Tenacious Sloth
Guru
- Location
- Huntingdon, UK
Today I switched the Michelin Pro 4s for Marathon Plus tyres on my CAADX ready for winter commuting.
The front rim is a Pacenti Forza and although a tight fit I managed to get it on without having to resort to levers and with minimal swearing.
The rear rim is a Pacenti SL25, which has a slightly deeper lip than the Forza. Even wearing gloves and doing all the stuff recommended on the Spa Cycles video, it was ball-bouncingly difficult to get on. Against my better judgement I even had to resort to using a lever for the last few inches. I don't think even Goliath's big brother could have got it on by hand.
I've fitted Marathon Plus tyres to a variety of rims in the past and have found that taking my time and ensuring the tyre lip is fully in the rim well all the way round usually gets the job done without too much drama.
The Pacenti SL25 is a particularly difficult rim to get tyres onto, and I'll be sticking to the Forza for any future builds, particularly with the asymetric rim giving more even spoke tension between the two sides.
Anyway. I'm now sitting here with a blister on each throbbing thumb, knowing that my wife when she returns from a girls holiday in Majorca tomorrow, is going to take one look at my blistered hands and say "Did you miss me darling?"
Graham
The front rim is a Pacenti Forza and although a tight fit I managed to get it on without having to resort to levers and with minimal swearing.
The rear rim is a Pacenti SL25, which has a slightly deeper lip than the Forza. Even wearing gloves and doing all the stuff recommended on the Spa Cycles video, it was ball-bouncingly difficult to get on. Against my better judgement I even had to resort to using a lever for the last few inches. I don't think even Goliath's big brother could have got it on by hand.
I've fitted Marathon Plus tyres to a variety of rims in the past and have found that taking my time and ensuring the tyre lip is fully in the rim well all the way round usually gets the job done without too much drama.
The Pacenti SL25 is a particularly difficult rim to get tyres onto, and I'll be sticking to the Forza for any future builds, particularly with the asymetric rim giving more even spoke tension between the two sides.
Anyway. I'm now sitting here with a blister on each throbbing thumb, knowing that my wife when she returns from a girls holiday in Majorca tomorrow, is going to take one look at my blistered hands and say "Did you miss me darling?"
Graham
