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Old 03-22-2024, 06:33 AM
gravelreformist gravelreformist is offline
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I'm surprised you had that much trouble. Most of my tires - even the really challenging ones to mount initially, once mounted, are pretty easy to change thereafter. Was the problem breaking the bead from the hook, or getting the tire lever under the bead once it was broken? Worst-case scenario, I would consider different tires. Some rim/tire combinations the tolerances stack in such a way they aren't very compatible.

Alternatively, tubeless doesn't generally have this problem - with a bacon strip it's unusual to need to dismount a tire to fix a flat on the road.
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