Yes exactly. The beads won't go into the centre of the rim to give you slack at the outside edge because the plastic rim insert has no central groove for the beads to sit in. Because the bike came with a tube I thought I could still get the new tyre & tube on however with the harder casing of the Minions... no luck for me. Reminded me of trying to wedge a new knobbly on my old BMW motorbike with metal tyre levers launching themselves across workshop.
Yes (winter here) I ran a heat gun lightly around the tyre to warm it up.
Ok I may have been frustrated at the time. It may have been 25mm or so but realise the plastic strips do take up a fair bit of depth in the rims
So do you reckon getting rid of the plastic strips? What are they there for- just instead of rim tape or are they a strengthening thing? I was thinking even with tubeless if the shit hits the fan with the stans stuff out on the trails I couldn't put a tube in with them in, getting rid of them has its appeal.
What's been your issues with Stans, every man and his dog runs tubeless and Stans and I don't know of anyone that does that would choose to run a tube again. I get a gazzilion 3 corner jacks when I ride and I've never lost a freckle of air, I recently had 10 weeks off the bike with a broken collarbone and trashed shoulder and my tyres still had 15psi in them when I got back on recently.
Tubeless and Stans is only as good as the rim and valve prep prior to fitting a TR tyre, done correctly (not assuming yours weren't) you loose bugger all air.
Going tubeless is definitely a different feel. I found I had to put some more pressure in without a tube - less damping without a tube, and got a pinch flat first ride. Admittedly my home made sealant sealed that 5mm slit - but I hadn't had a puncture with that tyre prior to that. My other bikes still have tubes, simply because I don't get to ride them much and I don't want to worry about the sealant going hard. I don't see tubeless as this amazing advancement either. I will persist with it though. The tyre feel isn't as good - I understand why you need heavier sidewalls now with tubeless; not just for sealing but also for better damping.
The method that works for me is to stand on the bottom of the tyre in the upright position, grab the top of the tyre and do some pull ups, do this around the circumference of the tyre, stretching it this way helps to soften it a little so as to get it on the rim, this together with a compressor works a treat for me.
The stock XR5s are on it the moment. I have to admit they did handle yesterdays slippery rooty rock infested ride a lot better than I thought but the confidence I get from minions makes me a better rider. They seem to grip off camber incredibly well.
