Panaracer Gravel King, World's Most Sadistic Tire?
05-03-21, 10:35 AM
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I tend to think threads like this are a lot about the rims, and how deep their center channel is. There must be variability in the tires too. Some combinations are just hard. I have had no such problems, and have gotten every tire I've tried on with no tools. Must be a deeper center channel than some? Sorry no help for the person having problems...
05-05-21, 10:53 AM
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50mm GK+ were a pain to mount the first time, but dish soap helped. They weren't as much of a pain to take off as they stretched a bit.
05-06-21, 05:33 PM
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I think I complained about GKs being hard to install a few months back in this thread. I got the Bead Jack and it worked well. I removed the same tires (32mm SKs) several months later and the beads had stretched enough that it was easy to remove them and install them on another wheelset. Then I bought some 35s and they were easy to install without the Bead Jack.
05-30-21, 02:02 PM
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Standard compatible tire sizes are a thing of the past. Now you have to check rim compatibility to the tire to be used. You can thank tubeless for that.
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