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Originally Posted by Grant Johnson
Pick an easy tire too, not something super stiff.
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Difficult to pick an easy tyre when you're in the middle of nowhere and you only have the tyre you've just taken off
I tend to favour Continental TKC80s. Like most knobbly adventure tyres these have a stiff carcass to help prevent punctures and several plies in the sidewall.
But yes, I've seen Morocco tyre fitters get TKC80s off and on with seemingly not much more than a couple of bent teaspoons.
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