I haven’t had a problem with the initial seating. Even my 8 year old Surly Larry went on with one blast of air. But both that old tire and the new Maxxis I got came off the shelf in spots after deflating. Makes me wary in case I have a major burp incident out in the wild. I don’t want to go back to carrying an emergency co2.
One saving grace might be the latex strips I’m using, which after a week or two are supposed to bond to the bead and create a big ol’ tubular.
Lowered tire preassure today, rode to work, Stan’s sealant started spurting out of front tire. By the time I got to work it stopped and was still holding air. Rode home from work, 1.8 km away from home, sealant starts spraying out of tire like an arterial wound from a Samurai movie, keeps loosing air. I fumble in the dark to remove the thru axle and install a tube but end up stripping the bolt head. FML. Got a lift home and went to work replacing Stans with Orange Seal. I suck and fuck Stans.
nuked a byway this weekend somehow. Something went through the tread, out the bead, and smanged up my rim. Rim seems fine but orange seal won’t even fix it.
So it gets a tube and goes on LB’s soma whilst I run some bee-lines on the endpoint for the rest of the summer.
There’s no feeling quite like grabbing some brake on a 30mph gravel descent only to realize you’ve got about 2psi in your tire. (did not fall, somehow)
speaking of 5’ drops
I put 60mm Schwalbe Big Ones on my Radlawn, did streets and singletrack at 20–25psi. Turning was squirmy on the pavement, probably too low/too narrow a rim. Was thinking of using for poobarning trip, but I dunno.
I assume many of you got the e-mail about Compass’s 55 mm 700C tires? I was going to put Schwalbe G-Ones or whatever on the Jones but I just ordered these in extralight/tan sidewalls. Very excited to have a great fat tire.
But I’m really not using it as a mountain bike, it’s more of a gravel+ a little bit bike. Unless your concern is that a 2.1" tire is going to alter handling?