I currently ride a Mavic Cosmic Pro Carbon SL UST wheelset and wanted to put some new GP 5000 TLs on today (tubeless setup obviously). I have changed many tires in my life and always thought of myself as having rather good grip strength but I could not get these damn tires on! I then watched all th…

It’s not a magic bullet. I have one and it’s still a bitch to mount the GP5Ks. It’s the tire not the tool

If your shop tried to do a tubeless setup with just gorilla tape, I’d hesitate to let them work on your stuff further.

Ya not thrilled. Tbh, the owner is a good dude and always takes care of me, but I usually request a specific tech there to work on my stuff because I feel like I know more than most of their mechanics. They are truly a local non-corporate shop so I know it’s tough to be perfect. However, I do most m…

This was probably mentioned up ^^^ there somewhere but, just in case… I mounted a set of 5000TL by hand today. Just a minute or two per tire. I let the tires sit out in 90+ degree heat on bricks for a few hours before I mounted them. Made sure the first bead is in the center but, not over the va…

a little soapy water also helps with slipping the 2nd bead over the rim

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I posted really early in this thread about the nightmare I had mounting these to my Mavic Cosmic Pro’s. I thought I’d give the 88mm Yoleo’s a shot on my TT bike, and I hesitantly ordered the conti’s again cuz some science person on the internets tells me they’re fast. :man_shrugging: I got the whe…

Try soaking the tire in hot water a few minutes before fitting.

I did this, then got a massive nail that wrecked the tire within a month. Now it’s on the right way round :relaxed:

Man, I’ve just had this same god damn battle, 700x28s on Fulcrum’s - absolute bitch! Baked those bad boys in the oven which seemed to do the trick only to realise it’s on backwards! Label lines up with the valve though, so almost a win!

GP 5000 TL - fitting problems

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Matthew_Rossing May 13, 2021, 4:08pm 189

Just saw this review a couple days after reading through this thread. Looks like a pocketable version of the tire jack mentioned in many posts

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GP 5000 TL - fitting problems

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