As a result of a cracked rim, I had to go to my spare wheel which has a Conti Ultra Sport trainer tire on it. Now I remember why I bought a trainer specific wheel. It was a pain in the butt to take the tire off.

Is this characteristic of all Continental tires?

no...just the wire beads IME.

 

Go figure. I find that Conti wire bead tire are very easy to get on and off.

 

Go figure. I find that Conti wire bead tire are very easy to get on and off.

probably depends in the combo of rim/tire you're using. I never had more problems than with cheap Conti wire beads. YMMV.

 

Did you give it a bit of a stretch first?

 

Depends on the rim....

probably depends in the combo of rim/tire you're using. I never had more problems than with cheap Conti wire beads. YMMV.

ANY TIRE on a campy rim is hard to mount. My conti ultras and Michelin ProRace3 go on Alex and Mavic rims with ease. On my campy proton...break out the metal tire irons!

 

It's folding and has been on a Sun MA14 rim at least a year. It was also difficult to mount on a Velocity rim.

 

It's folding and has been on a Sun MA14 rim at least a year. It was also difficult to mount on a Velocity rim.

I've got a sun rim that is hard to mount tires. It's 40 hole tandem rim though. I would think 622 is 622 reguardless of rim though.

 

Try mounting brand new Veloflex Pave/Black on Reynolds carbon clinchers - quire a chore IMHO and the finger prints that have gone missing both thumbs support that assertion.

 

Me Too

Go figure. I find that Conti wire bead tire are very easy to get on and off.

My Conti Ultra Race wire beads mount tool free onto Mavic Open Pro rims

 

As a result of a cracked rim, I had to go to my spare wheel which has a Conti Ultra Sport trainer tire on it. Now I remember why I bought a trainer specific wheel. It was a pain in the butt to take the tire off.

Is this characteristic of all Continental tires?

Must be the rims.
I install/uninstall my conti with my hands....

 

Apparently, It is not prevalent to their entire line. Perhaps this tire has a different profile that than their road tires. A Vredestein Tri-Comp mounted easily on each rim.

I guess will have to put Continental on the consideration list.

 

ANY TIRE on a campy rim is hard to mount. My conti ultras and Michelin ProRace3 go on Alex and Mavic rims with ease. On my campy proton...break out the metal tire irons!

Don't say campy is tuff to mount when your examle is a lower end out-dated wheel . The more recent Campy wheels require no rim tap and all tires slip on like a glove . Like u , I have a set of older Campy wheels (05 zonda) as well , and I can only get cetain tires on without hurting the paws ...

 

Conti 4000 go on and off tool free on my Ksyrium ES wheels but they require levers on my Reynolds DV46c.

 

Conti GP4000 (new and unstretched) went onto Alexrim R400 with a touch of a tyre lever needed.

 

Are Conti's "handmade".

I put on a pair of Conti 4000 clinchers this spring. The front went on like a bikini on Paris Hilton. The back tire went on like a bikini on Rosie. For the first couple of hundred miles the back spokes "creaked" until the tire stretched. I even reseated it a few times which helped a little bit.

So I guess the answer is "sometimes".

 

Ever notice how easy the first side of the tire installs on the rim whereas the second side is herculean effort? Here's a tip. You need a 6-ft length of 5/16" nylon rope, which you "pack" between the rim and the tire. This holds the tire's bead closer to the center of the rim allowing one to get the last portion of the bead over the top of the rim without any tools. Remove the rope, and add some air!

 

Nice tip mr smith!

After all the other tricks: wear leather gloves and roll tire with your palms . . .

Keep the tire irons (and kid's ears) out of reach.