Originally Posted by
MoAlpha
Makes sense.
At this point, the beads on your current tires are probably stretched enough that it wouldn't be fair to use them to assess whether this technique will make life easier on you, but if you like the tires otherwise, I would certainly give them another shot. The first few times that I mounted (tubeless) tires on tubeless rims, it was a wrestling match that left my hands blistered. It's gotten easier every time, though, even when revisiting combinations that were a bear the first time around; that makes me believe that technique is the primary difference. Nothing has been remotely difficult in the last two years or so, not with four wheelsets and a half-dozen makes/models of tire.