Having good results with their Sector tires, I thought I would try the Overrides on my gravel bike. The wheels are the Mavic Allroad Elite. They mounted fine, but even with an air compressor, or tubeless tire pump, I cant get the beads to seat. Other tubeless tires inflated just fine. No word from Hutchinson yet. Ideas?
I would try mounting it with a tube. If I'm concerned I'll leave it that way for a couple of days just to get the kinks out of the tire.
Building up a rim bed with more tape might help them seat. I like to use skinny strippers (latex rim bed strip) - as that makes any of my tires easy to seat. Its usually the rim bed interface that is causing me problems if they don't seat fast.
I've never used Mavic rims or tires, but I've heard they're a tighter fit than other brands. Different brands measure inner diameters differently, so tape is a good idea.
As I said, the Allroad wheels dont need rimtape. I did notice that the bead on the Overrides is different than the Mavics. Mat try the Overrides on some DT Swiss wheek .
Shaggy wrote:The Allroad wheel do not need rim tape. I put the mavic allroad tires on and they seated with no problem.
The tape is to build up the rim bed so you get a good seal and don't have the problems you are describing. If the gap between the rim bed and the tire bead is too large, it will never seal on its own.
The tire needs to be loosely sealed before inflated (rather like a squeegee) so it can pop and seat the bead. You can use a latex rim strip (skinny stripper) if you don't like tape. Either method will make it much easier to create that pre-inflation seal.
I have the Hutch Overide in 35 and they mounted easily on my AClassic rims. Nice solid tire btw although it expanded to 37 -38 after awhile.
Anyway I just mounted some Donnelly Strada Ush 32 c on said wheels and I could not get them to mount, I tried everything tubing them and riding tubed a little bit but no dice. After multiple failed attempts I did this. I pulled the tube out of only one side leaving the other side seated and inflated with compressor and nope.
Then I sprayed some vegetable cooking spray on the bead and rim ridge and that did the trick with a compressor. Popped the bead. First time I ever did that and it worked great.
My LBS gave me the following tip for tires that seem too loose / won't cling the bead:
1. Turn the entire tire inside out so the tire profile faces the hub direction. 2. Leave it like that for 24h 3. flip it back, add milk & boost to seat the beads.
By turning it inside out for a while the tire walls will point outwards more toward the rim, creating a higher chance of already getting some kind of pre-boost seal in combination with soap / vegetable cooking spray LOL
