AlanW
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I've just had the pleasure (not) of fitting a pair of GP5000 AS TR 28mm tyres to a pair of Hunt 40mm carbon wheels.
In all my years of fitting cycle tyres l have never had to revert to using a tyre lever to put the first lip of the tyre onto a wheel.
Till today that is, and no matter how l manipulated them, twisted them, swore at them my blisters were just getting bigger, there was simply no way they were going onto the rims without the assistance of not one but two Park tyres levers!
And of course, being lovely nice matt finish carbon rims l have also successfully managed to leave various scruff marks and rubs marks on the carbon rims where l've tried to get the last bit of the tyre on.
On the plus side, once on they inflated with track pump they seated and inflated straight away no problem at all. They are also holding 90psi with no sealant added yet.
I just hope that in the event of a puncture either the sealant works and or the Dynaplug works, because there is no way on this earth that l will try and remove a tyre by the side of the road!!!
And just to add insult to injury, once both tyres were finally fitted to the wheels, l noticed in very tiny writing on just one side of the tyre the word "rotation" and a tiny arrow. Yep, you guessed it, l had fitted one of the tyres in the wrong rotation ffs.
I haven't added the sealant yet, so l'll wait for the blisters to heal on my hands first then swap it around. Hopefully the tyres might have stretched a bit by then?
In all my years of fitting cycle tyres l have never had to revert to using a tyre lever to put the first lip of the tyre onto a wheel.
Till today that is, and no matter how l manipulated them, twisted them, swore at them my blisters were just getting bigger, there was simply no way they were going onto the rims without the assistance of not one but two Park tyres levers!
And of course, being lovely nice matt finish carbon rims l have also successfully managed to leave various scruff marks and rubs marks on the carbon rims where l've tried to get the last bit of the tyre on.
On the plus side, once on they inflated with track pump they seated and inflated straight away no problem at all. They are also holding 90psi with no sealant added yet.
I just hope that in the event of a puncture either the sealant works and or the Dynaplug works, because there is no way on this earth that l will try and remove a tyre by the side of the road!!!
And just to add insult to injury, once both tyres were finally fitted to the wheels, l noticed in very tiny writing on just one side of the tyre the word "rotation" and a tiny arrow. Yep, you guessed it, l had fitted one of the tyres in the wrong rotation ffs.
I haven't added the sealant yet, so l'll wait for the blisters to heal on my hands first then swap it around. Hopefully the tyres might have stretched a bit by then?
