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Wire bead Clincher or Folding Clincher tire?

  • 01-12-2015 11:35pm
    #1
    LpPepper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 638 ✭✭✭


    Looking to get a new set of Vittoria Rubino Pros and the wire bead tires are €9 cheaper each than Folding ones..are they any worse?


Comments

  • #2
    Cee-Jay-Cee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,235 ✭✭✭✭Cee-Jay-Cee


    They're heavier and harder to put on generally (but not impossible)

    I'd go with folding tyres all day everyday.


  • #3
    koutoubia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,304 ✭✭✭koutoubia


    If your getting the wired ones buy some extra tubes and a spare pair of thumbs.
    New wired Vittoria's are a real pain in the ass to get on and have a high possibility of pinching the tube .


  • #4
    irishrover99
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,033 ✭✭✭irishrover99


    Great tyre but hard to get on as said previously


  • #5
    aFlabbyPanda
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,985 ✭✭✭aFlabbyPanda


    I find the folding more fidly to fit. I prefer the wire since I can't really get it wrong.


  • #6
    Fian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,196 ✭✭✭Fian


    Though it is not the "correct" way to do it I generally use tyre levers to fit wired tyres, I just can't get them on without using them and I am reasonably strong. Especially for roadside repairs. Even using the recommended methods of moving the outside thread into the centre and working right around the rim.

    After they have been on the wheel for a while it is a bit easier to replace them but the initial fitting is a curse.


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