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Road bike tires have less to grab onto so they are also usually harder for me. I buy only folding clinchers and I've found that some brands just give me much worse fits than others. Cheap tires are easy, especially wire bead, but my good expensive folding kevlar bead tires can sometimes be horrible to take off the first time.
A little air, talcum powder and two tire levers get it handled for me. One to hold the tire off the wheel, insert the second one right near it, and pull toward me. A little talcum powder on the tire lever helps it slide across the tire.
When I put new tires on, I take them off and reinstall them. Any little bits of sticky rubber seem to disappear when I do that. Then the next time, when I'm in a hurry to change them beside the road or at the start of a race, they are about 90% easier to remove. I can whip them off with either my bare hands or with just one quick slide of a single tire lever.
angela
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