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Forum: Road Cycling
04-14-20, 12:52 PM
Replies: 298
Views: 33,821
Posted By big john

I asked the question again to clarify to Sy...

I asked the question again to clarify to Sy Reene. I accepted your answer and I deferred to your superior experience. Having worked on cars professionally for 40+ years I like to visualize things and...
Forum: Road Cycling
04-14-20, 12:17 PM
Replies: 298
Views: 33,821
Posted By big john

That little curved part in the middle? That part...

That little curved part in the middle? That part we used to call the spoke bed? Some of these rims don't have that, they're flat across. The question I was asking is during a tube installation on the...
Forum: Road Cycling
04-14-20, 12:11 PM
Replies: 298
Views: 33,821
Posted By big john

Maybe I'll just have to try it myself someday.

Maybe I'll just have to try it myself someday.
Forum: Road Cycling
04-14-20, 12:10 PM
Replies: 298
Views: 33,821
Posted By big john

When I'm home I use a big screwdriver and it's...

When I'm home I use a big screwdriver and it's still hard. They're 2.8 Maxxis Rekons on 35mm wide rims. I broke the rear wheel and replaced it with a different rim and it is a little easier but that...
Forum: Road Cycling
04-14-20, 11:55 AM
Replies: 298
Views: 33,821
Posted By big john

Over the last several years I have helped people...

Over the last several years I have helped people put tires on many different tubeless rims. I only mentioned the mtb because it's amusing. It seems to me that mounting on tubeless ready rims is...
Forum: Road Cycling
04-14-20, 11:08 AM
Replies: 298
Views: 33,821
Posted By big john

I have tubless-ready rims and tires on my mtb and...

I have tubless-ready rims and tires on my mtb and the hardest part is breaking the bead away from the rim. It's just ridiculous! Putting it back on is tight but not nearly as bad as road wheels. I...
Forum: Road Cycling
04-14-20, 11:04 AM
Replies: 298
Views: 33,821
Posted By big john

So the only tubeless tires I have installed or...

So the only tubeless tires I have installed or helped to install have all had tubes in them. Since the tire bead is the thing you are trying to stretch over the rim and the tube is (hopefully) not...
Forum: Road Cycling
04-14-20, 10:13 AM
Replies: 298
Views: 33,821
Posted By big john

It's the rim that makes it difficult to mount the...

It's the rim that makes it difficult to mount the tire. Some tires are harder than others but rims that don't have a low "valley" in the center don't have a place for the tire to go to relieve the...
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