Gatorskins: Joerg Wins!

I needed to make a quick tire change this morning (flat, worn out front tire), and I went to throw a wire-bead Gatorskin on a CR18 rim. Goddamn, is this a 650B tire? It wasn't even close. Nonetheless, I did not wrestle with it for an hour or even five minutes. I slapped on an old folding Bontrager sale-table tire and got to work. I'll investigate further tonight. CR18s have shallow rim wells like MA2s, but I've had a Gatorskin on that rim in the past. I wonder if there are manufacturing tolerance problems.

-- Jay Beattie.