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DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Bogdan Swider wrote:
> > The K270 seems to give more trouble seating the bead than any
other tire I
> > have mounted.
>
> These cheap tires seem to vary. Some say they go on easy; others
report the
> opposite. Isn t it nice that Avon Gripsters are consistent; they re
always a
> bear to mount. ( quite an image, that statement. )
My Gripsters spooned on pretty easily (well, to be fair, the tire I'm
comparing them to is the Conti TKC-80, not exactly an easy tire to
spoon on itself), but I had to take'em up to 70PSI before they'd pop
onto the bead, and that was with a well-lube'ed bead. I don't feel any
compunctions about taking them up to 70PSI to get'em to seat. When you
hit a big pothole the pressure of the tire gets up around that area
momentarily anyhow, they're designed to take it.
-E