I have a Koolstop tire jack that works well for excessively tight tires and doesn't touch the tube; this works better than the VAR which IME flexes too easily to be convenient.
There seem to be other makes out there, too: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=kool+stop+tire+bead+jack&t=ffab&atb=v167-1&ia=shopping On Sun, Feb 2, 2020 at 7:59 AM 'Deacon Patrick' via RBW Owners Bunch < rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> wrote: > I put the new tubeless (thus too tight) tire into the blood groove (bottom > of the rim well), and that makes it possible, but invariably with a brand > new, not yet stretched tire, using the tire iron to leverage that last bit > over the rim runs a 50/50 chance of slicing the tube (I leave it partially > inflated to help it get out the way, but sometimes it seems to wiggle > back). Any tips for not destroying tubes at this juncture? > > With abandon, > Patrick > > www.MindYourHeadCoop.org > www.CatholicHalos.org > www.DeaconPatrick.org > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/A4C5C3A8-024F-46A6-AE8B-9BC62A487DFB%40mac.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/A4C5C3A8-024F-46A6-AE8B-9BC62A487DFB%40mac.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgtxX1eJXV7BP4KtN7b8Q%2BBpbAGBrK_CtF%3DnOyPOmkFKtA%40mail.gmail.com.
