Lot's of good advice in this thread. I would not use WD40 or other volitile solvents to mount tires with tubes. I have personaly seen tires go flat from disentigrated new tubes after being mounted with solvents. Good old soap and water works. Slime works on tubless tires but on tube type you should carry new tubes as some of the slime type sealers make getting a patch to stick really difficult. If you are riding where cactus is a problem slime type sealants are really worth while. If you have trouble breaking the beads loose on tubless tires use the short stick long stick method. Put a short stick right on the bead of the tire next to the rim and then lay a long stick over that and hook it under a car bumber or rock ledge and press down on the long end of the stick. Works even with car tires. Email me for a photo of this procedure. Tires can be changed, right now I work in a shop where we have a $4500.00 tire machine but I have changed hundreds of tires with a spray bottle of soapy water and two middling tire irons. Just take your time and if thigs get to difficult stop and try something slightly different. And do practice at home rather than in a rainstorm with clouds of mosquitoes and no help for many miles.
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