@Amalitza 124470 wrote:
My road bike came with Ultegra wheels, which are “tubeless ready”, and Michelin Pro 4 Endurance tires (with tubes). I blithely ignored (actually I think didn’t even know about) that tubeless-ready part, until I got my first flat. I promptly broke both tire levers trying to get the tire off the rim. Then I broke both of them again trying to use the wrong end to pry with because, you know, I still needed to get the tire off the rim. I eventually managed to get the thing off, and couldn’t get it back on again. When I *did* get it back on, I ripped the new tube trying to get the bead seated. So then I had to get it back off again. Patched the originally punctured tube. Got the patched tube and tire back on the bike. All of this accomplished with much difficulty and scraping of knuckles and other nonsense. Turned out I again punctured the (patched) tube getting it back on, but this leak was slow and my poor repair at least got me back home again. The whole thing took 2 hours on the side of the road. I spent a similar amount of time, and another ruined tube, doing it all over again the next weekend at home before it was finally fixed for real.
The first time I tried to put pro4’s on my bike, I gave up and took it to the shop. The second time I tried, I just went to the shop and tried it there under their supervision. Gave up after destroying a tube and almost slicing/impaling myself with the lever.
The THIRD time I tried, I actually got both tires on by myself. And destroyed a tube so I had to do one over. It took over an hour and my thumbs are still peeling.
I have different rims but I wonder if it’s not the pro4s. I love how fast they are but they are a real pain in the as…thumbs.
