I'm going to get a roll of that 5/8 Kapton tape and give that a try. But, I'm not really optimistic about it giving me enough room to get thos tires on...but I'll try it. I read up on a few other discussion forums, and the specs of the tape. Seems like a good alternative to traditional rim tape. A question for those here who've used it...is one layer strong enough? And, althought it'd be time consuming, I was wondering about cutting a seperate piece for each hole instead of just wrapping it completely around the rim.
One other thought that I have about tire mount issues like this...I'm wondering if re-tensioning the wheel would help. I.e....if I equally tensioned each spoke just a bit more...a quarter of a turn for example...and of course trued the wheel...would that work? Do the physics involved make the circumference smaller?
Dan