Originally Posted by
Lemond1985
These are 700 x 28's. They've got to be a defective batch, they feel more like 695 x 28's. And they don't appear very wide either, more like 25's than 28's.
I was hoping to get some stretch once they got mounted, maybe I could even over-inflate them a bit. But this just seems like a lost cause, on a tire I can already tell is not gonna suit my needs or hold up very well around my old nemesis, i.e., goat heads.
Don't give up! I run maybe 6-7 sets of these tires..4 sets of 700 x 28-slicks and a few in the 35-40ish size (sk;s). They can be a beast to mount, but they stretch and the second time mounting is MUCH easier. I've managed to mount all of them without the kool stop jack(suggestion..a "personal lube" does help), but the struggle led me to but the kool stop device. Used it once..a big help.