Are there any little tricks out there to sort this out? My hands are in agony and I can’t for the life of me get my bloody tyres on, I get to the last bit and it just won’t budge on, trid using levers, brute strength but no luck? Any ideas out there?

This video should help

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XUFVrl0UT4[/video]

Sit the tyre next to a radiator for 5 minutes.

I’d try and think how you’ll manage it at 9pm on a wet November night after a puncture and, if it still involves a radiator and lots of faffing, then maybe use a different tyre rim combo?

I’ve just bought a Marathon plus and struggled to get it on. my heart sank when I realised the tube had a slow puncture and I’d have to change it…

edit – the way I did it was to seat one part of the bead and use my foot to hold that in place while I worked round both sides at once. once you get past halfway it should hold on while you work towards the top, then I used a tyre lever to set the last bit

Some ideas from yesterday

http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/cant-get-silly-tiny-road-bike-tyres-on-help

wwaswas – wise advice!

When technique lets me down I go for the brute force approach

http://thebiketool.com/en/

Very helpful things.

Sit the tyre next to a radiator for 5 minutes.

Does the radiator need to be on or is it the just being near the radiator help?

😉

considering tubeless now. New thread started. Thanks for the advice on this one.

Does the radiator need to be on or is it the just being near the radiator help?

Nah, Cold radiator works just fine! 😆