Originally Posted by
Eric F
Have you ever heard of this actually happening to someone, or is it just your feeling that CF is a fragile material? I have snapped a few plastic tire levers in half while battling tire installations, but have never damaged a CF rim in that process.
Have not heard of it but I also don't know many guys using carbon hookless. I managed to get the somewhat-tight Specialized tires on without a lever. It is just me thinking they may be a bit fragile. I have rarely had to use a lever on the othe r 5-6bikes I have that are tubeless but the MTB ones have hookless beads that are pretty thick so I never worry about them.