Flat tyre - Calibra Bosnut MTB

[hopeydaze]

Picked up the new bike up just before closing on a Friday night ( I wouldn't buy a car this way...). It had a flat front tyre which I was told was because the tech hadn't pumped it up as "he had to fix the disc brakes". Pumped it up instore myself.

Flat by the following morning presumably with a puncture. Called the store who told me it has an inner tube (although the wheels & tyres can be run tubeless). I am absolutely unable to get the tyre off to do a repair. I have done thousands in the past so I know what I am doing. Wheel is a WTBST i23 27.5 (Tubeless Compatible System - TCS) and the tyre is a WTB 2.3 27.5

While its a frustrating pain in the arse I am glad to find this problem now, rather than when I am cycling and get a puncture a long way from home.

Has anyone got any tips on how to get the tyre off? The tyre is so tight I cannot insert a tyre lever, let alone get it under the bead. It is as if the tyre has been put on with superglue made by NASA.

[hopeydaze]

Thanks, good advice as always. Once I pushed the beads into the centre of the wheel (not particularly easy) the tyre came off without a problem. Yes, it was a challenge to get it back on.

I intend to give tubeless a try