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Road Cycling “It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and coast down them. Thus you remember them as they actually are, while in a motor car only a high hill impresses you, and you have no such accurate remembrance of country you have driven through as you gain by riding a bicycle.” -- Ernest Hemingway

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Old 09-15-10, 07:48 AM
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Originally Posted by mrbUSA
I didn't think tires were to be installed with anything but hands.
I don't think all tire/rim combos can be changed without tools. IME. New tires tend to be especially tight.

A tire/rim with a very loose fit is more prone to improper mounting. Again IME...
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Originally Posted by subnoob
New tires from pbk arrived today, in my haste to install the tires and ride I snapped both tire levers. The skewer handle works great to finish installing tire
I don't understand why tire levers were involved in the install of a tire.

If you meant you snapped them while removing the old tires, then I understand, but then I also don't see why you need any more than 1 tire lever, unless you just need spares for your toolbox, bike bag, etc.. Cheers!
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