I find folding tires are the most difficult to mount and bead up the first time. They're easier to remount once they've been stretched into shape.
However, I have been caught swearing and thumb-wrestling my Lierre tire back into place on a Zac19 rim. More than once. Synergy rims haven't been quite that bad. I'm even happier with my PL23 rims. > On Apr 29, 2016, at 7:25 PM, Michael Hechmer <mhech...@gmail.com> wrote: > > OP here. So after people go through all these hoops with Synergy rims and > get the tire mounted perfectly in the shop, what do you do out on the road > when you get a flat? Swearalot & hope you get home safely? I hate the > choices - give up flexible ties; or drop $300+ on rims, spokes, nipples, > shipping, and taxes - plus the hastle of building two wheels, which I am > painfully slow at. > > Michael > >> On Friday, April 29, 2016 at 8:57:35 AM UTC-4, Tim Gavin wrote: >> I use a double layer of Velox tape, and I dab a little liquid soap on the >> tire beads when installing supple tires. >> >> This combination makes mounting Pari-Motos to Synergy or ZAC19 rims >> approximately 57%* easier. >> >> They're still tricky, though. I air them up to ~15-20 psi and then try to >> "lift" any low spots on the bead with my thumbs. >> >> If I hit the worst (lowest) spots and then fill the tire to ~60 psi, it will >> snap into place approximately 86%* of the time. >> >> --Tim >> >> *74% of all statistics are made up >> >>> On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 12:12 AM, Lungimsam <john1...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Sorry, 2014 or more recent version. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
