Quote Originally Posted by Pedal Wench
Lise, care to share any of those Campy tricks????
let's see...make sure all, all, all the air is out. "Break" the bead on both sides before starting to try to get the tire levers in. I think this means squeeze the side of the tire into the middle all the way around. Start with a tire lever on the opposite side from the valve (this is different from what I read in my Everything Bicycle Book). If you can't get the second tire lever in, move it another several inches away from the first one, and try again. Don't even try to hook them on the spokes (that's how I broke one lever). Get the first and second ones in, lift up the tire, and then slide the second lever all the way around to lift out the rest of the tire.

Getting 'em back in? John said, "Yeah, that's hard for everybody".

I don't know if those are Campy specific tricks, or things people here already knew, but they helped me.

Denise/RM--I'm impressed that you stopped to talk to that lady on the IMAZ course at all. You knew you would be cutting it close with time, yet you gave her some. And I'm really glad you didn't stop to fix her flat, cuz you wouldn't have finished in time.

Again, I'm so glad this happened in my dining room, with my computer close at hand, and the day off today, so I could go into the LBS for help. I learned a lot. The funniest moment was when he said he didn't carry those tubes, and I said, "well, you sold it to me." What, one of the techs had it lying around? In any event, I've got the right tubes now, and you'd best believe I will have that speed tool on hand. When I have to use it, I'll let you all know how it works.