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Tire sidewall wax

Originally Posted by djb
I mean the sentence with wax in it, is it an autocorrect thing going on, it's confusing.
I spent over an hour installing new Schwalbe tires with tire levers and popped a tube. I took the tires to a LBS and the mechanic told us new tires require wax along the inner seam to loosen the tire over the rim. They installed them in 10 minutes without tire levers.
Does that help?
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