TokyoTurtle
Speeding Up
- Jun 6, 2013
- 119
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Hi all,
As you can guess I'm having issues with mounting Vittoria Open Corsas on new wheels from the build I'm progressing. The wheels are Pacenti SL23 (23mm wide) rims. Mounting the 1st bead was a b*tch enough, and the 2nd bead just...will...not...comply (still working on the 1st tire). Using a plastic tire iron helps roll the tight part over the rim edge, but as I roll every bit on, another bit a few cm down the tire (i.e. the other end of the part still hanging off the rim) just comes off. The result is that at this point I cannot make any progress in getting the tire on. Suggestions?
Also, silly of me but I seem to have mounted the tire the wrong way. I mean the tread is supposed to go a certain direction and there's an arrow pointing the way the tire is supposed to roll. Well, I got the tire backward. Realizing this at first I tried to remove the tire all together - that's not going to happen. Perhaps I could finish intalling the tire, air it up and let it sit and stretch for a few days before trying to remove the tire and fix this? Else, is having the tread backward actually not a big deal?
Thanks much
As you can guess I'm having issues with mounting Vittoria Open Corsas on new wheels from the build I'm progressing. The wheels are Pacenti SL23 (23mm wide) rims. Mounting the 1st bead was a b*tch enough, and the 2nd bead just...will...not...comply (still working on the 1st tire). Using a plastic tire iron helps roll the tight part over the rim edge, but as I roll every bit on, another bit a few cm down the tire (i.e. the other end of the part still hanging off the rim) just comes off. The result is that at this point I cannot make any progress in getting the tire on. Suggestions?
Also, silly of me but I seem to have mounted the tire the wrong way. I mean the tread is supposed to go a certain direction and there's an arrow pointing the way the tire is supposed to roll. Well, I got the tire backward. Realizing this at first I tried to remove the tire all together - that's not going to happen. Perhaps I could finish intalling the tire, air it up and let it sit and stretch for a few days before trying to remove the tire and fix this? Else, is having the tread backward actually not a big deal?
Thanks much