losses, life's too short...

It's not THAT fucking short!

Fockin spaut-on hippy

Both beads are still on the rim and it's a brand new tyre so I don't want to cut it if I have to.

Where are you ?!
FFS bring it here and I'll do it meself!

:)

Get it drunk, let it relax, put some music on, maybe light some candles, run a bath...that Armadillo's all yours.

Where are you ?!
FFS bring it here and I'll do it meself!

:)

Heh, Cambridge, but gimme a chance, I'm at work at the moment. If I pussy out and still can't get it off, I'll come find you.

Heh, I knew I'd get a few HTFU's but that pic is priceless.