Originally Posted by WhyFi

LBS employees aren't beyond reproach, especially if this is the place that told you to add sealant before seating the beads (something that's somewhat common in the MTB world but not so much in the road world).

I assume that this is where you got the new tire? And they called you to say, "hey - no progress"? Did they try seating another one that they had in stock if they suspected the tire was somehow... too big? Too small?

Originally Posted by eduskator

The LBS I went to on Saturday evening told me it was not reparable. I do not trust this LBS, and I am going to another one to see if it is.