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I have a now-dwindling multi-year stash of Zipp rim strips, which are narrow and thin. As such, I've never had a tire mounting issue on various rims/wheels I own, and that's covering a decent amount of brands and types. The tape does not come close to interfering with the sidewall of the rim. That is the key. |
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Next thing you know you will be searching the internet for the hardest known tires to mount so you can buy them and install them pain free... |
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Hi, Sorry, the EZ clincher worked slick on a normal tire I mounted last weekend so well worth it in that regard since it's so small you can stick it in your jersey pocket easily. I plan on taking it along instead or normal levers regardless. But I have not made time to dismount and try remounting my nemesis with it, the combo that started me on my search that led to the Kool Stop, the Michelin Pro Race 3 on 2004 Dura Ace Tubeless rims. I will try that this weekend at the latest and report back. At least I know I can get them back on with the Kool Stop even if the EZ Clincher is overwhelmed. I have a good feeling about the EZ clincher though from how easily it handled the tire I mounted this past weekend.
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I thought they just ran that one ad in the back of Bicycle Guide magazine. |
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A long thread and not one mention of my biggest issue. It's not about getting the tire on, it's about not pinching the tube!
Nothing I love more than struggling (successfully, but painfully) to get the tire on, then pumping it up only to discover than I punctured the tube with whatever tool - and then patching the tube and starting all over again. |
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Tube? There is an easy solution. Tubeless road tires are great. But the Koolstop tool works great with tubed clinchers too.
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yep def a bump in sales for them! was oos on biketiresdirect.... had to bezos it
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No one has mentioned it but if it's bad enough one solution I've done in the past is just to forget putting the tires on the wheel set I intended them for and to try them on another wheel set.
Generally most of the time my bike collection is not always going to be big enough to try that but anyone with a decent collection it's worth a shot, one of your other wheel sets is likely to be on the small side of the tolerances and the tight tires will work better there. This is so much better to have a tight tire fit problem than the other. Once I had a loose fit problem and that was terrifying... I had several front wheel blow offs, amazingly just both of them were when I had come to a stop. 2nd time the tires went right to the trash and I haven't touched that brand again in the last 15 years. edit: Ordered the tire-jack too.. that looks great. Whoever said the thread will generate a bunch of sales is right. It's hard for me to see the tire jack being worse for the rim than a normal tire lever. Last edited by benb; 04-27-2021 at 10:31 AM. |
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I guess the ultimate test would be to see if you can mount a 700C tire on a 29'er rim with a Kool Stop!!! Last edited by A1A; 04-27-2021 at 12:20 PM. |
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One more tip: (if you didn't buy a Bead Jack based on this thread)
Most folks avoid tire irons during installation to prevent pinch flatting the tube. If you have a really tight set of tires, first mount them up without the tube, using tire irons. No risk of pinch flatting, and the process of mounting stretches the bead a bit. Then stuff the tube in after it sits for a while. It's usually much easier to mount a tight tire the second time around. |
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