The guy in the video misses one trick - it totally matters where you start. You want the very LAST bit of the bead you pull over the rim to be AT THE VALVE. The worst case is to finish opposite the valve, because that will prevent the bead from dropping into the 'well' of the rim. Start just left of the valve and proceed around to the left, finishing back at the valve letting air out of the tube as needed. When you can go no further, let all the air out of the tube, and starting opposite the valve push the bead into the center of the rim well, and pull it tight in both directions towards the valve. That gives you as much slack as possible to pop the last bit of bead over the rim. Just as the bead goes over the rim, push the valve stem up to allow the tire bead to drop in under the valve without pinching the tube.
With that procedure pretty much any tire can be mounted without tools. Bill On Nov 11, 9:12 am, Minh <mgiangs...@gmail.com> wrote: > this guy helped me! > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XUFVrl0UT4 > > On Nov 11, 10:13 am, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > The key to mounting a super tight tire without using levers at all is > > getting down into the rim well. Some of the uber stiff Schwalbes and > > Continentals can be really challenging. > > > Theres another video out there where he uses toe straps a few times around > > the tire to hold the bead down in the well until he gets the last bit on. > > All that said, there are rim+tire combos that are really snuggy-dee-williams -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
