23-03-2021, 05:53 PM
Hi John
I shall be watching this thread with interest, because I too have been struggling with a 3.50 x 19 Blockley tyre, but in this case it's getting it OFF!
As well as the 12" size, I've got some beefier levers which are 20" long.but the tyre still refuses to come up over the bead. So far it has defeated all attempts by friends to remove it, although after the latest attempt, by someone who used to 'in the trade', he suggested I immerse it in a hot bath to make the 'rubber' more pliable.
It's more than my life's worth to take it upstairs to the bathroom, but I have acquired a large polythene container which is more than the tyre diameter and more than half the depth.
I shall try this next and report back. By the way, I strongly recommend Swarfega as a lubricant. And all because I got a puncture...............
Strangely enough I never had trouble fitting the Longstones on my Ruby, even in winter.
Good luck with your endeavours
Cheers
Bob
I shall be watching this thread with interest, because I too have been struggling with a 3.50 x 19 Blockley tyre, but in this case it's getting it OFF!
As well as the 12" size, I've got some beefier levers which are 20" long.but the tyre still refuses to come up over the bead. So far it has defeated all attempts by friends to remove it, although after the latest attempt, by someone who used to 'in the trade', he suggested I immerse it in a hot bath to make the 'rubber' more pliable.
It's more than my life's worth to take it upstairs to the bathroom, but I have acquired a large polythene container which is more than the tyre diameter and more than half the depth.
I shall try this next and report back. By the way, I strongly recommend Swarfega as a lubricant. And all because I got a puncture...............
Strangely enough I never had trouble fitting the Longstones on my Ruby, even in winter.
Good luck with your endeavours
Cheers
Bob