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Jaymz:
End of my tether time

I can't get my tyres to sit on my 6 spoke skyways, they always go on oval, it's like a fooking clown bike.

It eggs in various ways depending on how hard you wrestle it, it'll inflate way more at valve, or at the valve and opposite side ie at 12 & 6 o clock

This same problem is both front and rear, and two different sets of tyres, both wheels are true

I've inflated slowly while teasing it,
 I've taken it off the bike and lay it on it's side so there's no pressure on the tyre as it inflates
I've rammed 80psi in it hoping to pop it into shape
I've thrown it down the garden
I've thrown it back up the garden

The only thing I've not done is replace the inner tubes, but surely as I can make it bulge in different places it's not that

HELP PLEASE!!!

Gary72:
Have you tried partially inflating them and rolling them back and forth with some weight applied to centralise.

SH101:
Try some tyre lubricant , like you get in a tyre shop like Kwikfit , ATS etc. I took a small empty jar to my local tyre shop and they filled it for me ( I do know them though ).

Jaymz:
I've tried rolling and hitting with a mallet while inflating

Tyre lube sounds like a plan

Andy68:
Fairy on the tyre bead, ya might bubble for a while but aids the seating. Take ya time, inflate a bit at a time. If that doesn't work hurl the fooker!!  :LolLolLolLol:

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