Recommend a Tyre Lever

[fossyant]

Pedros are a bail out for me... they were only used in winter for the snow studs. They are the best sympathetic plastic lever you can get. I still swear on thumb finishing, but some tyres...

 

[Nigelnightmare]

Strangely enough, I Swear when thumb finishing too.

 

[Tim Hall]

VAR lever for me, after a friend demonstrating one on my 406 tyre.

"What's that Mick?" asked some one else.
<deadpan>"It's a tyre lever Liz"

 

[fatjel]

Pedros for me . They come in prettier colours than most.

 

[Smokin Joe]

Pedros for me . They come in prettier colours than most.

They've arrived.

 

[Fab Foodie]

VAR.

 

[Smokin Joe]

VAR.

I've got one of those too. Handy for refitting though they always feel as if the are about to break and I need something a bit beefier for removal.

 

[simongt]

Pedro's for hard to fit tyres.

As I have Schwalble Marathon Plus on my commuter bike, I bought some Pedros as they looked the business and were well reported.

Managed to snap one getting a Marathon on though - !

 

[fossyant]

As I have Schwalble Marathon Plus on my commuter bike, I bought some Pedros as they looked the business and were well reported.

Managed to snap one getting a Marathon on though - !

Muscles from Brussels!

 

[mjr]

Muscles from Brussels!

Nah - mussels at the Belgian Monk in Pottergate.

 

[Elybazza61]

Park ones are good and IRC (only need two to fit and remove tubeless tyres) ;

https://thecycleclinic.co.uk/products/irc-tubeless-tyre-levers

 

[mrandmrspoves]

Because my shoulders are too knackered - I carry one of these........

I tried a VAR on my old 406 Durano fitted wheels on my last trike - it snapped.
Generally speaking I can pretty well reseat any tyre without tools as it is all about technique.
My technique is to ensure as much of the tyre is in the wheel well as possible and if necessary keep it there with toe clip straps. Once you have the very last bit of tyre to get onto the rim, rotate the wheel until it is at the top, then grab the wheel with both hands next to each other at the area of tyre that needs seating, hold the wheel so that your fingers are holding the rim on the side of the wheel furthest away from you so that the heel of your hands are against the part of the tyre still to be seated. Finally, while squeezing the rim tightly twist your hands upwards from your wrists.
This method exerts a lot more pressure than you can exert with your thumbs and reduces the risk of damaging the inner tube with tyre levers.

 

[Smokin Joe]

View attachment 371010 Because my shoulders are too knackered - I carry one of these........

I tried a VAR on my old 406 Durano fitted wheels on my last trike - it snapped.
Generally speaking I can pretty well reseat any tyre without tools as it is all about technique.
My technique is to ensure as much of the tyre is in the wheel well as possible and if necessary keep it there with toe clip straps. Once you have the very last bit of tyre to get onto the rim, rotate the wheel until it is at the top, then grab the wheel with both hands next to each other at the area of tyre that needs seating, hold the wheel so that your fingers are holding the rim on the side of the wheel furthest away from you so that the heel of your hands are against the part of the tyre still to be seated. Finally, while squeezing the rim tightly twist your hands upwards from your wrists.
This method exerts a lot more pressure than you can exert with your thumbs and reduces the risk of damaging the inner tube with tyre levers.

That looks interesting, what is it?

 

[mrandmrspoves]

 

[mrandmrspoves]

Mine are BBB branded (that's not a stutter!)
They're made from some kind of composite material so relatively light and tough.