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Are folding tyres generally a tighter fit on the rim than the wired equivalent or the same.
Reason I ask is that I have a bike with tubeless ready rims and the supplied foldable tyres are so tight when located on the rim shoulder that I can only just get the buggers off in ideal laboratory conditions. I suspect that if caught at the road side with a bit of fatigue, cold or wet then I would fail!
Once the bead has dropped into the well in the centre of the rim it is no problem but the nice 'ping!' as the tyres are inflated and slip onto the rim shoulder means they are too tight.
I have tried a wired tyre from my commuter and this is ok but as the bike in question is my carbon all-road bike I don't want heavy wired commuter tyres. Likewise I am not looking for skinny race tyres, my compromise is going to be the Vittoria Randonneur Pro 32C.
Reason I ask is that I have a bike with tubeless ready rims and the supplied foldable tyres are so tight when located on the rim shoulder that I can only just get the buggers off in ideal laboratory conditions. I suspect that if caught at the road side with a bit of fatigue, cold or wet then I would fail!
Once the bead has dropped into the well in the centre of the rim it is no problem but the nice 'ping!' as the tyres are inflated and slip onto the rim shoulder means they are too tight.
I have tried a wired tyre from my commuter and this is ok but as the bike in question is my carbon all-road bike I don't want heavy wired commuter tyres. Likewise I am not looking for skinny race tyres, my compromise is going to be the Vittoria Randonneur Pro 32C.