Ultra Gatorskins: can't get the bastards on......

[Gerry Attrick]

Lubrication is the key chaps. Whenever I see a thread about the difficulty of fitting a tyre, I never see any thing about lubrication. Sorry if I'm preaching to the converted, but a an imperial dollop of french chalk seems to do it for me.

 

[Noodley]

Gatorskins are shoot anyway, so just as well you can't get them on.
(can you tell I've had a bad experience? )

I always found them easy enough to put on - which is just as well given the number of punctures I had with them, before the tyre split from the beading.

Armadillos are the answer - unfortunately, they appear to have disappeared

 

[cheadle hulme]

They are shoot aren't they? Mine failed to cope with even my meagre acceleration today; performing wheel spins everywhere as I attempted to move away from various traffic lights.

Should be banned anywhere it rains.

 

[Kestevan]

I have to admit to not being overly impressed with Gatorskins. I too have had an almost new tyre split away from the beading.

And they are absolute bar-stewards to fit.

 

[SamNichols]

I firmly recommend Vredestein Fortezzas. Firmly. They're awesome.

 

[Joe24]

I've only had problems with Gatorskins in the wet on drains wheelspinning(ok maybe i was showing off) On the roads i have had slight problems with them, but that stopped after a while, and i accelerate pretty fast aswell, and turn into courners hard. They have gone past the stage where they make that noise when i turn in hard, that noise where it sounds like they are struggling for grip