Fitting tyres to tubeless rims

socrates
socrates Posts: 453
edited October 2016 in Workshop
Does anyone like myself have trouble removing normal clinchers from tubeless ready rims? I had until today. Maybe this is a method others have used and I have come across by accident and am behind the times. Putting in the first tyre lever is never a problem. This will pull the opposite side of the tyre into the well of the rim and hold it securely. Now move to that side of the tyre and is so much easier to fit the lever beneath the tyre and remove it. Any thoughts or methods. This for me has been the easiest.

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  • mr_evil
    mr_evil Posts: 234
    I grab the tyre in one hand and pull on it, while with my other hand I work the bead into the well all around. Quite often it is then possible to force it off the rim without levers.
    https://mrevil.asvachin.eu/
  • dhungerf
    dhungerf Posts: 65
    Yep: The tubless ready rims are certainly a challange to get tyres on and off. You are correct by getting the tyre bead down into the center of the rim where its deaper (less stretching of the tyre needed to get it on and off). I also lubricate the bead a bit, plain water or just a bit of liquid soap helps also (spit of road-side repairs)

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