Originally Posted by
Classtime
It's the rims and not the tires. I freed a pair of nice hubs along with 64 spokes from some Matrix rims that were way too much work.
My tires fit easily on other wheels I have. I also had different tires that went onto my Matrix rims without a problem. I think sometimes that overly tight tires are a combination of a slightly larger rim diameter and a slightly smaller tire diameter. Still, if I find a newly purchased tire to be really hard to mount I'll return that tire and get something that's easier to mount. I don't want to have to walk 40+ kilometers because I have a flat tire that I can't get off the rim.
Cheers