"Alan" <
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> Picked up a 2nd hand set of Campy Protons for cheap- Not a single tire in my collection to fit
> them! I can might be able to pry a tire, but I'll never get off on on the side of the road. Anyone
> else have this trouble?
>
> Alan
You need tire levers(2) to get 'Pros' onto and off Campy wheels. The trick is not to get too greedy
with the amount of tire bead when prying on or off the rim. When prying on the tire and you have
about 6 inches of tire bead left over to pry in, just use the tire lever and inch it on an inch at a
time. By using this method I can put a new 'Pro' tire onto a campy wheel in ten minutes. When taking
off the tire first, use the tire lever to pry over a section of tire bead and anchor the lever to a
spoke. Second, use the second lever at about an inch distance from the first insertion and pry off
another section of tire bead and anchor that lever to a spoke. Remove the first lever and leap-frog
the second lever and at about an inch distance from it, pry off another section of tire bead. Repeat
this process until the pressure on the levers go slack. When slack the tire bead just peels right
off the rim. For me, using this method it takes me less than 5 minutes to remove a Michilin Axial
Pro tire from a Campy wheel.
Kenny Lee