okay, so you may remember in an earlier thread where i was considering purchasing a nomar tire changer. well, i did. i sucked it up and picked one up during their big christmas sale.
it got here, i put it together and it's in it's place in the garage. i took an old wheel/tire that i had up in the attic to 'practice' on, and found the process to not be too bad. a bit of a learning curve, and it's kinda a mfer on the arthritis, but i can work with that.
unfortunately, the tire/wheel that i had been practicing on is a stock 18 from my wife's 2012. i recently tried to change out the 19'' front tire on the wife's bike (cvo agitator), with a new dunlop american elite. the actual demount/mount wasn't too bad, but where i caught hell was getting that sucker to seat the bead. i fought with that tire for most of the day. to the point where i finally gave up and took it to the bike shop and ended up paying for a mount and balance.
fast forward to now, and i'm changing the tires on my bike. this time, i'm trying a set of the new avon cobra chrome tires. did the front tire yesterday, going to do the rear today. i was able to get the bead to set on the front tire yesterday, but it was not without it's share of drama. i swear it takes longer to get the bead set than it did demounting/mounting the tire itself.
so my question to the gurus is, wtf is the trick? i've watched all kinds of youtube videos, (and no, i'm not going to set fire to my tires), and i swear they make it look so easy, but i'll be damned if it's anything but. i know that the low profile tires add in some grief, but it really shouldn't be this hard.