Eurus Rims and Tire Mounting - Page 2

I've been running Michelin Krylium Carbon and Pro Race on my '06 Eurus wheels. Yeah, they are harder to mount than on my Ksyrium SL's, but not prohibitively so. They go on the Ksyrium's really easily, and with a bit of a finger-pain fight on the Eurus. But nothing too difficult. As has been said, Campy's are generally tighter, and that may not be a bad thing. Once you have it figured out, it just takes a little more patience and time getting smaller bits of the last clincher edge over the rim. Seems like it won't fit, but slowly it will.

Best of luck.

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I'm not good at mounting tires either on bicycles or motorcycles. It's something I accept as a talent I don't have and I'll never have no matter how many neat tools or coaching I get. Also the double taping had to work against me.

I'll see what happens with the Fusions. Personally speaking, I'm ready for tubeless tires on road bikes The sooner the better.

Why are you using 2 rim strips? It shouldn't be neccessary.

And if you have such puncture-prone road conditions, then maybe you should be using a more puncture resistant tire than the Fusion's or GP4000's. What was wrong with the Ultra Gatorskins other than mounting problems?

You also should not need a tire lever that's 14" long - that's ridiculous. Standard levers should work if you have a normal amount of manual dexterity.

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I found two rim strips. I guess the PO or his LBS installed a second one. I took one off to do a regular inspection to find that there was the green plastic one underneath. Until then, I had no idea.

I have no explanation of why I can't get tires on and off these rims. I have better than normal dexterity and much more strength than common in bicycle riders. I thought the 4000's were tough until I tried the Gatorskins.

They were impossible to the point of being silly.

I use Vredstein Fortezzas. They go on reasonably okay. The only problem I had with Michelins was that is seemed to be a lot easier to puncture the tube while getting the last twenty centimeters of tire mounted.

You might want to get a pair of Soma steel core tire levers. I don't have a pair but a lot of people with Campy rims swear by them.

I'll see how my VAR tool (new to me) works on the Fusions (here tomorrow) and then see if I need the Soma levers.

I started road riding with a borrowed bike & no name wheels. I could get tires on w/o tools and off easily using my Crank Bros leverless tool. I thought all wheelsets were like this and then I bought my own bike with these Eurus'....

After the first mounting, the tires should come off and go back on easier, in case of a flat, etc.

Just look at it as a good wrenchin' experience! It could be worse: you could have ****ty wheels that mount certain tires hard.

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Well, I'm a shi**y riders with great wheels. I'd prefer the other way around. BTW, the 4000's didn't seem to loosen up at all after having been on for over 1.800 km.

Well, that's Conti tires for ya.

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Didn't have too much trouble getting Vittorias onto my Zondas. Perhaps a tad tight, but I'd rather have a bit too tight than a bit too loose.

Reminds me of when I bought a new set of tubulars. I thought they had sent me 650's instead of 700's, there was no way they would fit. Then I remembered that new tubies need to be stretched. Dig out an old tubie rim, stretch the tires onto them, let them sit for several days. Much better, now I can get them onto the actual wheelset without getting glue everywhere.

Definitely should be only one green plastic strip on the rim, though. I could see how having two would make for a tough install.

If more people would remember that, there wouldn't be so much carping about how "bad" sew-ups are to mount!

Still waiting for my Vred Fortezza Pro's to arrive, but then I'll still have to cool my jets for a few more days to allow for stretch-time.

Tubies will either teach you patience...or insanity! This may be why I don't look at mounting tires on Campy clinchers as the worst of situations.

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I put the Fusions on today finding them enormously easier going than the Conti 4000's. Of course, I also had the second layer of rim tape removed which may have helped as well.

Even so, they didn't go on easily. I suppose what I've been told over and over that the Campag wheels are oversize is true. Some have said they like this, but I don't. I have the bizarre belief that all things should be the right size. While I'm overall happy with these wheels, I doubt I'll buy another set of Campag wheels again. I'd rather get the right sized wheels and skip the bragging rights of having Campagnolo Eurus wheels for all the world to see. Since I'm a crummy rider anyway, it's more an embarassment than a real brag.

It's more than just bragging rights - they're actually very good wheels (I'm talking about the '05 and earlier Eurus' & the '03 Zonda, not the '06 versions).

Just ride the snot out of them, getting as much mileage as you can. That will do more for you than any equipment change. Remember what Eddy said: "Don't buy upgrades. Ride UP grades."

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Mine are 05's. For me, living in thorn country, a wheel requirement is easy tire change. I don't want to ride with heavy tubes, sealant, liners and then add something like Gatorskins which others do. I'd rather accept flatting from time to time and be able to address it.

I noted yesterday that some of the puncture weeds are sprouting so we're getting into season. <sigh>