Help needed trying to put on hardshell Gators

The Noble Nudge

Any tips appreciated.
Bead very had get over rim.....

kenmc

yep can be hard on certain rims, just brute force really, don't let it beat you!

Oryx

I had to use levers to get it back on. Perseverance and swearing gets it done.

Zyzz

I read somewhere that if you stick them in the drier for a short while..which softens the tyre and makes it easy to put on the wheel

RobFowl

The Noble Nudge wrote: »

Any tips appreciated.
Bead very had get over rim.....

Use a bit of grease over the last part, makes it a little easier to get on.

The Noble Nudge

2 sets of hands made light work of it 25 minutes later.....and 3 broken tyre levers
Christ what will be like on the side of the road....
Thanks for that

Keep_Her_Lit

Indeed, I also chewed through a few plastic levers trying to fit Gatorskins to the Mavic rims on my old commuter MTB. So I dug out a pair of neglected old stainless steel levers and they never let me down. As mentioned, a bit of lubrication helps - saliva will suffice for roadside repairs. Or, if you have a bit of a head cold at the time .... *

[* Apologies for lowering the tone]

LeftBlank

I find that going around the part of the tire that's already in the rim again (and again if needed) usually gives enough leverage to get the last part in. I've never had to resort to tire levers, even with Gatorskins.

Darkglasses

I found it really hard too. Used tyre levers in the end, but be careful that you haven't pinched the tube afterwards and it'll be fine. Never punctured mine.

cdaly_

LeftBlank wrote: »

I find that going around the part of the tire that's already in the rim again (and again if needed) usually gives enough leverage to get the last part in. I've never had to resort to tire levers, even with Gatorskins.

Also push the bit that's already on into the middle of the rim where there's a bit more space.

martinbourke11

HTFU

Alek

Same with Marathon Pluses and some rims - I used to break levers until I got the blue Park Tools ones:

A bit of soapy water can do wonders, too. Or grease, but only with disc brake wheels!

rollingscone

If fingers could cry.

Lumen

I use Schwalbe Easy Fit on my most hateful tyres (Schwalbe Marathon Winter).

http://www.schwalbetires.com/node/949

Got it from bike24.

Not much use out on the road (since I don't carry it around) but then the Marathon's don't ever puncture.

The lube idea is to allow the bead to slip around the rim and give more slack.

Diarmuid

cdaly_ wrote: »

Also push the bit that's already on into the middle of the rim where there's a bit more space.

That's the trick I always use. Hasn't failed me yet

Mycroft H

Lumen wrote: »

I use Schwalbe Easy Fit on my most hateful tyres (Schwalbe Marathon Winter).

http://www.schwalbetires.com/node/949

Got it from bike24.

Not much use out on the road (since I don't carry it around) but then the Marathon's don't ever puncture.

The lube idea is to allow the bead to slip around the rim and give more slack.

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I punctured one twice. Horrid to replace at the side of the road. Stick to panaracers now.

desertcircus

Doing Gaelforce in August, and dreading the prospect of a puncture for exactly this reason. Panaracer Ribmo on front and Gatorskin on back...is there any way to get it done speedily, or should I just give up on cracking the six-hour mark if I spring a flat?

Mycroft H

desertcircus wrote: »

Doing Gaelforce in August, and dreading the prospect of a puncture for exactly this reason. Panaracer Ribmo on front and Gatorskin on back...is there any way to get it done speedily, or should I just give up on cracking the six-hour mark if I spring a flat?

Have decent tyre levers and it shouldn't be too hard. I snapped too many plastic jobs with the marathons, better sticking to the steel cones plastic ones. The park tools ones are muck, snapped all of them on the marathons.

Brian?

Next time use the ends of soup spoons.

Mycroft H

Brian? wrote: »

Next time use the ends of soup spoons.

If your stuck and not worried about dinting an aluminium rim. I've done it before :pac: