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Anyone used one of these?
[url= http://www.hotlines-uk.com/x-tools-tyre-seating-tool-prod148489 ]X Tools tyre seating tool[/url]
The design has been around for a while but the X Tools version seems designed to work with wide mtb tyres (previous designs only really worked with narrow e.g. road tyres)
I know I'm opening a can of worms here but what's it actually for?
Fit, inflate pop pop pop off you go?
It's to pull a tight tyre bead over the rim in a way guaranteed to mean you'll never be able to remove it if you get a puncture the sealant can't cope with.
As above (kind of!). It helps seat the last bit of a tyre that's a tight fit on the rim
wwaswas - Member
It's to pull a tight tyre bead over the rim in a way guaranteed to mean you'll never be able to remove it if you get a puncture the sealant can't cope with.
ime once a tyre has been on for a bit it tends to stretch and comes off fine if needed. Plus tubeless poo/anchovies mean the need to remove a tyre is less of an issue than it was
yet to fail to get a tyre on using one of these
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Just thing for mashing some nice carbon rims.
yet to fail to get a tyre on using one of these
Ditto
Also great for popping out fork seals
ime once a tyre has been on for a bit it tends to stretch and comes off fine if needed
Mine too