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<P>I've had a lot of difficulties mounting certain tires on my Campy rims - especially Michelins. The solution for me was switching tire levers. Obviously, steel ones are a bad plan; but after being totally unsuccessful with the 'standard' flat plastic ones, I switched to using a sturdy, 'S' shaped lever set - much better leverage and less flexy. Worked great. Also now a few companies make steel-cored composite levers that I hear work very well.<BR><BR>And I still use velox rim tape; that thick plastic michelin crap that came with my Campy wheels was garbage. </P>
<P>FWIW, some tires are reputedly a little easier to mount -- I hear Contis -- but I've only used Michelins and Vittorias.</P>
<P>--T</P><BR><BR><BR>>From: jwi-@pacifier.com<BR>>Reply-To: jwi-@pacifier.com<BR>>To: ob-@topica.com<BR>>Subject: RE: [OBRA Chat] tire recommendation for Ambrosio 19 Extra Elite (1980s) rim?<BR>>Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2005 04:01:42 +0000<BR>><BR>>I'll ditto Dan's remark. If it's tough to get a tire on a rim (any tire,<BR>>any rim), try a thinner rim strip. In extreme cases, a couple layers of<BR>>fiberglass-reinforced packing tape will work, but it tends to split over<BR>>the spoke holes.<BR>><BR>>Flat resistant tires are often tougher to install since their sidewalls<BR>>are stiffer, making it harder to flex the tire over the bead of the rim.<BR>><BR>>Newer rims usually have a deeper "well" in the middle. This makes it<BR>>easier to mount a tire, since you can push the bead to the<BR>>smaller-diameter center and create more
"slack" in the bead.<BR>><BR>>Other Jeff<BR>><BR>><BR>>Dan Houghton wrote:<BR>> > MessageTry replacing the thick Velox rim liners with thinner nylon<BR>> > webbing like Ritchey and others make.<BR>> > ----- Original Message -----<BR>> > From: Jeff Norville<BR>> > To: ob-@topica.com<BR>> > Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 4:07 PM<BR>> > Subject: [OBRA Chat] tire recommendation for Ambrosio 19 Extra Elite<BR>> > (1980s) rim?<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> > A friend is getting back on his Rossin after ... a couple of decades.<BR>> ><BR>> > We tried replacing his ancient, crunchy wire-bead Michelins (700 x 23)<BR>> > with Vittorias (700 x 23, Kevlar bead) today and no dice - they are<BR>>
TIGHT. Rims are Ambrosio 19 Extra Elite, fit my bike so must be 700s,<BR>> > with Campy hubs. I probably could force them on with enough steel<BR>> > levers, but I'd ruin at least one tube in the process - and flatting in<BR>> > the rain would be fatal...<BR>> ><BR>> > If anybody has a suggestion for a better rim/tire match than<BR>> > Ambrosio/Vittoria I'd appreciate it. I'm definitely going to recommend<BR>> > a flat-resistant tire if we don't find a better match.<BR>> ><BR>> > Thanks in advance,<BR>> > Jeff<BR>> ><BR>> > --<BR>> > Jeff Norville<BR>> > 503.704.1993<BR>> > je-@jnorville.com<BR>>