Can't get tyre on / Tight rim

1 dont use levers. u will puncture the tube.
2 get the tube bedded on the rim by putting a bit of air in it.
3 get most of the tyre on.
4 for the last little bit. let the air out. you should be working at 180 degrees to where the valve is.
5 use a little fairy liquid on the rim.
6 push on the sidewall of the tyre. not the bead.
7 get a friend to help. four hands are better than two.
8 it is a bit tricky. but they do go on. me and my mate did one on thurs.
9 be patient.
10 good luck.

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I refer the honourable gentleman to the answer I gave some moments ago. Bead jack for the win.

Be very careful if you do this as its very easy to pinch the tube with the levers as you cant see under the bead.

1 dont use levers. u will puncture the tube.

No you won't pinch the tube if you do it properly, start from the bottom of the wheel, i.e. the opposite of the value, and then work your way up to the value, when you're near there, push the value in to insure the inner tube is right inside the tyres and away from the bean, now go and finish installing the tyres

That's the way to not get a pinch flat (that and checking the inside of the rims if there's any rubber between the tyres bean and rims).

as for levers, I find the pedro levers work the best out of all the lever;

Just get the tyre on as far as possible, then heat it up for a few seconds with a hair dryer and roll the final bit on. Worked for me with an tight combination the other day.

+1 to pedros.

when you're near there, push the value in to insure the inner tube is right inside the tyres and away from the bean, now go and finish installing the tyres

stay away from my tyres you orange semi spherical fiends!

1 dont use levers. u will puncture the tube.

You won't, you'll puncture the tube by being cack handed.

All Conti tyres are a pain in the arse to get on, had to get a someone else to give me a hand with a set of GP4000S. Their tubs are just as hard to get on too

I used levers and a bit of common sense to get mine on recently, no issues. Pretty much the same way Edscoble described.

Had to change the tube after I got a puncture on the VERY FIRST DAY. Gutted.

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Had to change the tube after I got a puncture on the VERY FIRST DAY. Gutted.

Too posh to patch? ;)

You need to brute those things on, it's true. I even snapped a tyre lever once. So yeah, get some decent ones.

Too posh to patch? ;)

Haha God no, did it when I got home. No point patching on the road side when you've got a spare tube....

nice one for the advice people. i've had enough of them bastard tyres for today so will follow the tips tomorrow.

Haha God no,

you don't even need tyre levers - just start at the side where the valve is, stand above the wheel and massage it on while applying pressure with your hands to both sides of the wheel to stretch the tyre over the wheel downwards, so when you get to the bottom all the slack is there, make the final stretch over the rim doable (even if your thumbs get a little sore).

i put a gatorskin on one of my rims recently using this method on the floor of a bike shop. i am now currently running a 25 gatorskin on the back and a shitty plug tyre 28 on the front after an on-the-road emergency... will probs go 25 on the front at some point too.

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1 dont use levers. u will puncture the tube.
2 get the tube bedded on the rim by putting a bit of air in it.
3 get most of the tyre on.
4 for the last little bit. let the air out. you should be working at 180 degrees to where the valve is.
5 use a little fairy liquid on the rim.
6 push on the sidewall of the tyre. not the bead.
7 get a friend to help. four hands are better than two.
8 it is a bit tricky. but they do go on. me and my mate did one on thurs.
9 be patient.
10 good luck.

you don't even need tyre levers - just start at the side where the valve is, stand above the wheel and massage it on while applying pressure with your hands to both sides of the wheel to stretch the tyre over the wheel downwards, so when you get to the bottom all the slack is there, make the final stretch over the rim doable (even if your thumbs get a little sore).

i put a gatorskin on one of my rims recently using this method on the floor of a bike shop. i am now currently running a 25 gatorskin on the back and a shitty plug tyre 28 on the front after an on-the-road emergency... will probs go 25 on the front at some point too.

Or you could not have to involve a friend and get sore thumbs by using tyre levers. What is this aversion to tyre levers? Yeah you can get by without using them, but if you use them properly then they help a hell of a lot.

Do some people still use sharpened flint instead of knives? "It works perfectly well, why upgrade?"

Or you could not have to involve a friend and get sore thumbs by using tyre levers. What is this aversion to tyre levers? Yeah you can get by without using them, but if you use them properly then they help a hell of a lot.

Do some people still use sharpened flint instead of knives? "It works perfectly well, why upgrade?"

tyre levers are for losers...

Losers without sore thumbs...

loser

tyre levers are for losers...

As are spanners, I tightened some track nuts recently with my teeth.

As are spanners, I tightened some track nuts recently with my teeth.

winner

you don't even need tyre levers - just start at the side where the valve is, stand above the wheel and massage it on while applying pressure with your hands to both sides of the wheel to stretch the tyre over the wheel downwards, so when you get to the bottom all the slack is there, make the final stretch over the rim doable (even if your thumbs get a little sore).

Yep, but don't stand. On your knees, use your upper body weight to apply pressure downwards with your hands and it will stretch the tyre nicely.

I normally get my personal mechanic to do those sort of things so I don't chip my fingernails

gatorskins are a pain to get on, but you just need to be persistent. alternatively, you could try a crank brothers speed lever.

I've got one of these, useless for tight tyre/rim combos, much better off using conventional tyre levers.

Yep, but don't stand. On your knees, use your upper body weight to apply pressure downwards with your hands and it will stretch the tyre nicely.

Each to their own - if you enjoy getting down on your knees who am I to tell you it is wrong??

just put the other 700 x 25 gatorskin on my front deep v rim using the patented j.smooth method with no sore thumbage.

losers

it's always varies on the rims really, it's a bit of a bastard with certain campangolo rims mind.