Has anyone tried mounting the Continental Home Trainer Tire?

I knew I was in trouble when I had a hard time getting one side of the tire onto the rim. The second bad sign was when I had the first half mounted, I wanted to slide the tire around to line up the logo with the hole for the valve stem. The thing wouldn't budge. Getting the whole tire mounted onto the rim was a battle of wills, between the tire and myself. And yes, I used tire levers. Even so, I think I got my heart rate into the Zone 5 range.

The real bummer was that once I had it mounted, I pumped up the tire only to find out that the @#!%&* tube wouldn't hold air.

The "best" part was trying to get the tire off the rim. Put the tire lever in, tried to pry the bead out of the rim, and no go. This is truly the Tire from He!l. I finally had to resort to using a good old fashioned screwdriver. I swear, at that point, I didn't care if the screwdriver punctured the tube, tire, whatever, as long as it didn't puncture my already aching thumbs.

Needless to say, my old tire and a new tube is now mounted on my trainer bike.