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…

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!

GP5K TLs are pretty awful to mount on any rim that I have tried. I have to think they work better with somebody’s wheels but Michelin Power Road is a very comparable tire that is very easy to install compared to the GP5ks, would actually be able to install a tube road side if needed.

Today I did this fight with a set of gp5k TL 32s over Hunt aero wide 34mms. They were by far the most resistant set of tires i have ever tried but I finally won by using 2 plastic woodworking clamps at 10 and 2 oclock and a pair of sturdy levers to pry on a bit more till the clamps were 11 and 1ish …

I’ve got the same set up and whilst the 5000TLs seem harder to get over the rim they seem easier to seat and loose less air than other tubeless tyres :thinking:

Soapy water is a frequent recommendation, but I find squirting the liquid soap directly on the tire bead and then spritzing water on it makes it more slippery and easier to get the tires on. I’ve mounted GP5000TLs maybe 5-6 times in the last year and a direct application of soap then adding water ha…

Just another random data point - GP5000TL 25s on Hunt aero race wide (19mm internal) alloy rims - under 5 mins a tire but did need levers, and used tire bead jack to finish, which made it quite easy. Done in fairly cool garage, didn’t use heat, soap or any other special tricks. So not anywhere ne…

Do people really do this with carbon fiber rims? [image] If this tire is this hard to get on, how do you expect to change a tire on the side of the road?

[image] TLRozzle: If this tire is this hard to get on, how do you expect to change a tire on the side of the road? Never had a need to in 20k+ miles, so no idea :smiley:. It would likely be slightly easier to fit a tube after tire has a few hundred miles on it, but would still be quite a chal…

[image] TLRozzle: Do people really do this with carbon fiber rims? I’ve done it on two different sets of CF rims. But, you absolutely do not want to try to do as shown in the photo. The trick is to position the center lever used for prying right next to the clamp levers and take little bitty …

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GP 5000 TL - fitting problems

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