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

skol

good idea - practice using no levers and just hands after you do it once you'll never go back

LowCel 

I've had the priviledge of using quick release levers a few times in the past, always worked great.

hairnet

Pedro's levers ftw

AngryScientist 

then after you improvise, learn to buy quality tools the first time

urbanknight

And some skewers are better for this than others.

mvnsnd

What brand levers did you break?

dstrong 

I use levers for getting tires off the rim only...finger power gets them back on.

kleinboogie

+1 Too many pinches in my past to ever use levers again.

collegeskier

I think the most interesting thing is that someone on bike forums only has 2 tire levers. I just gave away a set of three that came with my new bike to one of my co-workers, because my wife told me to. I think I had somewhere in the neighborhood of 12 tire levers at the time, letting me change 6 tires simultaneously, and while i have that many bike wheels hanging around I am seldom changing all tires at the same time.

Phantoj

+1

blamire

i've broken pedros levers before. got lezyne plastic ones now, but they do bend some

MajorMantra

These are better.

AngryScientist 

none of the plastic ones even hold a candle to the ones i posted above.

MajorMantra

Metal + metal = scratches. And I very much doubt you could break one of the Michelin levers.

mrbUSA

I didn't think tires were to be installed with anything but hands.

wens

Why do you need more? Unless you have really stubborn tires.

M_S

Use tire levers for removal, not installation.

collegeskier

There are people on here with a dozen bikes, seems like you might just acquire them. Personally, I keep 2 in my tool kit, 2 with my bike, and I used to commute on my bike so i would keep two with my commute bag so I don't have to move them around, and I have a set for my wife's bike. The bike shop I bought my last bike and my wife's bike gave us tire levers with both purchases. I mean they are about 2 dollars for a set of 3, if I break one, I have another set hanging around and I don't like searching for them so I just have too many.

Here is a better question, why do I own 2 pedal wrenches and yet until recently was on look keo's that don't even use a pedal wrench to take on and off. I acquire tools, much easier to store then bikes, but not as much fun.

lpolliard

I have these.

wens

Acquiring tools makes perfect sense to me, and acquiring levers over the years makes sense as well, but not everyone has been riding for years. There are also those who would just as soon have nothing to do with tools, which I can respect but not understand.

collegeskier

Good point, apparently I have read one to many how many bikes do you own threads recently.

stien

How many 30 year old bikes with original tires have you worked on?

subnoob

Park Tool levers

I still managed one pinch flat

subnoob

Fixed