Originally Posted by
robbyville
Well to be fair, I’ve certainly had some problems mounting a couple of tubeless tires (but Low as a percentage of all the TL’s I’ve installed). The GP5000’s that I just put on are absolutely the most difficult tire I’ve ever installed. This is my second set though and the longevity is definitely worth it.
also worth mentioning that once on for a few days if having to remove for some reason the difficulties were gone, I guess they stretch! But dang they are nasty to install on my LB wheels.
I don't have any personal experience with the 5k TLs, but that seems to be the nature of that tire, not a difficulty imposed by "ever widening rims" as whatshisname asserts. One club mate, with HEDs, said that they were the tightest tire he'd ever come across, too. He gave up and shelved them; he wants me to give him a hand with mounting them in the spring. Another club mate, with wider tires than the HEDs, had no problems mounting his, though.