Should a Schwalbe tube 26" 40/62-559 fit a rim 559x17c and tyre 48-559 (26x1.95)?
Its turning out to be a complete **** trying to get them on.
Will they work together or am I tying to get a dog to mate with a cat?
Yep that will fit, tried adding soapy water and making sure the tyres beads are pushed into the center of the rim?
It'll work just fine. You just need to learn how to put them on properly.
Start opposite the valve, making sure the bead of the tYre is in the well of the rim. When you get to the last few cm you might need to roll it in with your thumbs.
CENTRE!!
TYRE!!
FFS!!!!!
Sorry about the Americanism in the title bur I did spell it 'tyre' in the body of the post!
Warm the tyre next to a radiator and ensure the bead is centred in the rim well. Talcing the rim and tyre can help. Lots of youtube clips on tricky tyre mounting techniques
Get "them" on - you don't install the tyre with the tube in it, you do know that?
OP- I share your frustration, having just been fighting Schwalbe G-Ones onto Crest rims. I am now soaking my thumbs in beer.
Some combos are just near impossible despite all tricks. I binned a pair of Nokians because even after going on and off a couple of times it was still almost impossible to get them on the rims. I wasn't confident I'd be able to fix a roadside puncture without full steel lever/lube combo. Tyres at low end of spec, rims at high end?
Other tyres were fine. IME disc rims are more likely to be tricky because the centre well is shallower.
OP- I share your frustration, having just been fighting Schwalbe G-Ones onto Crest rims. I am now soaking my thumbs in beer.
Similar on Kysriums. They are tight and needed a small plastic tyre lever to mount properly. Fantastic tyres though!
That said, I once tried to mount some Nobby Nics to 559 Stans Crests, and they simply would not go on. No matter what I tried, the bead was far too tight. I sent them back (now runnning wire bead CX Pros tubeless just fine). So it might not be you or your technique, it might actually be the tyre/rim combination!
Yep, also had a problem with a Nobby Nic on my son's bike.
Rim is a Mavic 319, he punctured at Swinley - took about 20 mins to change the tube.
Broke a Lever in the process
It seems to be a thing especially with the tougher Schwalbes
A Supergravityvertstar Mary was my trickiest tyre. I knew when I just about got one side on the wheel (MTX 33) it was going to be tough and sure enough the other side started to bite when it was only half on and a wire bead meant it was going nowhere. After a liberal dose of washing up liquid (EVERY part of the tyre that touched the rim stuck like glue) it snapped into place but my thumbs were raw. It barely needed inflating it was such a tight fit
And as above every ride was undermined by the possibility of not being able to get it off so it eventually joined the tyre pile in the shed. It actually came off relatively easily it had either stretched or crushed the rim
What does Cynic-Al mean with his comment? That's counter to how I've always fitted tyre to my bike.
And to just how I finally succeeded with this new tube / tyre / rim combo. I simply ditched the new tube I was using with another new tube and it all went on like a dream
The first tube was a Schwalbe 40/62-559 and the one that worked is a Specialized 47/60x559.
No idea why this made all the difference