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Cant get the tire on
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I know it would not be any fun if it was easy, but does it have to be this much fun?
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Got a set if BT45s from bikebandit, got the tire iron and I can't get the damn tire on the rim. The tires are stock size, and I have not even attempted the rear yet. Any suggestions?
You need a minimum of three tire irons: one is the short "starter" iro with a hook slot designed to anchor it to a spoke. That gives you a starting point to work the bead from. You need two more good leverage tire irons to work around the rim from there, one after the other until you get it all the way on.
If you can get an assistant, have them hold the starter iron while you work the rim around from that point. You need to hold one place to start or you just keep chasing it.
BTW, one of the shops I have seen doing this use an old steel garbage can to set the wheel on and had tire irons about two feet long....
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I know it would not be any fun if it was easy, but does it have to be this much fun?
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Is the bead not sealing at all, as in air rushing out as fast as you put it in? Or is it just not snapping into place?
A word of warning here, there are two thin lines around the tire on the sidewalls, just outside the bead, one on each side of the tire, these lines "MUST" be visible, and the same distance from the edge of the rim all the way around on both sides. GPzInfested had to break the rear tire down and lube it again three times before it finally snapped into place (covering me in tire lube when it did).
I did my usual fine job of providing technical assistance and supervising
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