tips and/or tricks for stubborn tires???
Sooo I felt like a complete retard not being able to put on my new duro tires onto my bike without popping the tubes...
Dragged the things down to the shop, where, to my surprise, the boys beat my record of 2 broken tire levers into 3, and 2 guys spent 30 minutes getting one tire onto the rim. Now I don't feel so bad :D They even thought it might be a 27 inch rim, but no, the rim was 700 and so was the tire. lol! Both they and I were pretty much shocked. They said they'd never seen anything like it before. Surprisingly I can't find them for sale anywhere right now...
Bad EBD with the brand, they said. The beads are really poorly measured I guess. Ehh they're 2 tires for 30 bux with awesome brightly colored sidewalls in a plethora of color options. And very heavy/durable which in my mind is a plus for urban environments.
So god only knows how, but I apparently somehow managed to get the other one on after an hour or so of gentle coaxing like they showed me and also a bit of doing the exact thing they told me NOT to do, forcing it on with the tire lever.
They showed me the dish soap trick, and also the massaging and doing opposite sides thing, but it's just not working for me. Esspecially the massage/opposite sides thing. He just sort of sprinkled magic dust on it in my mind because it went WAY over my head.
Any time I change a tight new tire I have to resort to forcing that final edge on with the tire lever, usually popping the tube at the precise moment I finish.
I'm fine with the old stretched out tires, just the new ones that are really tight are my problem. Are there any other tricks you guys know of to avoid resorting to the whole force-it-and-hope-you-didn't-pop-it system?