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[Closed] Trouble seating my Racing Ralph - tyre now a bit oval

 AB
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Can't get the bead to sit correctly on my rim (tube and tyre). The resulting tyre is now oval.

Any advice?


 
Posted : 23/05/2009 6:16 pm
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I posted this same question a couple of weeks ago and the best advice I got was to use soapy water round the bead of the tyre and pump it up as hard as possible until the tyre pops into place. I tried it and it works !!


 
Posted : 23/05/2009 6:36 pm
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That's what I was going to suggest but auldy beat me to it.


 
Posted : 23/05/2009 7:01 pm
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Has it explode of the rim yet? Then it's probably wrecked, annoying costly feature of Schwalbe tyres.


 
Posted : 23/05/2009 7:15 pm
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I had an issue with a couple of high rollers recently.

Used soapy water and slowly working the bead to seat on one wheel

The other was more stubborn and used a vice to grip the tyre and work the bead into position, the vice worked but it was a real stuggle a five minute job that wasn't!!


 
Posted : 23/05/2009 7:18 pm
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Soapy water + high pressure = problem solved. Thanks guys!


 
Posted : 23/05/2009 8:15 pm