Originally Posted by
pbass
Yep, tried a WTB Venture that was previously on this wheel. No luck.
This has always been an issue with these WTB rims and all three of the WTB tires I have used with them. LBS's have always had to struggle to get them to mount. It seems like it's just luck when it works. Sucks, because, I want to be able to change my darn tires myself! I got the tubeless cylinder pump for that very reason. As I say I even tried the gas station air compressor. I feel like it shouldn't be this hard. Would springing for new/better rims mean I'd have a greater likelihood of more ease of tubeless maintenance?
I've had no issues with the two WTB tubeless wheelsets I own (only one uses WTB tires), so I can't really say if other rims would necessarily work better -- and that can be an expensive experiment!
Maybe try mounting a non-WTB tire? Or ask if the shop has a non-WTB rim they'd let you try to mount your WTB tire on, just to see?