The Park Tool tire jack works better for me than the VAR. But sometimes Specialized Pry Babies work well enough without pinching. And finally, I have found that I can mount even surprisingly tight tires (tho' not the very tightest) using the heel of my hand and my thumbs, the secret being to move forward along the bead in micro-fractions of mm (so to speak): IOW, very tiny bits at a time.
Oh, and do you inflate the tube very slightly (I use my lungs) before inserting into the casing? That does help against pinch flats. Patrick "pinch faced, no pinch flats" Moore On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 12:02 PM, Minh <mgiangs...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have a really dumb tire question for the collective, i'm asking > because i'm dumb-founded and need help. > > I spent my saturday waiting for the plumber swapping tires around on > my bikes. Schwalbe Marathon + 700x25 went on the go-fast bike. They > were a bear to get seated, and then on, but i was eventually able to > get them on and holding air, ride is not too bad for 25s. > > Put a Schwalbe Marathon + 700x35 on the rear of my Sam H, not as bad > as the 25's, almost able to do the last bit with my hands only. > > Now for the problem, i took what was on my Sam H, a Vredstein 700x35 > touring tire and put it on the front of my cruiser. THe front wheel > is an araya rim-no-name wheel. I was running a 700x25 which was > working fine but wanted the bigger tire. Anyway, the mounting is > really tough for a 700x35--these went on easy on the Sam so maybe it's > just this rim, but the bigger issue is that i've pinch flat three > tubes while trying to mount this tire. I don't believe it's an issue > with the rim or something sharp in the tire as all the flats are the > snake bite pattern and seem to be in different areas of the wheel. > And it's not a case of under-inflating and riding them, they're either > not holding air, or holding it briefly then airing out. > > I thought i knew how to change tubes/tires (i just did 4 last month, > when i built these bikes up) Any ideas before i try another tube? I > can't figure out what i'm missing and it's getting expensive! > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
