Tyre problems

I am running 27" skinwalls and they have metal rings running around the inside of the lips of the tyre, now will my lack of experience, wrong tools and over removing/replacing I have worn through the rubber holding the metal rings inside the tyre.
I replaced a tube last night and after a little while I noticed this weird noise turned around to see my tyre bulging out and the inner tube exploding. The metal ring was firmly in the rim but since it was removed from the tyre it let it bulge out.
Anyone else have this problem or know a fix for it because the tyres I have arent that old and really shouldnt have to replace them so soon.
Thanks.

They are called tyre "beads" and it sounds like your tyres are fucked. New tyres.

Also you should not be fitting tyres with any sort of levers. Use your hands, otherwise you risk pinch flats. Make sure the tyre is seated properly too and not hooked over the tube.

You answered your own question - poor fitting / removal technique.
Use tyre levers carefully, and try and get some decent slim ones. (teaspoons have damaged many of my tyres in the past.)

Good tyre levers are good for the soul on a cold dark wet night (if you have a soul).

I was thinking that was the name, wasn't sure tho.
Well the damn bank holiday means Tuesday before a new tyre can be had, luckily I had an old(very) tyre lying around.
Thanks anyway Hippy.

You're welcome.

Provenrad......teaspoons....EH....I defiantly wouldn't use those cough

Tyre and rim diameters vary. If you happen to have a rim at the top end and tyre at the bottom end of the tolerance band, and it's cold so the rubber stiffens up you may always have difficulty in putting that tyre on that rim. Different brands vary: different bead thicknesses, stiffnesses, rim profiles, etc.

Likewise you may have easy to fit tyres that are at risk of popping off the rims at high pressures.

ha! As a kid my bike was maintained with WD40, teaspoons, ancient puncture repair kit and dirt.

Chris the now obsolete tyre defiantly wasn't too loose was a cunt to get on and off(hence the damage)

Provenrad I still maintain my bike that way:D Nah not really. I dont use dirt anymore hahaha.

ha! As a kid my bike was maintained with WD40, teaspoons, ancient puncture repair kit and dirt.

Did you ever use grass to stuff a tyre after a puncture?

I was thinking that was the name, wasn't sure tho.
Well the damn bank holiday means Tuesday before a new tyre can be had, luckily I had an old(very) tyre lying around.
Thanks anyway Hippy.

what bank holiday?

what bank holiday?

Glad it wasn't just me, what bank holiday indeed?

3 MT forumites on the same LFGSS thread, in succession... hmmm

Great. I used to like having this place to myself. Now I'm going to have to bugger off to a 4x4 forum.

I live in Dublin:D