Ok, still haven't done it yet. I still don't have the kind of rim tape that I want. It wanted that thin slick kind (?) but all the bike shop had was the cloth tape.

But they did tell me something that I was not doing and no one mentioned here (I don't think)

That I should start pushing the tire over the rim at the opposite side as the valve and then leave that area for last. For some reason, I was doing this opposite. So I'm thinking that this might be the ticket.

Can anyone recommend thin slick rim tape?

This is what I'm thinking about ordering, but I thought I had seen some thin plastic like tape on someone else's wheel.

http://www.bicycletires.com/pcoetp/C...ip/product.htm