Originally Posted by Telkwa

Thanks for the help, guys -
I'll share something real quick. Although I've changed tires since I was a kid, I was missing something that some of you mentioned several times above. I didn't pay much attention to where the far side tire bead was while prying. Yesterday I put extra effort into keeping the tire bead in the center channel. I got the tire off with just one levering action, then sliding the lever sideways.
What really amazed me was I got the tire back on with no levering tool at all. Just made sure to keep the far side bead in the center channel.