I take it 1 inch at a time and in between lever lifts I feel around with the extra lever to make sure the tube is still tucked inside the tire, then another inch, ect. Especially with road tires since the leverage to insertion depth ratio is the smallest, then yeah, you will have a greater chance of pinching if you stick the lever in as far as you do a MTB tire. So to solve that you have to not stick the lever in so far. It makes it harder to leverage the bead on without the level popping out, but it saves $$$ and works for me.