If it really works it should be good for tyres like Heidenau K60 scouts with really stiff tyre walls.
I wonder if it works to remove a tyre as well. The hardest bit would probably be wiggling the cable tyres under the beads assuming you can break them in the first place.
I don't really see the point if you then have to take it to a shop to get it inflated anyway...
The one time I tried this (tyre changing, not zipties) at home with a tubeless tyre, getting it to hold air without access to a proper compressor that can shove in a lot of air was the big pain in the arse. (As in, I didn't manage and had to take it to a shop anyway.)
That little exercise just proved two things: One, I can put a tyre on, checkbox ticked. Two, this is completely unfeasible to do "in the field" and if a tubeless tyre comes off the bead, you're pretty much fucked.
It's a neat trick though. Tying the beads together so they easily fall into the center slot. I'll bet a few zipties won't actually make the diameter of those steel cables any larger.
I fitted a new rear on my old (now my son's) GSA a few weeks ago and the rear just fell on. Loads of lube and a bit of speed and no levers required. In saying that was pretty exceptional as usually it needs a wee prise with a lever to get the last bit on but in this case with a warm tyre and loads of lube it was a doddle.
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