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Reshaping/fitting out of shape tyres. Help!

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laidback:
Evening fella's

I have a couple of pairs of white freestyle tyres i want to fit to the Decade. one pair is a pair of Panaracer HP406 which i believe are quite new.  The other pair are some Kenda K55 freestyle tyres.  The Panaracers seem to be nice and soft and flexible.  The Kenda's are a little harder. Both have slight bulges/creases/flat areas from where they've been stored.

i have tried mounting these on some Skyways a few times with little success.  They go on ok, but don't spin straight.  All seem to have a slight up down or side to side wobble. No matter how i try and mount them.

I have spent ages pushing areas on the rim/pulling the sidewalls up/inflating/deflating so the side wall lines up evenly all the way around, with limited success.

is there any way i can get the shape back into them so they mount and spin true?

fischflo:
Perhaps inflate to a mid point, where you just still can adjust the tire's positition, and then inflate fully. Just seems bit odd, that both tires would show the same degree of faultiness/sufficient insufficiency. :(

laidback:
I've tried that many times! i think they've gone out of shape from storage. The wheels a are true and spin nicely. i'll keep working on them ::)

skippyg:
have you tried warming them up ?

deeman:
are you going to ride on them or not?
If so I would be tempted to semi inflate then go for a ride-come back and inflate fully, might sort it!
 :daumenhoch:

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