Hard to fit tyres.
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Cyclezee
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Nice one Eddie,Get your money out and give it to one of my mates.
How well does it work with a wired Marathon Plus?
I'll try and find out for you.
I also want to see how it copes with my WTB Vigilantes. They are complete lever snappers, and it has been known to take three of us to remove just one tyre!
Alvar is a good lad, and owns this place.
http://www.ibikeride.com/trail-media/videos/m:My337/
It's come a long way since the above was filmed.
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I also want to see how it copes with my WTB Vigilantes. They are complete lever snappers, and it has been known to take three of us to remove just one tyre!
Alvar is a good lad, and owns this place.
http://www.ibikeride.com/trail-media/videos/m:My337/
It's come a long way since the above was filmed.
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If it can get a Marathon Plus MTB tyre onto the front rim of my Trek I'll give him a medal. Gave up after 40 minutes last year and it's still hanging in the shed !Get your money out and give it to one of my mates.
Spa cycles do a good video of a chap fitting a Marathon Plus without levers. Works too - I've managed a few times.
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I just fitted a 25-622 to a 700c rim with my bare hands, and I didn't use any fancy ties/straps like that guy in the video.. The wider ones are easier It's only a question of technique.
I just fitted a Schwalbe Smart Sam Plus 2.1 x 29" on mine and it literally fell on.
Its a wired bead type.
Did an 88 mile ride to try it out including some beach riding and its spot on.
The old tyre was a WTB Nine Lines and it lifted off the rim by hand just as easily.
That one lasted 1500 miles ,hope this one is at least as good.
Its a wired bead type.
Did an 88 mile ride to try it out including some beach riding and its spot on.
The old tyre was a WTB Nine Lines and it lifted off the rim by hand just as easily.
That one lasted 1500 miles ,hope this one is at least as good.