Help on tyre fitting 38mm clinchers

sigorman85

I'm having a mare trying to fit some wire bead tyres on to my 38mm clinchers

The tyres are schwalbe active Lugano 23c wife bead

I've used 3 differnt types on levers and used washing up liquid to slid the last bit on but there is no movement in it I don't want to damage the tube or rim ..it just seems a very tight fit to me

I was using contentail gatorskins 25c on them but fancie giving these ago maybe they're cheap for a reason

Monty Dog

If you are using a thick, plastic rimtape ditch it for a thinner one like Stan's yellow tubeless tape or Velox cloth.

sigorman85

Ok cheers will have a look

sigorman85

Also why would the tim tape affect the tyre as the tyre seems to small or tight to fit over the lip on the rim

ugo.santalucia

Assuming your 38 mm rims are carbon, what is the rationale behind fitting a pair of cheap wired tyres on them? As tyres matter more than rims, you would be faster with a pair of decent tyres on some Rigida cheap rims.

Be careful with levers and carbon rims, I have seen carbon rims damaged (dented and or cracked) by tyre levers. Fitting a tyre on a carbon rim is generally easier and you should do it with no levers. If you can't, get some better tyres

sigorman85

They are poverty spec aluminium carbon look rims I fitted the "cheap" tyres as they wer in the shed and seemed ashame to just sit there so while the weather is bad I might aswell use them as more than likely are a ride they will have cuts and splits all over them with the amount of crap washed in to the road

Any way got them on with some washing up liquid and some force