Today when I was changing an inner tube on my Giant SLR 55 mm. It’s tough to get the tire back on these rims but today the outcome was the worste possible. When trying to get the tire back on the tire made a “crushing cracker” noise and the rim was totally destroyed. The plastic tire lever had gone …

This was very useful stuff. If you have a link where I can read more of this please add it, anyway I will be googling it. I bought in from the UK to Sweden so within the EU, for now :slight_smile: Thank you for your idea.

Haha of course. But they only mentioned tubeless tires, I tried to mount a “regular” tire. They never mentioned that in the fineprint…

[image] Consumer guarantees, warranties, claims and returns - Your Europe Learn more about your after sales responsibilities, returns, legal guarantees, commercial warranties, and customer claims. Pretty standard, I’ve had a few warranty claims on goods that …

[image] cartsman: Pretty standard, I’ve had a few warranty claims on goods that are over 1 year old but less than 2, never had a problem. Manufacturers and sellers don’t tend to advertise it (particularly the ones that are trying to upsell you on an extended warranty!) but they all have to abid…

I took a hacksaw to my KoolStop unit and chopped the handle down a little bit. Yes, it reduces the effective leverage somewhat. But, the tool now fits nicely in my bottle-storage unit. Once I used a KoolStop, I was convinced: tire levers no more.

[image] bclarkson: Is there anything similar that can fit in a saddle bag? Maybe an option Tacx T4620: [image] Tight Fitting Tire Application Technique (No Tire Iron) Equipment Maybe not for high profile or carbon rims (or be careful with carbon) but for the rest I…

The first one delaminated after about a year and a half, the second one at around 2 years. I do put a lot of miles on the bike (over 12k per year). They were a 2016 wheelset. I now run the Reynolds AR41, also a tubeless ready wheelset but much easier to get tires on and off.

I did the exact same thing with my SLR1 30mm rear wheel. I didn’t even bother trying a warranty because I blamed myself for being to aggressive. I epoxied the area, sanded it smooth and went from tubeless to clincher. I rode it like that for many miles until this year I upgraded to the SLR0 55 wheel…

Who did you reach out to? I didn’t have the time to call Rutland Cycling today and they didn’t get back to me today with my warranty claim. Within five business days I will hear back from my insurance company and if they think I have right to something it will be cash, not a new wheel. I don’t think…

Update: Rutland and Giant UK asked for pictures so I send them some. Now they want me to send the wheel and the brakepads over to them for them to run tests. I can’t say I believe them. I would be easier and cheaper for them to just give me a new wheel instead of these “tests”. In the way they are c…

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Maybe an option Tacx T4620:

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