Mavic Aksiums and ANY tyres !!!!!!!!!!!!!

pastasauce
pastasauce Posts: 221
edited April 2009 in Workshop
I've a pair of Mavic Aksiums.

Fab wheels which have stayed true throughout some serious training over the winter.

BUT, getting tyres on and off them is a total headache.

Have just bought some folding beaded Michelins hoping it would be easier but 3 split innertubes, one skinned thumb and failure later, I'm stumped.

I'm not the only one who's tried my setup and suffered.

Anyone else got them and got a solution ?

Ta

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    I had some with some Conti GP4000 tyres and never had an issue...
  • Gary D
    Gary D Posts: 431
    I've got Michelin Lithion folding tyres on mine and they are relatively easy to get on and off.
    They go back on just by using my thumbs :o:o

    Maybe it's your technique?

    Gary.
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  • Smokin Joe
    Smokin Joe Posts: 2,706
    Never had a problem with mine, Fortezza tricomps slip on easily.
  • Frank the tank
    Frank the tank Posts: 6,553
    Conti 4000s' go on alright.
    Tail end Charlie

    The above post may contain traces of sarcasm or/and bullsh*t.
  • pastasauce
    pastasauce Posts: 221
    First set of tyres were Rubinos with wire bead - very, very difficult to get on or off, and others had a go too !

    New tyres are Michelin Krylions.

    Did the tyres ease up a little and get easier over time ?
  • micken
    micken Posts: 275
    Hutchinson Fusion Comp Kevlar 700x23c can change tubes with thumbs and fingers.
  • gabriel959
    gabriel959 Posts: 4,227
    you are making me scared!!! I am about to install some Krylions on some Ksyrium Equipes
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  • northpole
    northpole Posts: 1,499
    I have dura ace wheels which like yours have amazed me by staying completely true for the last year plus. But man are they bu**ers when it comes to putting on Michelin tyres. Not sure if your rims share a slightly strange profile but I had exactly the same problem with Krylions as you have described. Tail between legs I ended up taking the wheels to my lbs and they fitted them - they also admitted to having screwed up three tubes in the process!!

    I now have Pro Race 3's which I didn't even bother to try and fit.

    My nightmare scenario is going on a decent ride and getting a puncture - something I haven't suffered with either tyre.

    My old mavic open pro rims threw the odd spoke from time to time, I don't know if they were ever perfectly true, but changing a tyre was a piece of... I'm getting quite nostalgic about that aspect of their character!!

    Peter
  • Chaz.Harding
    Chaz.Harding Posts: 3,144
    I have a pair of Specialized Mondo tyres, and they are pretty tough to get on and off my Ultegra wheelset... Hence I ALWAYS take tyre levers :D
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    I found the Krylions hard to get on Aksiums, I know you are not supposed to but I end up using a tyre lever at the last bit.

    The Open Pro's are super easy to get off and quite easy to get on.
  • pastasauce
    pastasauce Posts: 221
    I'm going to try and return them know after those last few comments.

    They appealed because of their puncture resistance.

    Any of those Aksium owners recommend an easy fitting tyre with good puncture resistance ?

    Thanks.
  • Garry H
    Garry H Posts: 6,639
    pastasauce wrote:
    I'm going to try and return them know after those last few comments.

    They appealed because of their puncture resistance.

    Any of those Aksium owners recommend an easy fitting tyre with good puncture resistance ?

    Thanks.

    Conti Gatorskins
  • MrChuck
    MrChuck Posts: 1,663
    I've got Conti Ultra Race and GP 4000 on my Aksiums and no problems getting either on or off. I do need to use levers though.
  • tomgth
    tomgth Posts: 24
    Garry H wrote:
    pastasauce wrote:
    I'm going to try and return them know after those last few comments.

    They appealed because of their puncture resistance.

    Any of those Aksium owners recommend an easy fitting tyre with good puncture resistance ?

    Thanks.

    Conti Gatorskins

    +1 before that has Shwallbe Stelvios which could be thumbed on and off.
  • mortozola
    mortozola Posts: 23
    I had the same problem initially with Michelin Pro 3 and Krylions. As time went by they became a bit more supple and easier to put on.

    I was taking the rear tyre on/off every week to put a turbo trainer tyre on...wish I had just bought another wheel specifically for the turbo!!
  • synchronicity
    synchronicity Posts: 1,415
    Aksiums are alright.... I can get most new tyres on with my thumbs... once they're used a bit you don't even need tyre levers to get them off.

    Campagnolo rims are a different story! :shock:
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  • billy whippet
    billy whippet Posts: 171
    bontrager race lites went on so easily was worried i'd bought 26'' askiums!!

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