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Old 10-12-12 | 07:39 PM
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Originally Posted by ericm979
Get plastic tire levers. Carry two on the bike. Never use a screwdriver. You're likely to puncture the new tube with it, and as you found out it damages the rim.
Or metal levers.

Screwdrivers work if you are VERY careful and don't pry so far that you pinch the tube ... "just enough"
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