Schwalbe weatherman on tubeless

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joeswoonara wrote:yes fitted some last night to be exact ...........if your`e on Facebook by any chance look up M.B.Developments page ,he has a good article on there about fitting Schwalbe`s onto SIP rims he pre-heats the tyre and can then fit them with just his hands and tyre soap ,no tyre levers !! i thought thats a good idea , so bought the required tyre soap ,warmed the tyre and it`s a piece of P**S .....GO FOR IT

How easy would it be to get them off again though?
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grayspeed wrote:Any ideas to the best way of preheating tyres? I've asked Mark, but no answer as yet.
if you read through his article he says he warmed them up on a oil filled radiator and or a fan heater .......or something to that effect

i cheated somewhat....... i pre-heated the oven ,removed all the shelves placed a block of timber in there and placed tyre on the wood , i turned the oven off first :lol: and just let the residual heat warm the tyre , the block of wood was to make sure it never touched any metal surfaces


i have yet tried to get them off ,but think it will only be a reversal of fitting them ..........and presumably if your trying to take them off they are going to be f**ked anyway so just cut them off ............
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Just to up date i eventually managed to get one tyre on with alot of effort but i could not get it inflated with my 25 ltr compressor, tried the local garage no luck there.

So i brought it to my local tyre fitters he inflated it in no time and he also got my other tyre on the rim in two minutes and didnt even charge
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