Schwalbe Marathon Plus tyres on Airnimal Joey. Problems...

[CliveA]

I've always used Schwalbe Marathon Plus tyres on my Airnimal Joey. Usually 1.25 or 1.5, but now only 1.75 is available.

1.75 is tight squeeze on my 8-year-old Joey frame, but it just about fits.

I've had a nightmare getting the tyre to seat on the Airnimal rim. Schwalbe, Airnimal and Bikefix have all told me it should be fine, but it's lethal. Twice it's slipped off and now the tube's just exploded (thankfully not while I was riding).

I'm annoyed I've wasted £35 on a tyre I can't trust to be safe and annoyed it's been such a pain.

Before I get rid of the Marathon Plus and switch to Kojak or Kenda, anyone else had this problem?

[timdownieuk]

I thought that the Marathon Plus tyres were proverbially tight? Certainly I found them much harder than any other tyre I've fitted to get the last bit over the rim when fitting. I'm using a 20" x 1.35" tyre on an ElliptiGO.

Tim

[CliveA]

I remember the 1.25 and 1.5 being tight, Tim, but the 1.75 feels very different on my 24" Airnimal rims. Loose as a goose.

Very hard to fit, then jumping off at every opportunity. I'm kind of miffed.