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12 minutes? what spell are you casting to automatically change the tube?
Or do you have bike shops that aren't filled to the brim with work, somehow?
You ... can't change your own tube?
I've been riding bikes for years, and I've only had to change a tube maybe 3 times. I only ride on paved surfaces though, so it's nothing like trail riding or what have you... anyway, I'm very unpractised on tube changing; particularly when trying to get the tire off of the rim. It takes maybe 30 minutes to change a tube with a lot of pinched fingers and swearing.
I made the experience that tires can vary a lot in how easy/hard they are to get off and on your rim. I thought I was just dumb until I swapped tubes on another bike and it just.... worked as it was supposed to