In uk.rec.cycling.moderated on Sat, 13 Feb 2021 21:01:59 +0100
Tosspot <
yea...@nobut.no> wrote:
> I'm going to say it again, it's all technique. I mean, if one bead will
> go on, the other will. It comes down to keeping the bead in the well of
> the rim while buggering about on the other side of the wheel. I
> consider zip ties disposable items for this process, Sheldon used old
> fashion toe straps.
>
I dunno.... I had alex rims on the Encore till the twonks at a
bikeshop messed up fixing the hub gears and didn't do the spokes
properly. SO they replaced it with a velocity rim of a different
profile.
I could get the marathon plus off the alex with reasonable ease.
I couldn't even get the lever all the way in on the velocity!
It was as though someone had glued the tyre on. Even using my not
inconsiderable weight squishing the tyre on the kerbing didn't shift
it. WAlked home, took wheel to shop. Took their biggest bloke some
time to get the tyre off...
CHanged to a wider Marathon and while I could with a deal of effort
get that on and off it was still much harder to do on the velocity rim
compared to the Alex.
Zebee