So you have to buy a £30 plus postage tool just to access the drive side bearing. This tool is specific to these hubs so is probably a one or two use only item! The alloy freehubs do not last long either, despite the steel reinforcement rib.

Yep, this just confirms to me that those who are struggling with seating this tyre are just shite

Do you call those tight to get on? 😂 NOTHING compared to fitting Schwalbe MTB tires on MTB rims. Those definitely requires tire levers and a whole lot of soapy water. And the challenge comes afterwards - to get the tire bead to glide over from the middle to the sidewalls of the rim once inflating the tires. I have destroyed 3-4 tires from overinflating them just to make them glide out to the sidewalls, but instead they have popped off the rims entirely, with a loud PANG and splash of sealant everywhere... Is there a similar risk with road tires, or how much pressure is required to get them in place?

Now try do this with a triban rc520 wheel...

Why should be quieten? One of the great advantages of the Scribe is the loud sound of the ratchet. Unfortunately there was a lot of grease in mine so I cleaned it out and now it's really loud :-) Although the new Élan SuperLight is not as loud as the Core I had before.

Very useful, like some other commenters I was struggling with my new tires and this trick made it super easy. Thanks!!

Louder is better, just to make sure everybody knows you're here :D

I don’t have this problem too much because I still have rim brakes and I’m using 25C Continental GP 5000 with the tube. But I also have Continental gravel tires on a hookless , fast-forward carbon wheel set for the gravel bike and that’s a monster to get on. Also, I have a set of Victoria Robino Pro tube tires size 25C on a set of fixed gear tubeless rims.. and there are wide , then my road bike zip wheels what a monster to get those on. For the gravel and for the fixed gear bike I’m dreading ever having to get a flat out on the road, that’ll have to try to fix an unseat a bead and then perhaps trying to seat the bead with a CO2 cartridge forget it I think I’ll just walk …….l😂😂😂😂😂

The prices are definitely NOT light weight.

I've dismantled my scribe AEROWIDE 50D+ and got it relaced to a new hub......Can't take the BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ anymore

Apparently these are directional? I spent 3 bloody hours!!!

Id loveee to buy these wheels but those damn free hubs sound like a motorbike and frankly I can’t take it……

Nice! 🪶

Some soapy water and a lever works great…and you save your fingers

Great advice on keeping the valve loose then tightening

Because at age 50 I deserve to relive my ASBO days!

Maybe not the brightest question, but here goes… so the end caps for QR are 7mm shorter in total and converted to 135mm QR or are the end caps the same width and just converted to 142mm QR? Any implications for the cassette and gearing + disc brake and brake caliper if I put it on a 135mm frame?

I found it difficult to disassemble the frame to the point that I cut it off.

I watched 2:45 7 times

U r an animal!

Still wrestling with conti 5000 and a DT Swiss 540 rim, even with a bead grabber tool like a pair of pliers getting the last 8" over the edge is nearly impossible. And that is with the opposite side bead in the center of the rim. Plan to return the second GP 5000 and try some other tire in a year or two when the Conti wears out. Looked on the sidewall for a directional arrow but did not find one. Random install was in the 'right' direction. Nothing on the install paper about directionality.

Went through a bunch of sites and videos before I found this. Finally solved my problem, thank you so much. Had to use the plier method to get the hub endcaps off.

For maintenance, I also disassembled my gravel hub and filled it well with grease. This was necessary because I drove it across streams several times recently. So it became almost completely silent, which I regret a little. So if anyone is worried about for the loudness, feel free to buy it.

Thank you so much for this! Fought with these for 30 minutes and then looked for a video. Had them mounted in minutes after this. Great technique.

Do you have any plan to just change that freehub system? I'm really intrested in the gravel set, but not with that noise...

Looks easy when it's a fresh clean hub. End caps on a used hub wouldn't budge without excessive force having to be applied resulting in some damage being caused to them, only managed to get one off but enough to remove the shaft and tap out the old bearings. Now trying to strip the rear hub, Free hub body was stuck on the shft and could only be removed by driving the shaft using a drift and hammer from the free hub side through the hub body. Now trying to remove the ratchet with Scribe ratchet drive tool but will not budge. Tried gripping in a vice and using wheel as leverage but will not move. Its been a nightmare trying to strip these hubs, and I do think that's partly due to poor assembly and a lack of grease being applied to the contact surfaces. Video is useful in showing how the hub is assembled, but if you think its going to be that easy to get them apart...think again. May put me off buying scribe wheelsets again as other hubs I have serviced have come apart easier. Time will tell if I manage to get the ratchet out, if I can't then it's impossible to replace the bearing meaning a decent wheel is scrap. Also what about the free hub bearings can they be replaced? Looks like you can't take them out, but if you can an explanation how would be good.

Are race d rim the same for the rear? ie do i still need the scribe ratchet tool?

Please start shipping to North America 🙏🙏🙏 Love your wheels!

Why isn’t grease applied initially when manufactured???

The one pro is one of the easiest to install, have a try with the vittoria next or the michelin power cup.

I had no problem getting these tires on to a Zipp 303 firecrest rim, my DT Swiss rims were a war and had to use two levers. Next time I will use the technique demonstrated here and see if the DT Swiss rim will fare better. Thanks for the video!

Thank you, Sir!

can't you push the bead into the centre of the rim? and then just use two thumbs to push the last bit over like I do with MTB tyres?

Thanks for this vid. The instructions you get with the GT tyres are useless. This absolutely destroyed my hands but it definitely worked!

Really ensuring the bead was in the center channel and loosening the valve really saved me. No soap water or air compressor needed!

Can this be done whilst the hub is laced to the rims?

My thumbs thank you for your video!!

I thought about buying your Elan 38 wheels...great price and weight, but consistently folks have complained about the freehub noise. If you know it is an issue, why don't you put enough grease on in the first place or better yet design freehubs that aren't so noisy?

Thank you so much! It took me a while to find your video and it made all the difference. You saved my day today. Thank you!!!

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Line up logo? You are way too meticulous

the only video you need to get the stubborn tyre fitted in minutes, even newbie like me can do it! great tutorial! thumbs up mate!

These videos are always made to make the installation look way easier than it is in most cases. it really comes down to the tire/rim combo. Some go on easy some are near impossible. For the videos and demos of course they always pick the good combos.

Will this wheel be ok with the clincher version of same tyre?

the tipp about loosening the valve was ultimately what enabled me to fit a very tight tire, thank you.

This is not what happened when I install GP5000 str onto my zipp 404. Total disaster level installation with tons of violant tire level usages. In fact my friend literally helped me the whole way trying to hold the tire in case it slips and I have to redo the whole thing again.

This looked way easier than the installation I just did. I spent an hour or more getting them on, and had to use tire levers to get both sides on. Even the first side wouldn't go on without some serious work!!

I weren't able to install the tire even WITH a lever. Ended up using a hairdryer to soften the tire up

Are these hookless or clincher type rim?

Trying to do mine this evening and the rachet just won't budge. Any tips?