Originally Posted by joejack951
It seems to depend on the wheel and tire combo. Getting my Nimbus Armadillos onto my MTB's wheels was an absolute terror as was mounting my All Condition Armadillos on a set of Mavic Cosmos wheels. Mounting an All Condition Armadillo on a Mavic Open Pro rim was probably the easiest tire mount ever for me. By far the worst I've done so far has been a Vredenstein Fortezza Kevlar bead tire on an American Classic 350 Sprint wheel. It probably took a good 30 minutes per tire because I kept having to stop to let my thumbs recover.
Had the same experience with the Vredestein Fortezzas. I thought I couldn't possibly have any more problems mounting tires after having mastered mounting Armadillos, but the Vredesteins were much much worse.