Originally Posted by
Kapusta
Glad you got it sorted out.
However, I don’t think the difficulty you experienced had anything to do with the rim being hookless. Some rim/tire combos are just harder than others be they hooked or hookless.
while you are probably right and my tires pretty old so really floppy around. If I had a hooked rim I can use the trick I posted above in the youtube video I posted above where you manually seat the tire on the bead as much as possible. I can usually seat 1/4 to 1/3 of the rim on both sides. Then with my canister bike pump I have been able to get on any tires I want. Sometimes a takes a few tries.