Originally Posted by
NOS88
Wow. I had my first flat at age 12 and less than 100 yards into my first ride. That day I also learned that you never change a flat using a screw driver as a tire lever. That same week I learned that filling ones tires with the air pump as the local gas station was risky at best. But at least when the inner tube exploded I knew not to use screw drivers when remounting the tire!
I did both of those things in the early 70s. You could get away with a screwdriver because the rims were steel.
I remember the first time I marred an alloy rim with a screwdriver. My heart sank... Long ago and far away.
Two words for the OP, "head" "lamp". At least you can see what you're attempting to do in the freezing otherwise darkness...