regular vs folding tyres - ease of use

Hi all,
Just a quick question. Got out today & put 40 miles in, well chuffes..BUT a puncture half way in took 30 min to fix.
I'm thinking of swapping the current standard issue tyres for folding ones. Are they easirt to change seeing that they don't have the steel wire round the edge. It was a total pain in the censored today.
cheers!
Just a quick question. Got out today & put 40 miles in, well chuffes..BUT a puncture half way in took 30 min to fix.
I'm thinking of swapping the current standard issue tyres for folding ones. Are they easirt to change seeing that they don't have the steel wire round the edge. It was a total pain in the censored today.
cheers!
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be better of swapping your fingers for some stronger ones. loose fitting tyres are dangerous.
It makes a massive difference to the weight - about 100grams in some cases between a wire bead, and the same tyre from the same manufacturer with a folding kevlar bead.
I reckon it's likely the actual rims which are making it difficult to mount your tyres. I recently got some cheapo rims for the winter hack and actually had to go and buy metal tyre levers and a tyre jack just to get the tyres ON! The same tyres slip over my Mavic OpenPros with no drama whatsoever.