...through another major wrestle...

Yeah, finally getting around to fitting the next set of rubber to the Connie.

This time around I got the tyre off fairly easily and then was really surprised at how easy the new one slipped over the rim.  But then it was time to set the bead...

This proved pretty tricky for some reason and in the end I resorted to pulling the valve out of the stem, letting my compressor work a full head of steam (well, air) and then blow the tyre up.  The bigger volume of air did the trick and I got that satisfying pop as the tyre seated itself properly.  Removing the pump fitting nearly had the wheel and tyre doing a deflating balloon trick - guess there could have been as much as 20 odd litres of air in the tyre...
Valve back in and tyre up to pressure it was time to refit the wheel.

Axle going inAnd hey presto, one nice new PR4 on the front!

Oh, and you know what needs to happen next eh...

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